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).