Which animal is the most illegally traded animal in the world?
Which animal is the most illegally traded animal in the world?
(A) Elephants
(B) Rhinos
(C) Pangolins
(D) Tigers
The pangolin, also known as the scaly anteater, is generally regarded by groups such as the IUCN, CITES, and the WWF to be the most trafficked wild mammal in the world. It is estimated that over a million pangolins were poached from their natural habitats in the ten years leading up to 2014.