How to Use pangolin in a Sentence

pangolin

noun
  • Up to a third of the pangolin species may have played host to the virus.
    — Ivana Kottasová, CNN, 30 May 2020
  • In the past decade, there have been well over one million pangolins killed to feed this demand.
    — Elly Pepper, Scientific American Blog Network, 5 June 2017
  • Maybe a human did start the pandemic, not a wild bat or a caged pangolin.
    — Annie Lowrey, The Atlantic, 15 Sep. 2020
  • This time around, the source of illness may have been pangolins or bats, instead of marmots.
    — Parag Khanna, Wired, 28 Feb. 2020
  • Four of the 101 pangolins seized from the fishing boat later died.
    — Rachael Bale, National Geographic, 26 Oct. 2017
  • There are eight species of pangolin and all of them are now threatened to extinction due to poaching.
    — Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com, 6 Nov. 2019
  • Lotter has said that Fodie was involved in the shipment of six tons of pangolin scales.
    — Kevin Sieff, Washington Post, 18 Aug. 2017
  • One of the world’s most trafficked animals is the pangolin — for its meat and its scales, which are used for medicine.
    — Diane Daniel, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Mar. 2018
  • Over 100,000 pangolins are poached from the wild every year.
    — Michael Adkesson, Chicago Tribune, 16 Aug. 2025
  • From the snow leopard to the pangolin, there are many animals that evade human contact.
    — Stephanie Edwards, Discover Magazine, 6 May 2025
  • All too often, pangolins arrive at the center with missing limbs and scales yanked from their torsos.
    — Kang-Chun Cheng, Christian Science Monitor, 9 July 2025
  • In the decades since, it was downgraded to a subspecies of Chinese pangolin.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 1 July 2026
  • In fact, while some researchers go gaga over a cute panda or pangolin, Kwak has a thing for parasites.
    — Eric Niiler, Wired, 13 Aug. 2020
  • While they're sometimes known as scaly anteaters, pangolins are not related in any way to anteaters or armadillos.
    — ABC News, 20 Feb. 2026
  • In the last decade, officials have seized enough remnants to account for at least 1 million pangolins.
    — Nick Roll, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Mar. 2023
  • Also known as scaly anteaters, the world’s eight species of pangolins are split evenly between Africa and Asia.
    — Rachel Nuwer, National Geographic, 18 Nov. 2016
  • The secret life of pangolins These small and adorable mammals are one of the most trafficked animals in the world.
    — Jade Walker, CNN Money, 28 Apr. 2025
  • Living animals tend to have tails with weapons that are made of keratin, like the quills of a porcupine or the scales of a pangolin.
    — Nicholas St. Fleur, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2018
  • Researchers think the virus could have gone from bats to humans via the pangolins in the Wuhan market where live animals are sold.
    — John Gage, Washington Examiner, 7 Feb. 2020
  • In the same way that a pangolin waddles on its two hind legs, the Plantolin balances Segway-style on two wheels.
    — New Atlas, 5 Oct. 2024
  • All eight species of pangolins are at risk of extinction, and four are critically endangered.
    — Michael Adkesson, Chicago Tribune, 16 Aug. 2025
  • Wendt said pangolin — the most trafficked mammal in the world — may be the next addition to Benny’s resume.
    — Sarah Wu, The Seattle Times, 22 June 2018
  • An Indian pangolin gives her pup a lift in Matale, Sri Lanka.
    — Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
  • The trade is also overshadowed by more concerted efforts to shut down smuggling of elephant ivory and pangolin scales.
    — National Geographic, 7 Dec. 2016
  • Since 2017, all eight pangolin species have been banned from international trade.
    — Rachel Nuwer, National Geographic, 24 July 2019
  • The two animals are the parents of the first pangolin born in captivity in Europe.
    — Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 24 Feb. 2023
  • But when these viruses leap into a new species—whether a pangolin or a civet or a human—the result can be severe, sometimes deadly, sickness.
    — Carolyn Kormann, The New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2020
  • Kenya has in the past fought against the trafficking of body parts of larger species of wild animals, including elephants, rhinos and pangolins.
    — Evelyne Musambi, Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2025
  • The pangolin, a mammal sometimes confused with the armadillo, has become one of the most trafficked animals.
    — Dionne Searcey, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2018
  • The trailer reveals that Thomas takes it upon himself to care for and nurture the pangolin so Kulu can return to the wild.
    — Colson Thayer, People.com, 24 Mar. 2025

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