== Pangolins and the Wuhan coronavirus pandemic ==
== Pangolins and the Wuhan coronavirus pandemic ==
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[[File:Pangolin.jpg|thumbnail|right|200px|Pangolin have large, keratin scales covering their skin. They are the only known mammals who have this feature.]]
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[[File:Pangolin.jpg|thumbnail|center|200px|Pangolin have large, keratin scales covering their skin. They are the only known mammals who have this feature.]]
''Nature Research'' indicates:
''Nature Research'' indicates:
{{Cquote|Researchers in Guangzhou, China, have suggested that pangolins — long-snouted, ant-eating mammals often used in traditional Chinese medicine — are the probable animal source of the coronavirus outbreak that has infected more than 30,000 people and is wreaking havoc worldwide.
{{Cquote|Researchers in Guangzhou, China, have suggested that pangolins — long-snouted, ant-eating mammals often used in traditional Chinese medicine — are the probable animal source of the coronavirus outbreak that has infected more than 30,000 people and is wreaking havoc worldwide.