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Tree pangolin
| Tree pangolin | |
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| In Nyamebe Bepo Forest Reserve, Ashanti Region, Ghana | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Pholidota |
| Family: | Manidae |
| Genus: | Phataginus |
| Species: | P. tricuspis
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| Binomial name | |
| Phataginus tricuspis (Rafinesque, 1821)[3]
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Distribution of the tree pangolin
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The tree pangolin[4] (Phataginus tricuspis) is one of eight extant species of pangolins ("scaly anteaters"), and is native to equatorial Africa. Also known as the white-bellied pangolin or three-cusped pangolin, it is the most common of the African forest pangolins.
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