最近中國官方發表2020年版的「中國藥典」中，把極度瀕危的穿山甲移除，國家林業和草原局亦把穿山甲從國家二級保護野生動物提升為一級。穿山甲被除名的原因，或與牠屬野生資源枯竭的物種有關。
critically endangered pangolin has been removed from the official traditional medicine list of 2020. The Chinese forestry ministry also changed the protection status of pangolins from Class 2 to Class 1. The reason pangolin is removed from the list could be due to wild resources exhaustion.
