Even though its distribution wide, the recent trend in the pangolin trade is menacing the wild population. It is the most trafficked wild mammal in the world.
The population is declining in the wild. Human activities, such as agriculture, settlement, and sport hunting have been the main causes of their extinction.
The population is almost absent in the wild. A high number of it is traded regularly in the local pet trade. Its habitat is gradually shrinking as Java is the most populated island in Indonesia.