Acknowledgements
We acknowledge HJ (full name obviously), Jennifer Hartman and Athena (detection dog) who originally collected the samples that were subsequently stored at NTNC BCC and which we then accessed for this study. Local communities from Taplejung, Makwanpur, Chitwan, Kanchanpur, and Bhaktapur districts of Nepal supported the collection of those original pangolin samples.  We particularly acknowledge the support provided by Dr. Chiranjibi Prasad Pokharel from Nepal’s National Trust for Nature Conservation (NTNC), Mr. Nabin Khatiwada from Taplejung district and Harkaman Lama, Tirtha Lama and Bishnu Lama from NTNC.
Data Accessibilty New cytB sequence data are available on GenBank (accession numbers: PQ261028, PQ261029, PQ261030, PQ261031).