Today, because of habitat destruction and hunting (pangolin scales are used in Chinese and African medicine), the three Asian species and one of the African species of pangolin are considered endangered.
Gompine, ka lebaka la tlhatlhamololo yam anno le botsomi (Letlalo la Pangolin le dirisetswa go dira pheko ya kalafi ka se-China le se-Afrika) di-species tse tharo tsa kwa Asia le e le nngwe ya kwa Afrika di a nyelela.