Indian Pangolin Preserved Body Stock Image

Indian pangolin or thick-tailed pangolin or scaly anteater Manis crassicaudata preserved body in the display gallery of zoological park in India . They are placed in Endangered category of IUCN because of their declining number. They are killed because of misconception or superstitions about their scales which are believed to have medicinal properties. Most of these animals are smuggled to China for this purpose.