Chinese Pangolin vs Greenleaf ticktrefoil

Manis pentadactyla compared with Desmodium intortum

Key Differences

• Chinese Pangolin is Critically Endangered while Greenleaf ticktrefoil is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chinese Pangolin	Greenleaf ticktrefoil
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Pholidota (Pholidota)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Manidae	Fabaceae
Genus	Manis	Desmodium
Species	Manis pentadactyla	Desmodium intortum

Conservation Status

Chinese Pangolin

CR — Critically Endangered

Greenleaf ticktrefoil

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chinese Pangolin

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Greenleaf ticktrefoil

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas spanning the Australasia and Afrotropic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (5 countries), Asia (Japan, Taiwan), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, Papua New Guinea), and South America (Colombia).

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.