Ground pangolin: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the ground pangolin lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Smutsia temminckii
Group	Pangolins, hyraxes & other mammals
Status	Vulnerable (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	Africa
Class	Mammal
Order	Pholidota
Family	Manidae

Where does the ground pangolin live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the ground pangolin in 1 country or territory across Africa.

South Africa

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the ground pangolin endangered?

The ground pangolin’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Vulnerable” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the ground pangolin?

The ground pangolin (Smutsia temminckii) is a mammal in the order Pholidota and the family Manidae, genus Smutsia. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the ground pangolin

The ground pangolin (Smutsia temminckii), also known as Temminck's pangolin, Cape pangolin or steppe pangolin is a species of pangolin from genus Smutsia of subfamily Smutsiinae the within family Manidae. It is one of four species of pangolins which can be found in Africa, and the only one in southern and eastern Africa. The animal was named for the Dutch zoologist Coenraad Jacob Temminck.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Ground pangolin (revision 1377808247), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q28173017 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).