Chinese Pangolin vs Fragrant manjack

Manis pentadactyla compared with Cordia dichotoma

Key Differences

• Chinese Pangolin is Critically Endangered while Fragrant manjack is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chinese Pangolin	Fragrant manjack
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Pholidota (Pholidota)	Boraginales (Boraginales)
Family	Manidae	Cordiaceae
Genus	Manis	Cordia
Species	Manis pentadactyla	Cordia dichotoma

Conservation Status

Chinese Pangolin

CR — Critically Endangered

Fragrant manjack

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chinese Pangolin

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Fragrant manjack

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Burkina Faso, Mauritius), Asia (Iraq, Maldives, Taiwan), and North America (United States).

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.