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Manis culionensis
Desmarest, 1822. Mammalogie, In Encycl. Méth.
2:377.
ORDER—PHOLIDOTA
FAMILY—Manidae
COMMON NAME—Palawan pangolin.
DISTRIBUTION—Philippines only; records from Palawan Faunal Region only, Palawan (FMNH) and Culion (Elera, 1915).
HABITAT—Primary
and secondary lowland forest, sometimes localized in distribution (Hoogstraal,
1951).
STATUS—Moderately common, but heavily hunted; probably threatened in the Philippines (Esselstyn et al, 2004).
COMMENT ADDED IN 2005––Feifer (1998) recognized Manis culionensis as a distinct species, endemic to the Palawan Faunal Region. It occurs in lowland primary and secondary forest and grassland/second growth mosaic; it is probably moderately common and is hunted (Esselstyn et al., 2004).
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