| The orbital cavity, which houses the eyes, is relatively short, similar to the situation in pangolins and armadillos. |
| The skull of pangolins is smoothly conical, lacking the ridges and crests found on most mammalian crania. |
| It includes deer, gorillas, chimpanzees, pangolins, elephants and even snakes. |
| Even if pangolins are the sister group of carnivores, aardwolves are well nested within Carnivora in the family Hyaenidae. |
| Young pangolins are soft-scaled at birth and are carried on the female's back for some time. |
| In contrast with the Xenarthra, the Old World Pholidota is not trophically diverse and contains only the myrmecophagous pangolins, or scaly anteaters. |
