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Highlighting those fears, Chinese officials announced on Sunday that the trading of wild animals would be temporarily suspended in hopes that would help contain the outbreak.<ref>[https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/27/world/coronavirus-china-bans-wildlife-trade-trnd/index.html Chinese officials crack down on wildlife markets as coronavirus outbreak nears 3,000 cases] By Alicia Lee, CNN</ref>}}

Highlighting those fears, Chinese officials announced on Sunday that the trading of wild animals would be temporarily suspended in hopes that would help contain the outbreak.<ref>[https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/27/world/coronavirus-china-bans-wildlife-trade-trnd/index.html Chinese officials crack down on wildlife markets as coronavirus outbreak nears 3,000 cases] By Alicia Lee, CNN</ref>}}

[[File:Longtail pangolin.jpg|thumbnail|right|200px|[[Pangolin]] have large, keratin scales covering their skin. They are the only known mammals who have this feature.]]

[[File:Pangolin.jpg|thumbnail|right|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 [[pangolin]]s — 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 [[pangolin]]s — 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.