Phataginus Tricuspis Skull Replica measures 3 inches. Phataginus Tricuspis Skull Replica is museum quality polyurethane cast. Known as Three Cusped Pangolin
The Phataginus Tricuspis or Tree pangolin is one of eight extant species of pangolins (“scaly anteaters”), and is native to equatorial Africa.
Also known as the white-bellied pangolin or three-cusped pangolin, it is the most common of the African forest pangolins.
The Phataginus Tricuspis or Tree pangolin has many adaptations. When threatened, it rolls up into a ball (“volvation”), protecting itself with its thick skin and scales.
Its scales cover its entire body except for the belly, snout, eyes, ears, and undersides of the limbs.
When a mother with young is threatened, she rolls up around the young, which also roll into a ball.
While in a ball, she can extend her scales and make a cutting action by using muscles to move the scales back and forth. She makes an aggressive huff noise when threatened, but that is the extent of her noise-making.
The Phataginus Tricuspis or Tree pangolin is subject to widespread and often intensive exploitation for bushmeat and traditional medicine, and is by far the most common of the pangolins found in African bushmeat markets.
