Some pangolin species such as the Chinese pangolin sleep in underground burrows during the day, and others including black-bellied pangolins and Sunda pangolins are known to sleep in trees.

The creature is being trafficked across Africa and Asia to fuel a steady demand for their scales, an ingredient in unproven remedies A pangolin emerges from an underground tunnel at night at Save ...

but they don’t fall into a deep sleep. Chinese pangolins are the only pangolin species known to overwinter. Each year, an individual can dig anywhere between 50 and 100 burrows. The researchers ...