temminck’s ground pangolin gift card
Temminck’s Ground Pangolin is shown in the dry bushveld and open ground where it searches for ants and termites. The envelope includes soil, termite mounds, fallen wood, grasses, and night cover, because these are the working parts of its habitat.
It feeds by opening termite mounds and ant nests with strong claws, then taking insects with its long tongue. This feeding helps regulate termite and ant populations while turning and loosening the soil in small, repeated ways. Its work happens slowly and mostly at night, but it keeps part of the bushveld system moving.
On the back of the card, its South African names are recorded with its ecological role and a map showing where it can still be found.
Status: Vulnerable (VU)
Scientific name: Smutsia temminckii
South African names: Ietermagog (Afrikaans), Ground Pangolin (English), Inkhakha (isiNdebele), Isilwane esinezikali (isiXhosa), Imfinyezi (isiZulu), ǁgūm (Khoisan; ǃXóõ), Kgaga (Sepedi), Kgaga (Sesotho), Imvunyezane / Imfinyezi (siSwati), Khwara (Tshivenda), Xikwaru (XiTsonga)
♻️ PAP 21 (paper collection)
Temminck’s Ground Pangolin is shown in the dry bushveld and open ground where it searches for ants and termites. The envelope includes soil, termite mounds, fallen wood, grasses, and night cover, because these are the working parts of its habitat.
It feeds by opening termite mounds and ant nests with strong claws, then taking insects with its long tongue. This feeding helps regulate termite and ant populations while turning and loosening the soil in small, repeated ways. Its work happens slowly and mostly at night, but it keeps part of the bushveld system moving.
On the back of the card, its South African names are recorded with its ecological role and a map showing where it can still be found.
Status: Vulnerable (VU)
Scientific name: Smutsia temminckii
South African names: Ietermagog (Afrikaans), Ground Pangolin (English), Inkhakha (isiNdebele), Isilwane esinezikali (isiXhosa), Imfinyezi (isiZulu), ǁgūm (Khoisan; ǃXóõ), Kgaga (Sepedi), Kgaga (Sesotho), Imvunyezane / Imfinyezi (siSwati), Khwara (Tshivenda), Xikwaru (XiTsonga)
♻️ PAP 21 (paper collection)
Temminck’s Ground Pangolin is shown in the dry bushveld and open ground where it searches for ants and termites. The envelope includes soil, termite mounds, fallen wood, grasses, and night cover, because these are the working parts of its habitat.
It feeds by opening termite mounds and ant nests with strong claws, then taking insects with its long tongue. This feeding helps regulate termite and ant populations while turning and loosening the soil in small, repeated ways. Its work happens slowly and mostly at night, but it keeps part of the bushveld system moving.
On the back of the card, its South African names are recorded with its ecological role and a map showing where it can still be found.
Status: Vulnerable (VU)
Scientific name: Smutsia temminckii
South African names: Ietermagog (Afrikaans), Ground Pangolin (English), Inkhakha (isiNdebele), Isilwane esinezikali (isiXhosa), Imfinyezi (isiZulu), ǁgūm (Khoisan; ǃXóõ), Kgaga (Sepedi), Kgaga (Sesotho), Imvunyezane / Imfinyezi (siSwati), Khwara (Tshivenda), Xikwaru (XiTsonga)
♻️ PAP 21 (paper collection)
Temminck’s Ground Pangolin is shown in the dry bushveld and open ground where it searches for ants and termites. The envelope includes soil, termite mounds, fallen wood, grasses, and night cover, because these are the working parts of its habitat.
It feeds by opening termite mounds and ant nests with strong claws, then taking insects with its long tongue. This feeding helps regulate termite and ant populations while turning and loosening the soil in small, repeated ways. Its work happens slowly and mostly at night, but it keeps part of the bushveld system moving.
On the back of the card, its South African names are recorded with its ecological role and a map showing where it can still be found.
Status: Vulnerable (VU)
Scientific name: Smutsia temminckii
South African names: Ietermagog (Afrikaans), Ground Pangolin (English), Inkhakha (isiNdebele), Isilwane esinezikali (isiXhosa), Imfinyezi (isiZulu), ǁgūm (Khoisan; ǃXóõ), Kgaga (Sepedi), Kgaga (Sesotho), Imvunyezane / Imfinyezi (siSwati), Khwara (Tshivenda), Xikwaru (XiTsonga)
♻️ PAP 21 (paper collection)