Trenggiling

Javanesse Trenggiling / Pangolin
About the Trenggiling

Pangolin was found by Desmarest in 1822 gave the name of Sweet, Sweet full javanica scaly anteaters are mammals that live only in Indonesia. Member nations and tribes Manidae Pholidota this is one animal that is protected, because the population of anteaters are increasingly reduced from time to time. He became endangered because of the people of Southeast Asia it is also eaten. Reportedly pangolin meat tastes similar to the small size of duck meat. But the main cause of extinction is habitat destruction anteaters. Forest spent in Southeast Asia, India and Africa which mainly causes the animal is on the list of those that should be preserved.
Anatomy
• Body anteater larger than a cat. Short legs with long, heavy tail.
• What is unique is his scaly tiles arranged like a house, partially cover each other. Scales of skin that bulge out of the epidermis. Scales on the back and outer legs light brown.
• The abdomen, inner limbs, throat and head parts are not covered with scales, but covered with feathers
• Animals do not have a hairy little teeth.
• anteater has a long tongue and webbed lenders. Panhandle long tongue can reach half the length of the body.
• Head conical, small eyes, so is the outer ear.
• strong and short legs complete with claws. Claw fingers really digging claws.
• anteater who lives in the soil has a strong muscular tail. Its length is about equal to the whole body and scaly. Pangolins that live in trees have a longer tail than his body. At the tail end of it there is a bald part. The tail is used as an arm to hold onto when climbing trees.
• anteater found on the island of Java, Sumatra has a head length 50-60 cm, tail length 50-80 cm, with amber color scales to blackish brown and white colored somewhat.
The types of anteaters
• Indian pangolin (Manis crassicaudata) is located in India and Sri Lanka
• Chinese pangolin (M. pentadactyla) located in Southern Taiwan and the PRC
• The tree pangolin (M. tricuspis)
• long-tailed pangolin (M. tetradactyla)
• The giant anteater (M.gigantea) and Temmick pangolin (M. Temmicki) found in Africa
• Java pangolin (M. javanica) is located in Peninsular Malaysia, Burma, Indochina (Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia) and the islands of Sumatra, Borneo and Java.
Food
The main food animals are ants and termites. His tongue used to lick his quarry. Ants and termites will be attached to the tongue anteaters thanks to his saliva. In the chest there armadillo salivary gland is very large. These glands produce a fluid that can glue the insects.
Behavior in nature