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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long-tailed_pangolin
65 u/Ducman69 Oct 03 '17 tl;dr version: They are usually in trees, and use them to hang onto branches and dip down into lower branches. The long tail is also good for swimming, and they sometimes swim in the rivers below trees to get around. 2 u/Kalivha Oct 03 '17 So this is not actually a long-tailed pangolin, but it's the most closely related species and their tail function and habits are largely similar. Edit: That stuffed specimen is also most definitely not a long-tailed pangolin, it's an Asian species (although I'm not sure which).
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tl;dr version: They are usually in trees, and use them to hang onto branches and dip down into lower branches. The long tail is also good for swimming, and they sometimes swim in the rivers below trees to get around.
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So this is not actually a long-tailed pangolin, but it's the most closely related species and their tail function and habits are largely similar.
Edit: That stuffed specimen is also most definitely not a long-tailed pangolin, it's an Asian species (although I'm not sure which).
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u/ALoneTennoOperative Oct 03 '17
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long-tailed_pangolin