What kind of food does pangolin eat?

Pangolin is a general term for the genus pangolin of the pangolin family, also known as mud carp, mausoleum carp, dragon carp, stone mud carp, etc., is a habitat mammal, lives in subtropical deciduous forests, often hides in caves during the day and clogs it with soil, goes out for food at night, goes out at night, and curls up into a ball when it encounters an enemy. Let's take a look at what pangolins eat.

What kind of food does pangolin eat?

Pangolins eat mainly termites, as well as ants and their larvae, bees, wasps and other insect larvae. The stomach of an adult pangolin can hold up to 500 grams of termites. According to the observation of scientists, in 250 mu of woodland, as long as there is an adult pangolin, termites will not cause harm to the forest, it can be seen that pangolin plays an important role in protecting forests, dams, maintaining ecological balance, human health and so on.

Distribution of producing area of pangolin

Pangolins are mainly distributed in Africa and Asia. China is mainly distributed in Hunan, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, Jiangxi, Guizhou, Sichuan, Yunnan, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, and Taiwan from the foothills to the mountains of about 1000 meters above sea level.

The living habits of pangolin

1. Building caves: pangolins usually live alone in caves and live in pairs only during the breeding season. In order to adapt to cave life, pangolins have the habit of loving cleanliness, and the cave structure is also very fastidious, which often varies with the seasons and food. there are generally two main forms, one is living in summer, called summer cave, and the other is living in winter, called winter cave.

2. Activity: pangolins often dig holes in the grass in the foothills or moist places in hilly thickets, go out day and night, curl up into balls when they encounter enemies, and the hard shell makes it difficult for beasts to bite or swallow. The pangolin shell is composed of an organic skeletal structure called keratin, accounting for about 20% of the pangolin's total body weight.

3. Reproduction: pangolin is a viviparous animal, its oestrus time is mainly from April to May, male and female cohabit during estrus, and then separate after mating, the delivery period is from December to January of the following year, and the gestation period is about 5-6 months. The male pangolin lasts for a long time, and the male is in estrus all the time and does not show periodicity. The female estrus cycle has 2-5 estrous cycles, the estrous cycle is 12-25 days, the female is no longer in estrus after conception, the male looks for the female everywhere during the estrus, the male and the female cohabit during the oestrus, separate after mating, one child per year, under the condition of artificial feeding, three babies can be born in 2 years.