Pangolin

April 14, 2010 by retrieverman

Pangolins are most closely related to what animals?

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on April 14, 2010 at 1:29 pm Gary

Artichokes?

How about armadillos?
on April 14, 2010 at 2:00 pm cyborgsuzy

Ankylosaurus, everyone knows that.
on April 14, 2010 at 2:19 pm Marcus

I think they’re most closely related to the Order Carnivora.
on April 14, 2010 at 3:59 pm Christopher@BorderWars

Sucker’s answer is anteater, since they’re alternately called the “Scaly anteater” and of course the armadillo given the scales. Anteaters and Armadillos belong in the same order as sloths.

Buuuut, given that you’re asking, I imagine that the traditional taxonomy is not backed up by DNA.
- on April 14, 2010 at 4:03 pm retrieverman
  
  The traditional taxonomy was scrapped long ago.
  
  Pangolins and aardvarks aren’t related to each other.
  
  And neither are related to anteaters, sloths, and armadillos.
on April 14, 2010 at 4:28 pm Christopher@BorderWars

I imagine that very very few Pangolins are born breach. Just look at those scales:

I shudder to think about pushing that out the wrong way.
- on April 14, 2010 at 4:36 pm retrieverman
  
  Those things are so bizarrely cute.
on April 14, 2010 at 11:32 pm Sarah

Are those ‘scales’ made of keratin? modifed hair?
- on April 15, 2010 at 7:51 am retrieverman
  
  Yes. Keratin.
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