Indian Pangolin Conservation Project:
The pangolin conservation project launched to protect pangolins has succeeded at Pench Tiger Reserve and Satpura Tiger Reserve, as the mammals have started to breed there
- Pangolins, also known as scaly anteaters, are the only known mammals with large keratin scales covering their skin.
- Of the eight species found worldwide (four each in Asia and Africa), two are found in India: the Indian Pangolin (Manis crassicaudata) and the Chinese Pangolin (Manis pentadactyla).
- Indian Pangolin also called the thick-tailed pangolin, is native to the Indian subcontinent.
- They are one of the most trafficked mammals in the world, despite an international ban on their trade.
- It lives in India (south of the Himalayas), Bangladesh, Southern Nepal, Sri Lanka, and small parts of Pakistan.
- Conservation status:
- IUCN Red List: Endangered
- Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972: Schedule I
- CITES: Appendix I
