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title: "Temminck's Ground Pangolin"
description: "Smutsia temminckii — Ssaki. The ground pangolin (Smutsia temminckii), also known as Temminck's pangolin, Cape pangolin or steppe pangolin is a species of pangolin from genus Smutsia of subfamily Smutsiinae the within family Manidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/temminck-s-ground-pangolin
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Temminck's Ground Pangolin

> Smutsia temminckii — Ssaki. The ground pangolin (Smutsia temminckii), also known as Temminck's pangolin, Cape pangolin or steppe pangolin is a species of pangolin from genus Smutsia of subfamily Smutsiinae the within family Manidae.

- Scientific name: *Smutsia temminckii*
- Category: `mammals` (Ssaki)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Łąki i pola), `savanna` (Sawanna)
- iNaturalist observations: 289
- Wikidata: [Q28173017](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28173017)
- iNaturalist taxon: [75083](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/75083)

## Names

- en: Temminck's Ground Pangolin
- de: Steppenschuppentier
- es: Pangolín de Temmick
- fr: Pangolin de Temminck

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (97), MZ (43), NA (22), TZ (20), BW (13), ZW (10), MW (6), KE (4), TD (3), ZM (3)

## Summary

The ground pangolin (Smutsia temminckii), also known as Temminck's pangolin, Cape pangolin or steppe pangolin is a species of pangolin from genus Smutsia of subfamily Smutsiinae the within family Manidae. It is one of four species of pangolins which can be found in Africa, and the only one in southern and eastern Africa. The animal was named for the Dutch zoologist Coenraad Jacob Temminck.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ground_pangolin

## Photo

![Temminck's Ground Pangolin](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/temminck-s-ground-pangolin/medium.jpg)

Photo: Kelly Abram · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/130263150

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/temminck-s-ground-pangolin?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).