| In the echidna, anteaters, and pangolins, there are qualitative differences in tongue construction. |
| Young pangolins are soft-scaled at birth and are carried on the female's back for some time. |
| Even if pangolins are the sister group of carnivores, aardwolves are well nested within Carnivora in the family Hyaenidae. |
| The skull of pangolins is smoothly conical, lacking the ridges and crests found on most mammalian crania. |
| The orbital cavity, which houses the eyes, is relatively short, similar to the situation in pangolins and armadillos. |
| Alternatively they may climb trees in search of tree ants, as do the pangolins or scaly anteaters of the genus Manis. |
