PANGOLIN Synonyms

• toothless mammal of southern Africa and Asia having a body covered with horny scales and a long snout for feeding on ants and termites

• any of several tropical American mammals of the family Myrmecophagidae which lack teeth and feed on ants and termites

• nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites; sole extant representative of the order Tubulidentata

• small Australian marsupial having long snout and strong claws for feeding on termites; nearly extinct

• a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites; native to New Guinea

• a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites; native to Australia

• any warm-blooded vertebrate having the skin more or less covered with hair; young are born alive except for the small subclass of monotremes and nourished with milk

• rough to the touch; covered with scales or scurf

• having the body covered or partially covered with thin horny plates, as some fish and reptiles

• toothless mammal of southern Africa and Asia having a body covered with horny scales and a long snout for feeding on ants and termites