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Status of Himalayan pangolin
July 9 , 2026
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- Himalayan pangolin was confirmed as a distinct species.
- It was earlier classified as subspecies of Chinese pangolin.
- Himalayan pangolin (Manis aurita) is a distinct extant species, separate from the Chinese pangolin (Manis pentadactyla).
- The species’ distribution is restricted to the southern Himalayan foothills, with confirmed populations in Nepal, South Tibet, and Northeast India, including the state of Assam.
- The major landscape features, such as the Brahmaputra drainage and the Arakan Mountains, acted as “synergistic filters”.
- All eight currently recognized pangolin species were transferred to CITES Appendix I.
- Thereby it is prohibiting international commercial trade in those named taxa and their parts under the Convention.
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