Chinese Pangolin vs Corn spurry

Manis pentadactyla compared with Spergula arvensis

Key Differences

• Chinese Pangolin is Critically Endangered while Corn spurry is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chinese Pangolin	Corn spurry
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Pholidota (Pholidota)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Manidae	Caryophyllaceae
Genus	Manis	Spergula
Species	Manis pentadactyla	Spergula arvensis

Conservation Status

Chinese Pangolin

CR — Critically Endangered

Corn spurry

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chinese Pangolin

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Corn spurry

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and deserts and xeric shrublands, among 5 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (7 countries), Asia (10 countries), Europe (20 countries), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (6 countries).

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.