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the database has the potential to contribute towards further research and management of pangolins in Singapore, and its value will increase with time as more records are added. Importantly, the method used to produce this database can be easily applied to other taxa to aid research and conservation.
Author contributions Conceptualization: NBC, MAHC; method- ology: MKA, AO, MAHC; investigation, data curation: MKA; funding acquisition, project administration: NBC; analysis: MAHC; visualiza- tion: MKA, MAHC; writing: MKA, MAHC; revision: all authors; supervision: NBC, MAHC.
Acknowledgements We thank all stakeholders and members of the public who have contributed to the Singapore Sunda pangolin georeferenced database; Paige Lee and Frances Loke, who manage the sightings database of the Singapore Pangolin Working Group and are instrumental to keeping the records updated; and the editor and two anonymous reviewers for their critiques. This project was funded by the Nature Society Singapore and public fundraising campaigns run by Lee Xiu Ping and DBS LiveBetter.
Conflicts of interest None.
Ethical standards This study abided by the Oryx guidelines on ethical standards. We collected the information from the pangolin sighting, rescue and roadkill databases of various government agencies, conservation institutions, NGOs, newspapers and online sources.We obtained verbal and written consent from the respective agencies and institutions.
Data availability The data that support the findings of this study are available on request fromthe Singapore PangolinWorking Group. The data are not publicly available because the species is threatened by hunting.
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