Temminck's Ground Pangolin

Temminck's Ground Pangolin

Manis temminckii

<5% · Rare
overall probability at Kruger National Park
19 Verified records at Kruger National Park
June Best month highest sighting rate
🌅 Crepuscular When it's active at dawn and dusk

The ground pangolin (Smutsia temminckii), also known as Temminck's pangolin, Cape pangolin or steppe pangolin is a species of pangolin from genus Smutsia of subfamily Smutsiinae the within family Manidae. It is one of four species of pangolins which can be found in Africa, and the only one in southern and eastern Africa. The animal was named for the Dutch zoologist Coenraad Jacob Temminck. Wikipedia →

<5% of wildlife watchers report a Temminck's Ground Pangolin sighting in Kruger National Park, based on 19 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

📅 Monthly Probability

<5
Jan
<5
Feb
<5
Mar
<5
Apr
5–10
May
5–10
Jun
<5
Jul
5–10
Aug
5–10
Sep
<5
Oct
<5
Nov
<5
Dec

🌅 When They're Spotted

Most active at dawn and dusk · across all parks (global)

🌅Crepuscular
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Gorongosa National Park 🇲🇿 Mozambique
30–40%
2 Kruger National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
<5%
3 Gonarezhou National Park 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
Insufficient data
4 Lower Zambezi National Park 🇿🇲 Zambia
Insufficient data
5 Mana Pools National Park 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
Insufficient data
6 Kafue National Park 🇿🇲 Zambia
Insufficient data
7 Liwonde National Park 🇲🇼 Malawi
Insufficient data
8 Moremi Game Reserve 🇧🇼 Botswana
Insufficient data
9 Hwange National Park 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
Insufficient data
10 Serengeti National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
Insufficient data
11 Chobe National Park 🇧🇼 Botswana
Insufficient data
12 Etosha National Park 🇳🇦 Namibia
Insufficient data
13 Ngorongoro Conservation Area 🇹🇿 Tanzania
Insufficient data
14 Masai Mara National Reserve 🇰🇪 Kenya
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Temminck's Ground Pangolin in Kruger National Park?

About 3% of wildlife watchers report a Temminck's Ground Pangolin sighting in Kruger National Park, based on 19 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see Temminck's Ground Pangolin in Kruger National Park?

June has the highest sighting rate for Temminck's Ground Pangolin in Kruger National Park in our monthly data.

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