[6] The number of illegally trafficked pangolins from genus Phataginus was at least 895,000 from the years 2010 to 2019.

The animal is hunted and poached for its scales and meat and is often used for the making of traditional medicine in places such as China and Vietnam.

Attempts are still being made to help protect these mammals from trafficking and extinction, unfortunately their slow reproduction rate isn't much of assistance to this effort.

[7] Constantine Rafinesque (1821) formed the Neo-Latin generic name Phataginus from the French term phatagin, adopted by Count Buffon (1763) after the reported local name phatagin or phatagen used in the East Indies.

Phylogenetic position of genus Phataginus within family Manidae.