| Biological classification: |
- kingdom: Animalia
- - phylum: Chordata
- -- class: Mammalia
- --- order: Pholidota
- ---- family: Manidae
- ----- species: Manis temminckii
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| Characteristics: | insectivore; body-length: 40-70cm; this animal is covered in very hard, brown scales, giving it a pine-cone like look; only the belly,face and insides of the strong legs are naked; it has a small head with a pointed snout; the tongue is very long (25 cm) and sticky making it perfect for ant and termite hunt; |
| Countries: |
- BW
- Botswana
- MZ
- Mozambique
- NA
- Namibia
- ZA
- South Africa
- ZW
- Zimbabwe
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| Ecoregions: |
- AT0119
- Maputaland coastal forest mosaic
- AT0128
- Southern Zanzibar-Inhambane coastal forest mosaic
- AT0702
- Angolan Mopane woodlands
- AT0717
- Southern Africa bushveld
- AT0719
- Southern Miombo woodlands
- AT0725
- Zambezian and Mopane woodlands
- AT0726
- Zambezian Baikiaea woodlands
- AT1309
- Kalahari xeric savanna
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| References: | Cillié 1997: 174 |
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