A pangolin covered in overlapping scales that digs burrows in the ground.
It has a small pointed head, with both scales and hairs on the body.
Chinese Pangolins dig with powerful claws and eat ants and termites with a sticky tongue. In Hong Kong they use woodland and woodland-edge habitats, resting in burrows by day.
Burrows may occur near paths or villages. The 2019–2024 AFCD plan proposed combining camera traps, burrow surveys, sightings and rescue records to identify important habitat.
Exploitation for meat and scales threatens populations across the range. In Hong Kong, dog attacks and fragmented habitat were also identified as concerns.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.
Poaching for meat and scales is a threat. Hong Kong’s 2019 plan also addressed dog attacks and habitat fragmentation and proposed improved research, habitat protection, rescue and release.