Record | Species Use Database

A. Species

Scientific name: Manis crassicaudata

Common name(s): Indian Pangolin

Global IUCN Red List Threat Status: Endangered

B. Location of use

Geographic location(s):

Pakistan

Country/Region:

C. Scale of assessment

Scale of assessment: National Level

Name/Details of location: Pakistan

D. Timescale of use

Start Year: 1997

End Year: 2019

E. Information about the use

How is the wild species sourced?: Wild species sourced from its natural habitat

Type of use: Extractive

Practice of use: Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals

Lethal or non-lethal: Lethal

Does this use involve take/extraction of: Only parts or products of the organism

Purpose(s) of end use: Medicine and hygiene

Motivation of use: Income generation from trade (individual/household/community) and Traditional/Cultural/Spiritual

Is this use legal or illegal?: not recorded

F. Information about the Users

Which stakeholder(s) does the record primarily focus on?: Local people and National / local government

G. Information about the sustainability of use

Is there evidence that the use is having an impact on the target species?: Wild species sourced from its natural habitat

Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from an ecological perspective been recorded?: not recorded

Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from an economic perspective been recorded?: not recorded

Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from a social perspective been recorded?: not recorded

Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from a human health perspective been recorded?: not recorded

Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from an animal health/welfare perspective been recorded?: not recorded

Recommendations provided in the record to maintain or enhance the sustainability of the use of the target species

Record source

Information about the record source: scientific_pub and formal_data_stats

Date of publication/issue/production: 2020-01-01T00:00:00+0000

Source Reference(s):

Samar, M., Khan, H., Ullah, S., Haroon Hamed, M., Altaf, M., And Kashmir, J., & Bagh, P. (2020). A study of illegal wildlife trade and seizures in Pakistan. In Journal of Wildlife and Ecology (Vol. 4, Issue 4).

Bagde, N., S. Jain. 2013. An ethnozoological studies and medicinal values of vertebrate origin in
the adjoining areas of Pench National Park of Chhindwara District of Madhya Pradesh,
India. International Journal of life sciences. 1 278-283.

Betlu, A.L.S. 2013. Indigenous knowledge of zootherapeutic use among the Biate tribe of Dima Hasao District, Assam, Northeastern India. Journal of ethnobiology and ethnomedicine. 9: 1.

Chinlampianga, M., R.K. Singh, A.C. Shukla. 2013. Ethnozoological diversity of Northeast India: Empirical learning with traditional knowledge holders of Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh. Indian J. Tradit. Knowl. 12: 18-30.

Mishra, N., S. Rout, T. Panda. 2011. Ethno-zoological studies and medicinal values of Similipal
Biosphere Reserve, Orissa, India. African Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology. 5: 6-
11.

Vijayakumar, S., S. Prabhu, J.M. Yabesh, R. Prakashraj. 2015a. A quantitative ethnozoological study of traditionally used animals in Pachamalai hills of Tamil Nadu, India. Journal of
ethnopharmacology.

Vijayakumar, S., J.M. Yabesh, S. Prabhu, M. Ayyanar, R. Damodaran. 2015b. Ethnozoological
study of animals used by traditional healers in Silent Valley of Kerala, India. Journal of
ethnopharmacology. 162: 296-305.

Yeshi, K., P. Morisco, P. Wangchuk. 2017. Animal derived natural products used in the Bhutanese Sowa Riga medicine. Journal of Ethnopharmacology.

Date of record entry: 2024-06-30

Species Use Database

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