page_title: List of mammals of China
section_title: Order: Pholidota (pangolins)
hierarchical_section_title: List of mammals of China / Subclass: Theria / Infraclass: Eutheria / Order: Pholidota (pangolins)
caption_attribution_description: English: Pangolin, Manis javanica Deutsch: Schuppentier, Manis javanica
context_page_description: This is a list of the mammal species recorded in China. There are 495 mammal species in China, of which thirteen are critically endangered, twenty-four are endangered, forty-seven are vulnerable, and seven are near threatened. One of the species listed for China can no longer be found in the wild.
  The following tags are used to highlight each species' conservation status as assessed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature:
  Some species were assessed using an earlier set of criteria. Species assessed using this system have the following instead of near threatened and least concern categories:
context_section_description: The order Pholidota comprises the eight species of pangolin. Pangolins are anteaters and have the powerful claws, elongated snout and long tongue seen in the other unrelated anteater species.
  Family: Manidae
  Genus: Manis
  Sunda pangolin, Manis javanica LR/nt
  Chinese pangolin, Manis pentadactyla LR/nt
caption: Sunda pangolin
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