Pangolin
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Structural: Pangolins camouflage whenever they feel unsafe or when they want to protect themselves. They have tough scales, to protect themselves from danger, even a lion can't bite through them. They have powerful limbs to rip apart termite nests.
Behavioral: Whenever they are fighting with another species, they use their long tails like a jagged club. Whenever it feels threatened it curls into a ball.
http://bioweb.uwlax.edu/bio203/s2012/grosshue_crai/adaptation.htm
Endangered, Threatened, Extirpated and Extinct?
Pangolins are endangered, mostly because they are victims of illegal wildlife crime, in Asia and Africa. They are mainly killed for their meat and scales. Humans use their scales medicine. www.pangolinsg.org/pangolins/threats/
Definitions:
Specialist (Specialist species can grow only in a narrow range of environmental conditions or has a limited diet.)
Generalist (Generalist species are able to grow/develop in a wide variety of environmental conditions and can use a variety of different resources.
Extinct (When a species has no living members, which means that the animal is gone forever.)
Endangered (When a species is seriously at risk of extinction, this means the the species population is decreasing.)
Extirpated (When a species is completely gone from an area.)
Threatened (When someone or something is trying to kill a species)
Broad niche ( If an organism has adapted to an extensive range of environmental conditions for survival, it has a broad niche.The organism can live in various different conditions.)
Narrow niche ( If an organism has very specific environmental conditions to survive and only plays a limited role in its habitat.)
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1IP3zJc-lQehbXrv3xHqlNG7r2uKwEYvMhnFvViZ4Nnk/edit
What is a Pangolin?Specialist?Generalist?
Pangolins are specialists because they are not able to adapt easily to environment and they are very picky when it comes to food. Pangolins also have a narrow niche.