vs Chinese Pangolin

Buellia ocellata compared with Manis pentadactyla

Key Differences

• is Near Threatened while Chinese Pangolin is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank		Chinese Pangolin
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Lecanoromycetes (Lecanoromycetes)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Caliciales (Caliciales)	Pholidota (Pholidota)
Family	Caliciaceae	Manidae
Genus	Buellia	Manis
Species	Buellia ocellata	Manis pentadactyla

Conservation Status

NT — Near Threatened

Chinese Pangolin

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute		Chinese Pangolin
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, Portugal, and Sweden. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

Chinese Pangolin

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Buellia ocellata is a crustose lichen with a pale grey to white areolate thallus bearing dark lecideine apothecia surrounded by a paler excipular ring. It inhabits exposed bark of old deciduous trees and smooth-barked conifers in temperate European woodlands. This lichen is sensitive to air quality changes and associated with veteran trees in ancient woodland.

Chinese Pangolin

The Chinese Pangolin (Manis pentadactyla) is a species in the genus Manis. It is currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List.