Table 3.
Estimated equivalent minimum number of pangolins trafficked for seizures made from January 2010 to September 2020, based on pangolin scales in reported Nigeria-linked seizures. Note that 876 g of scales were unidentified.
| Species category | Sorted mass (kg) | Estimated mass in seizures (kg) and 95% confidence interval limits |
MNI in seizures and 95% confidence interval limits |
% of MNI | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mass | Lower limit | Upper limit | MNI | Lower limit | Upper limit | |||
| White- bellied pangolin | 207.86 | 127,197.3 | 103,571.1 | 146,752.1 | 717,090 | 583,894 | 827,332 | 89.71 |
| Black-bellied pangolin | 31.17 | 13,015.5 | 6103.43 | 28,710.82 | 65,434 | 30,684 | 144,341 | 8.19 |
| Smutsia spp. | 7.96 | 49,362.75 | 33,360.19 | 72,435.52 | 16,819 | 11,366 | 24,680 | 2.10 |
| Total | 246.99 | 189,576 | 143,035 | 247,358 | 799,343 | 625,944 | 996,353 | 100 |