He mau holoholona ʻona maoli ʻo Pangolins: ke noho nei lākou ma ʻAmelika a me Asia Hema, e alakaʻi ana i ke ola nocturnal, ʻai i ka popo a me nā termite, a inā he pōpilikia lākou e hoʻohuli i ka pōpō me nā mea ikaika a koʻikoʻi, ʻaʻole i hiki i ka hapa nui o nā poʻe predator. Ua hōʻiliʻili mākou i kahi kiʻi paʻi kiʻi o nā holoholona like ʻole.
ʻO nā Pangolins, a i ʻoka manu ka haku ʻana i kā lākou iho ponoʻī - nā pangolins (Pholidota), kahi ʻohana he ʻewalu mau ʻano. ʻO kēia wale nō ke kamaʻilio ʻana i ko lākou ʻano kūʻokoʻa. He detachment kahi ʻāpana ʻauhau nui. ʻO kekahi mau kauoha e pili ana i ka mammals, no ka laʻana, nā mea wānana a i ʻole primates, ka mea e pili ana i nā haneli he mau ʻano.
ʻOiai ʻo kona inoa Lūkini - nā mālima, ʻaʻohe mea e pili ai nā pangolins i nā lizards a i ʻole nā mea reptile ma ka laulā. ʻO ka hua'ōlelo pangolin ka mea hoʻoiho i ka poʻe Malay - "e hoʻopuni ana i kahi pōpō." ʻO kaʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻike ka poʻe pangolins i ka peʻe i loko o kahi pōpō me kaʻole. I ka pōʻino, ʻo lākou, me ko lākou mau poʻo i kahili ʻia ma lalo o kā lākou huelo, a kū i loko o kahi artichoke nunui, kahi pōpō piha ʻole, ʻaʻole wale nā pōpoki nui e like me ka tiger a i ʻole ka leopona hiki (a i ʻole mau manawa) ke hoʻoiho. Eia nō naʻe, inā e kūleʻa lākou, ʻaʻole e pau ka mea maikaʻi: ka pangolin weliweli hoʻihoʻi i ka wai me kahi mea hoʻowahāwahā ʻia mai nā hua anal.
Hāʻawi ʻia ka pale o kahi pōpō o ka pangolin i nā ʻikepili keratin paʻakikī, e uhi ana i ka palena o ke kino holoʻokoʻa o ka holoholona. ʻO nā kaulike, a hiki i ka 20 pakeneka o ke kaumaha o ke kino, kelepona, a ua kuhikuhi ʻia ko lākou ʻaoʻao no ka pale aku hou. ʻAʻohe mea pau wale wale ma ka papalina, ma lalo o ke kino a me ka ʻaoʻao o loko o nā wāwae. ʻAʻole ʻike ʻia nā kaulike nui e like me nā pangolin i nā huahana ʻē aʻe. ʻO nā kaulike o nā armadillos, i ka manawa mua ke nānā aku e like me nā pangolins, ʻokoʻa loa: he liʻiliʻi lākou, ʻaʻole piʻipiʻi a paʻa ʻia me nā papa iwi i hoʻokumu ʻia i ka ʻikena, ka mea i lilo ka pale nui.
I nā ʻewalu mau ʻano pangolins, hapalua ke ola ma ʻAmelika a me kekahi hapa i Asia Hema. Noho ʻo Pangolins i nā ululāʻau a me savannahs a me nā mea āpau, koe wale nō iā ʻAmelika pangola e lōʻihi lōʻihi. Manis tetradactyla ) alakaʻi i kahi ola nocturnal. ʻO kekahi o lākou makemake i ka hele wāwae ma ka lepo, makemake kekahi e piʻi i nā lāʻau, ʻo ka hoʻohana pinepine ʻana i kā lākou huelo e kau ma luna mai nā lālā. ʻAi lākou i ka hānai no nā popo a me nā termite. I ka huli ʻana i nā mea iniseti, hoʻohana nui nā pangolins i ke ʻano o ka ʻono (ʻoiai ʻike ʻike ʻole lākou), a me ke ʻano o ka hoʻohana ʻana i kā lākou ʻōlelo ponoʻī, he mea kupanaha no nā ʻano āpau. Lōhea kēia ʻōlelo - lōʻihi loa mai ka pangolin ponoʻī, maʻalahi. ʻO nā mea e neʻe ai i pili i ke kaʻina xiphoid o ka sternum (ʻo ia kahi o ka lalo o ka sternum, e pae ana i ka hopena manuahi), kahi e kū pono ana i ka pā o lalo o ka ʻōpū o ka ʻōpū, kahi e hahai ai i ka piko o ka pelvis a kūlou i hope, e uhi ana i nā ʻaoʻao o loko. I ka hele ʻole o ka pangolin e hoʻohana i ka alelo, ua hūnā ia iā ia ma kahi hihia ma ka ʻāʻī umauma, aia nā ahe nā pūnaka e huna ana i ka lawena pālima me kahi mea ʻono o nā meaʻala. ʻO ka hōʻuluʻulu ʻana o nā pepeke ma luna o ka alelo, ʻānai nā pangolins iā lākou me ka ʻū ʻole ʻana, no ka mea, ʻaʻohe ona niho. ʻO nā niho niho ʻē aʻe, aia i loko o ka ʻōpū: aia kahi ʻano hanu me nā mea piʻi horny. Eia kekahi, nā pangolins, e like me nā manu, ʻai i nā ʻolua e kōkua i ka hana ʻana i ka meaʻai.
Hoʻohana ka Pangolins e nā ʻūpio ʻaʻole wale no ka ʻai, akā no nā kumu maʻemaʻe: e hakakā ai i nā parasit. Aia i loko o kahi anthill, hoʻāla ʻo pangolin i nā pauna, e ʻae ana i nā iniseti e holo i lalo o lākou. Ma laila ʻuʻā lākou iā ia a kāwīwī iā ia me nā kahawai o ka waikawa formic a me nā mea ʻano ʻē aʻe me nā mea o ka insecticidal a me nā bactericidal. A laila, hoʻopaʻa ka pangolin, kaomi maoli i nā unahi i ke kino, ke ʻoki nei i nā semale a pau. Ma hope o kēlā, hele ʻo ia i ka ʻauʻau: ma ka wai ua hoʻāla ʻo ia i kāna mau ʻāpana e holoi i nā iniseti mai lalo o lākou. He meaʻoluʻolu kekahi o nā manu, ʻo ia hoʻi nā ʻōpio, nā pōleʻele a me nā wīwī, i ke ʻano like o ka hoʻoulu ʻana i nā lāʻau lapaʻau ((ʻo ia hoʻi, loaʻa kekahi inoa kūikawā - mau ʻoka): ka ʻauʻau i ka anthills a i ʻole, hopu ana i nā popo me kā lākou mau puʻupuʻu, hoʻomoʻi i ka hulu me lākou.
Ma muli o nā mea like i ka nohona a me ka anatomy me nā armadillos a me nā anteaters (nā māka pale pale, ke ola nocturnal, ka ʻai ʻana i ka ʻona, ka ʻole o nā niho a i kā lākou hana maʻalahi, lōʻihi ke alelo a me nā muzzle elongated), nā hoʻohana ʻana i hoʻohana pū ʻia me lāua (a me nā sloths) i ka pā hoʻokahi detachment Edentata ("niho ʻole"). Eia nō naʻe, ua maopopo ka mea like ma waena o nā pangolins a me nā armadillos me nā anteaters e hoʻohui, ʻo ia, ua pili pū me ke ʻano like o ke ola. ʻO ka hopena, ua hana ka poʻe pangolins i kā lākou iho detachment, ua hoʻokumu ʻia nā mea aloha i ka lima, a ua hui pū ʻia nā sloths me nā anteaters i kahi detachment detachment (Pilosa). A ʻo nā noiʻi phylogenetic hou e hōʻike nei ua kokoke loa nā pili o nā pangolins, ua hewa loa, he detachment predatory (Carnivora), kahi i hui pū ai lākou i kēia manawa i ka waihona o Ferae.
E like me nā moʻolelo ʻē aʻe e pili ana i kekahi mau holoholona nui, ʻaʻole hiki i ka moʻolelo e pili ana i ka pangolins a hoʻopau ʻia i ka weliweli, a ʻo ka nui o ko lākou helu ʻana i kēlā me kēia makahiki. Ma ʻĀrelia a me Asia Hema e ʻimi ʻia lākou no ka ʻai a me nā unahi, i ʻike ʻia i nā hana olakino. Eia kekahi, luku ʻia kā lākou mau wahi noho ma muli o ka deforestation a me nā hana ʻē aʻe o ke kanaka. I ka hoʻopio ʻia, ʻaʻole makemake ka poʻe pangolins e ola: ma laila lākou e hoʻomohala ai i ka pneumonia a me kahi ʻōpū o ka ʻōpū, a no ka manawa mua i kāohi ai lākou i nā pangolins i ka pio ʻana i ka makahiki i hala. A hala ʻole nā pangolins, ua hōʻiliʻili mākou i ka hale kiʻi kiʻi i kā lākou kiʻi.