ʻO ka wā mua aʻu i ʻike ai i kahi pangolin (lat. Pholidota), hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻoholo no he armadillo ʻoe, akā he mau holoholona ʻokoʻa loa kēia. ʻO nā Pangolins nā lizards na ka nui o nā maʻi mamental. ʻO ka inoa o nā mea palaka mai nā huaʻōlelo "pengguling", i unuhi ʻia mai ka ʻōlelo ʻ Malaylelo Malay i ke ʻano o "curl into a ball". ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo ke kū mai kahi pōʻino, e piʻi pinepine nei ka pangolin i kekahi pōpō.

ʻO ka inoa maoli i ka Latin nā leo e like me Pholidota. ʻO nā kiʻi kolo o kēia ʻano he pinepine ka lōʻihi o 30 a 88 sentimimeter, a ʻo ka nui o kā lākou huelo e pili pinepine ana i ka nui o ke kino ponoʻī. ʻĀnō mau ʻāpana like waiwai i kahi maka.

Ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa he 8 mau ʻano o kēia mau "dragon-hedgehog" (e kāhea lākou iā lākou no ka leʻaleʻa). ʻO kekahi o lākou - 4 ʻano ola - e noho ana ma ke kaona o ka Hema a me ka Equatorial Africa, a me ke koena - ma Asia Hema.

Hoʻokahi ʻanoʻokoʻa kēlā me kēia ʻano pono. No laila, i kēia manawa e holo koke mākou i nā hiʻohiʻona maʻamau o nā pangolins, a laila e kamaʻilio ʻokoʻa mākou i kēlā me kēia ʻano.

He ʻaʻihi lōʻihi loa kēia mau holoholona, ​​i kekahi manawa hiki ke lōʻihi i ka lōʻihi o ke kino o ka holoholona. ʻO ke kino āpau o luna, e hoʻomaka ana mai ka waenakonu o ka muzzle a hoʻopau i ka neʻe o ka huʻu, i uhi ʻia i nā lālani pōkole o nā papa ʻelima o ka hina-brown or brown-yellow. ʻO kēia hoʻonohonoho o nā unahi i ʻoi aku ai ka holoholona, ​​ʻoiai ke lohi nei, e wikiwiki koke i ka pōpō. ʻO ka ihu wale, ka ʻōpū a me ka ʻōpū o loko o nā wāwae e noho mau ai ʻaʻole "ka mālama". ʻO kēia mau wahi i uhi ʻia i ka hulu huluhulu pōkole.

Kuhi ʻia ka ʻaoʻao o ka pihi. ʻO ka lōʻihi o ka manawa, hiki iā lākou ke holoi, akā ke kau nei nā mea hou i ko lākou wahi. I kēia hihia, e loli ʻole ka nui o nā lihi. ʻO ka uhi ʻia ʻo ia ka "dragon" hana i nā hana pale pilikino a ʻaʻohe pono e pili i ka pū i ka uhi o nā reptile, e like me nā buoc.

Pahu kūlohelohe ʻo Pangolins i nā semale a me nā termites, ʻo ia paha ke kumu e nānā like ai i nā ʻāpana o nā anteater, ʻoi aku kahi muzzle elongated a me ka puʻu liʻiliʻi. E like me nā holoholona āpau me ia meaʻai kīnāwai o ia ʻano, he lōʻihi a wili ke alelo. ʻO kona lōʻihi e pili ana i 40 cm. ʻO nā ʻōpū e hana ai i ka alelo e hana ma ka umauma a hiki i ka pelvis.

ʻAʻohe ona niho, no laila, e hoʻohui i ka ʻai mea ola, ua uhi ʻia nā paia o ka ʻōpū i ka epithelium keratinized me nā mea ulu keratinized. Eia kekahi, hiki i ka pangolin ke ale i nā pōhaku liʻiliʻi, nāna hoʻi e kōkua i ka ʻoki ʻana i ka meaʻai.

Loaʻa iā lākou ka meaʻai e ka wawahi ʻana i nā paia o nā anthills me nā wāwae ikaika o lākou. Aka, ʻaʻole wale ia. Ka mea hele aku ka pīniu o nā pangolins i nā kime, a holo lākou i lalo iā ia e like me ka meli.

Uhaʻi ʻia nā maka liʻiliʻi i nā pūnohi laulima, nā pale maikaʻi loa mai nā kū ʻana o nā popo a me nā termites. ʻAʻole pono ka mea palani ma ke nānā ʻana me ka lohe, akā he mea maikaʻi loa kona ʻono.

ʻO nā holoholona nocturnal nā holoholona. Noho lākou i nā lua hohonu a i nā hollows. Pahu maikaʻi kekahi ʻano lāʻau. Ka neʻe wikiwiki nei lākou - ʻaʻole iʻoi aku ma mua o 3.5 - 5 km / h. No laila, ke hele mai ka mea hoʻoweliweli, piʻi lākou i ka pōpō a uhi i ko lākou mau poʻo i kahi ʻoi ikaika. E hoʻokiolo iā lākou e pono ai ka ikaika a me ka dexterity. ʻO nā mea hoʻonani nui a ikaika loa, e like me nā leopard a me nā tigers paha, hiki ke hana i kēia. ʻO kekahi pale ʻē aʻe o ka pangolin ka mea huna ʻona ʻia i hoʻokuʻu ʻia mai nā kinipona anal.

ʻO kēia mau holoholona, ​​he aloha wale nō, manawa manawa hiki iā ʻoe ke hālāwai i ka wahine me kahi liʻiliʻi ma kona kua. Lawe ʻia nā Offspring i hoʻokahi makahiki i ka makahiki, ma ka hoʻoilo ka hoʻoilo. Noho ke kiaʻi ma muli o 4-5 mau mahina. Hānau pū ʻia nā pangolins a ʻAmelika i 1 cub, a ʻo ʻAmelika mai ka 1 a hiki i 3. ʻO ka pēpē i hānau maikaʻi ʻia ka pēpē, akā he hairless a me nā palupalu palupalu, kahi e hoʻomaka maoli ai e paakiki i kekahi mau lā.

E like me nā mommals a pau, ka manawa mua o ko lākou ola, mālama ka ʻai pangolin i ka waiū o ka makuahine, a ma hope o hoʻokahi mahina ua hoʻololi lākou i ka meaʻai karnivorous. I ka hihia, hiki koke ka makuahine ke hānai i kāna keiki i ka "kani" o kona kino.

Hoʻokomo wale ka pelekedena pangolin i kēia wale nō ʻohana Līlani (Manidae) me ʻehā moʻokalaleo ʻehā, a he 8 mau ʻano, i kēia manawa e ʻike kākou i kēlā me kēia. E hoʻomaka, e noʻonoʻo i ka "ʻAmelika" (ka poʻe e noho ana i ka Hema a i ʻole Equatorial Africa):

1. ʻO ka Raptor Kū lōʻihi (Uromanis tetradactyla) Noho ʻia ma nā kumulāʻau i loko o ka ululāʻau o ʻApelika Komohana. Aia ia ka moʻo lōʻihi loa ma waena o nā ʻano ʻē aʻe. ʻO ka lōʻihi o ke kino he 30-40 cm, a ʻo kahi huelo he 60-70 cm.

2. Giant Raptor (Smutsia gigantea) ʻO ka nui nui loa. ʻO kona lōʻihi ka 75-80 cm, a ʻo kona huelo he 50-65 cm.hō ka nui o nā papa ʻehā. ʻAʻole e like me ka līkeke lōʻihi, ʻoi aku ka noho ʻana ma ka ʻāina a kālai i nā lua. Noho ia ma Central a me West Africa.

3. Raptor keʻokeʻo (Phataginus tricuspis) ʻO ka lōʻihi o ke kino he 35-45 cm, ʻo ka huelo he 40-50 cm. Mai ka inoa ua ʻike ia he māmā ka lauoho ma kona ʻōpū. Hoʻohui pū ʻia kēia ʻano holoholona e nā ʻuʻina liʻiliʻi me nā pupu liʻiliʻi. Noho ia ma nā ululāʻau o West a me Central Africa. Noho ma nā kumulāʻau.

Laki Paki (Smutsia temminckii) ʻO ka wikiwiki loa a ma mua o nā ʻano 8. ʻO kēia wahi ka laulima a me nā punahele o ka East a me ʻAmelika Hema. E makemake e noho i ka ʻāina.

ʻ, i kēia manawa ua loaʻa nā mea kanu ma Southwest Asia:

1. ʻO Filipina Raptor (Manis culionensis) Noho nui ia ma kekahi mau mokupuni ʻo Pilipo kahi hapa o ka ʻāina ʻo Palawan.

2. India Raptor (Manis crassicaudata) ʻO nā ʻano ʻano wale nō e ʻeli ana i nā lua hohonu e pau ana i loko o kahi lumi moe. Ola, e like me kāu i hoʻomaopopo ai, ma India. ʻO ka lōʻihi kino - 60-65 cm, ka lōʻihi o ka huelo - 45-50 cm. uhi ʻia me nā ʻāpana nui o ka ʻāpana polūʻeleʻele.

3. Nā Raptor Pelekane (ʻO Manis javanica) Hauʻoli nui ia i nā lei o ka lāʻau a i ka ʻāina anu. He wahi nui kona noho. Hiki iā ʻoe ke hālāwai iā ia ma ke kahua ʻo Malaka, ma Indochina a i Indonesia. Ua uhi ʻia me nā unahi waiona nui a me ka huluhulu brown.

4. ʻEne Raptor (Manis pentadactyla) Loaʻa i kona inoa no nā ʻoihana holomua ʻanakala. Noho ma nā wao nahele o Nepal, South China a me North India. E makemake nui ia i ka pāpaona ma lalo o kona mau wāwae, akā hiki nō iā ia ke piʻi i nā kumulāʻau inā pono. ʻO ka lōʻihi kino - 50-60 cm, ʻili - 30-40 cm.

ʻO kā lākou hiʻohiʻona maikaʻi loa i lilo i hale maikaʻi loa no nā kānaka. Hoʻokomo maikaʻi ʻia nā kamaʻāina iā lākou he nui loa no ka ʻiʻo, ka mea e ʻono e like me ka puaʻa, akā no ka hapa nui loa no nā ʻāpana ʻili a me ka ʻili. Hoʻohui kekahi, e hōʻike ana kekahi mau mana mana i kā lākou mau pepeiaohao - pale mai ka hōʻekele ʻana o nā liona, a me nā poʻe ʻē aʻe - pale aku i ka ulaula a me nā maʻi.

I ka makahiki 2012, nānā nā luna hana Thai i ka pangolin i ka wā o ka hālāwai kūkā ma Bangkok, Thailand. Ua hoʻopakele nā ​​luna hoʻomalu i nā pangolins 138 i hoʻopau ʻia he $ 46,000, a kokoke lākou e lawe i waho o ka ʻāina a e ʻai iho. (Apichart Weerawong / Hui Hoʻohui Kūʻai)

ʻElua mau pūlama kūloko e noho nei i loko o kahi hīnaʻi, Bangkok, Thailand. (Sakchai Lalit / Associated Press)

Hiki i nā Pangolins ke kū mālie i nā wāwae hind o ka mea ke nānā maoli i kēia ʻāina. ʻOiai, ʻo kā lākou kākoʻo nui loa ka huluhulu. I ka hihia o ka pōʻino, hoʻowalewale kahi pangolin i kahi hopena pale. ʻAʻole wale lākou i ka lepe i ka pōpō, akā pū kekahi i kahi ʻono maikaʻi ʻole e lawelawe nei e hoʻoweliweli i ka ʻenemi. Inā hoʻololi ʻia ka pangolin i kahi pōpō, hiki nō iā ia ke paʻakikī a kāpae.

ʻAʻole paʻakikī ʻo Pangolin ka mālama ʻana i ka noho pio ʻana, ʻo ka mea nui ka ʻai nui o nā dinosaurs i nā holoholona liʻiliʻi wale nō. I loko o ka ʻōpū o ka pīpī ke hiki mai i 150 a 2000 g kahi ʻano o nā pepeke a me nā termites.