DNA analyses of large pangolin scale seizures: Species identification validation and case studies

• Main Authors: Ewart, Kyle M., Lightson, Amanda L., Sitam, Frankie T., Rovie-Ryan, Jeffrine J., Nguyen, Son G., Morgan, Kelly I., Luczon, Adrian, Anadon, Edwin Miguel S., De Bruyn, Marli, Bourgeois, Stéphanie, Ouitavon, Kanita, Kotze, Antoinette, Mohd Soffian, A. Bakar, Salgado-Lynn, Milena, McEwing, Ross
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V. 2021
• Subjects: SF Animal culture
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/35940/1/dna1.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/35940/; https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666937421000135; http://doi.org/10.1016/j.fsiae.2021.100014

Pangolins are the mosttrafficked mammal in theworld, and all eightspecies are listed under CITESAppendix I.DNAbased wildlife forensic techniques are recognized as an important component of investigating a pangolin seizure. In particular, determining the species of pangolin in a seizure will 1) conf...