Helping to save pangolins from extinction
Abstract Pangolins, widely distributed in Asia and Africa, have been described as the most heavily trafficked wild mammals globally. Following the emergence of COVID‐19, researchers suggested that the Sunda pangolin (Manis javanica) may have been the intermediary host of SARS‐CoV‐2 in a transmission...
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| author | Siew Woh Choo Sara Platto Daniel W.S. Challender |
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| description | Abstract Pangolins, widely distributed in Asia and Africa, have been described as the most heavily trafficked wild mammals globally. Following the emergence of COVID‐19, researchers suggested that the Sunda pangolin (Manis javanica) may have been the intermediary host of SARS‐CoV‐2 in a transmission chain from bats to people. Although subsequent studies have shown that this is unlikely, the impact of this association on pangolins is unknown. In this article, we reflect on the potential impacts of this association in the context of critical knowledge gaps that need to be filled to inform pangolin conservation and mitigate the threats the species. face. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7bd2402ea5854c0d93d2b284829a86c62022-12-22T02:32:57ZengWileyConservation Letters1755-263X2022-05-01153n/an/a10.1111/conl.12871Helping to save pangolins from extinctionSiew Woh Choo0Sara Platto1Daniel W.S. Challender2College of Science and Technology Wenzhou‐Kean University Wenzhou Zhejiang Province ChinaDepartment of Biotechnology College of Life Sciences, Jianghan University Wuhan Hubei Province ChinaInterdisciplinary Centre for Conservation Science (ICCS), Department of Zoology University of Oxford Oxford UKAbstract Pangolins, widely distributed in Asia and Africa, have been described as the most heavily trafficked wild mammals globally. Following the emergence of COVID‐19, researchers suggested that the Sunda pangolin (Manis javanica) may have been the intermediary host of SARS‐CoV‐2 in a transmission chain from bats to people. Although subsequent studies have shown that this is unlikely, the impact of this association on pangolins is unknown. In this article, we reflect on the potential impacts of this association in the context of critical knowledge gaps that need to be filled to inform pangolin conservation and mitigate the threats the species. face.https://doi.org/10.1111/conl.12871PangolinConservationCOVID‐19Local Ecological KnowledgeCITESPlacental mammal |
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| title | Helping to save pangolins from extinction |
| title_full | Helping to save pangolins from extinction |
| title_fullStr | Helping to save pangolins from extinction |
| title_full_unstemmed | Helping to save pangolins from extinction |
| title_short | Helping to save pangolins from extinction |
| title_sort | helping to save pangolins from extinction |
| topic | Pangolin Conservation COVID‐19 Local Ecological Knowledge CITES Placental mammal |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1111/conl.12871 |
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