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has not been measured, one specimen was found to weigh between 30 kg (66 lb) and 40 kg (88 lb). Males are larger than females, with male body lengths about 137 cm (54 in) to 180 cm (71 in) and females about 112.5 cm (44.3 in) to 136.5 cm
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Gaubert, Agostinho Antunes, Hao Meng, Lin Miao, Stéphane Peigné, Fabienne Justy, Flobert Njiokou, Sylvain Dufour, Emmanuel Danquah, Jayanthi Alahakoon, Erik Verheyen, William T Stanley, Stephen J O’Brien, Warren E Johnson, Shu-Jin Luo (2018)
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Sean P. Heighton, Rémi Allio, Jérôme
Murienne, Jordi Salmona, Hao Meng, Céline Scornavacca, Armanda D. S. Bastos, Flobert Njiokou, Darren W. Pietersen, Marie-Ka Tilak, Shu-Jin Luo, Frédéric Delsuc, Philippe Gaubert (2023.)
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Sandri, Tommy; Okell, Claire; Nixon, Stuart; Matthews, Naomi; Omengo, Fred; Mathenge, James; Ndambuki, Stephen; Challender, Daniel W.S.; Chepkwony, Richard; Omondi, Patrick; Ngene, Shadrack; Cain, Bradley (4 July 2022).
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partial collapse of the mound, exposing the termites. Only the adults are strong enough to do this; their young must follow behind their mothers until they grow large enough to do it for themselves. It eats the
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Fitzinger, L. J. (1872.) "Die naturliche familie der schuppenthiere (Manes)." Sitzungsberichte der
Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe, CI., LXV, Abth. I,
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September and another in October, with the young weighing around 500 g (18 oz). As in all pangolins, infants have soft scales that eventually harden, and are born with open
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Grubb, P., Jones, T. S., Davies, A. G., Edberg, E., Starin, E. D., Hill, J. E. (1998.) "Mammals of Ghana, Sierra Leone and the Gambia." Trendrine Press, Zennor, Cornwall.
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475:(53.7 in). Like all pangolins, the species is armored with large, brown to reddish-brown scales formed from keratin. Curiously, it also has
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Nixon, S.; Pietersen, D.; Challender, D.; Hoffmann, M.; Godwill Ichu, I.; Bruce, T.; Ingram, D. J.; Matthews, N. & Shirley, M. H. (2019).
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Giant pangolin in Antwerp Zoo - 1940, Touring Club Italiano
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Like all pangolins, the giant pangolin is a specialized
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2044:Manis crassicaudata
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2003:M. p. pentadactyla
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