Giant pangolin
Smutsia gigantea
One of the world's most-trafficked mammals. Highly cryptic and strongly nocturnal; even a handful of camera-trap records is scientifically notable. Reference programme: Chester Zoo / ZSL Pangolin work in Uganda.
Detections
636
Last seen
1d ago
2026-04-30 09:35
Sites
2
of 3
Cameras
10
of 16
Where it shows up
- UG-ZWRZiwa Wildlife Reserve (savanna)00%
- UG-BFEBudongo Forest Edge34154%
- UG-MFRMurchison Falls Riparian Zone29546%
Diel activity
hour of day
636 dets
Lunar phase preference
- new26%
- crescent23%
- quarter15%
- gibbous20%
- full16%
Recent capture gallery
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Operational note
Coordinates of pangolin detections are highly sensitive. Any public-facing version of this page should jitter or hex-bin locations to ~5 km, embargo recent detections by 30+ days, and require role-based authentication for the underlying capture metadata.