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Pangolins

The Pangolins only includes the genus Pangolinidae, with 7 species of living animals, 3 in Asia and 4 in Africa. The body is covered with horny scales, and the scales are interspersed with sparse stiff hairs. The head is small, without teeth, with a pointed snout, a well-developed tongue, and long front claws, which are adapted to digging ant nests and licking insects such as ants. Pangolins live in forests, dense bushes, open areas or prairies.