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J Parasit Dis. 2016 Dec;40(4):1109-1115. Epub 2015 Feb 14.

Check list of parasites and bacteria recorded from pangolins (Manis sp.).

Mohapatra RK¹, Panda S², Nair MV³, Acharjyo LN⁴.

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Abstract

Sound knowledge on parasite fauna of pangolins is crucial for evaluation of their health status. In the present review, a checklist of 34 genera of parasites and bacteria, including 4 genera of protozoan, 13 genera of helminthes, 8 genera of ticks, 2 genera of mites and 7 genera of bacteria reported from pangolins was compiled and their zoonotic potential were discussed. The aim of this checklist is to underline the information gap and to provide a reference list of parasites and bacteria known for pangolins to assist in their further investigation.

KEYWORDS:

Bacteria; Ecto-parasite; Endo-parasite, Zoonoses; Manis; Pangolin

PMID:

27876899

PMCID:

PMC5118279

DOI:

10.1007/s12639-015-0653-5

Introduction

Pangolins are toothless placental mammals represented by eight species belonging to a single family Manidae of order Pholidota. 

Four pangolin species viz.

 Chinese pangolin (Manis pentadactyla), 

Indian pangolin (Manis crassicaudata),

 Philippine pangolin (Manis culionensis) and 

Malayan pangolin (Manis javanica) are native to Asia, whereas, 

other four pangolin species viz. 

Temminck’s ground pangolin (Manis temminckii), 

giant ground pangolin (Manis gigantea), 

long-tailed pangolin (Manis tetradactyla) and 

tree pangolin (Manis tricuspis) occur in Africa. 

The Asiatic pangolins such as M. javanica and M. pentadactyla are classified as critically endangered, while M. culionensis and M. crassicaudata are classified as endangered and all African pangolin are classified as vulnerable by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (Challender et al. 2014). 

 Limited information are available about the biology, ecology, behaviour, diseases and parasites of pangolins both in captivity as well as in wild (Narayanan et al. 1977; Acharjyo 2000; Lim and Ng 2008; Challender 2009; Clark et al. 2009; Bao et al. 2013; Mohapatra and Panda 2014). Therefore, it is necessary to collect more data and carry out more field research on these animals, to promote their conservation. Considering the above necessities, the present communication is intended to compile all the available published literature on parasites and bacteria recorded from pangolins.

 The aim of this review is to prepare a single source to provide informations to researchers and veterinarians concerned with the parasitological and bacteriological aspects of pangolins as the pertinent sources reporting parasites and bacteria from pangolins were scattered over a number of publications covering about nine decades.