Its population has largely declined over the past few decades, mainly due to the threat of poaching and illegal trading of their valuable scales and meat.

These mammals look like rodents of approximately 30 inches long, with brown hard scales covering the entire dorsal side of the body.

[2] The population of Taiwanese pangolins rapidly decreased due to the high demand in the local medicine and meat markets from 1950 to 1970.

It is reported that a significant decline in local consumption was only evident after the Taiwanese government established the Wildlife Conservation Act in 1989.

It is said that 50% of the 117 wild Taiwanese pangolins brought to the Endemic Species Research Institute in central Taiwan from 1993 to 2009 were injured due to these gin traps.

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