About the Authors

Maxwell Kwame Boakye

maxwell_boakye@yahoo.com

Affiliation Department of Environmental, Water and Earth Sciences, Tshwane University of Technology, Pretoria, South Africa

Darren William Pietersen

Affiliation African Pangolin Working Group, Pretoria, South Africa

Antoinette Kotzé

Affiliations National Zoological Gardens of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa, Genetics Department, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa, African Pangolin Working Group, Pretoria, South Africa

Desiré-Lee Dalton

Affiliation National Zoological Gardens of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa

Raymond Jansen

Affiliations Department of Environmental, Water and Earth Sciences, Tshwane University of Technology, Pretoria, South Africa, African Pangolin Working Group, Pretoria, South Africa

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MB DWP DLD AK RJ. Performed the experiments: MB. Analyzed the data: MB RJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MB DWP DLD AK RJ. Wrote the paper: MB DWP DLD AK RJ.