The pangolin is also called the scaly anteater.

The scaly anteater has been blamed for spreading the coronavirus from bats to humans by researchers at South China Agricultural University.

Then they pointed to snakes, bats and even a cute little scaly anteater called a pangolin as the source of the virus.

Pangolins, or scaly anteaters, are meant to be a protected species in Indonesia.

Cetacea (whales) and Edentata (armadilloes, scaly anteaters, &c.), that these are likewise the most abnormal in their teeth.

In an update last week to the authoritative Red List of endangered animals, all eight species of the scaly anteaters were upgraded to threatened status.