Chinese Pangolin vs Tickclover

Manis pentadactyla compared with Desmodium incanum

Key Differences

• Chinese Pangolin is Critically Endangered while Tickclover is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chinese Pangolin	Tickclover
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 incanum

Conservation Status

Chinese Pangolin

CR — Critically Endangered

Tickclover

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chinese Pangolin

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Tickclover

Habitat

Inhabits flooded grasslands and savannas within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (10 countries), Asia (Japan), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (12 countries), and South America (Brazil, 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.