by Sean P. Heighton, Jérôme Murienne, Mukesh Thakur, Alain Didier Missoup, Wirdateti Wirdateti, Chabi Sylvestre Djagoun, Sery Bi Gonedelé, Gabriel Ngua Ayecaba, Brice Roxan Momboua, Flobert Njiokou, Anne-Lise Chaber, Helen C. Nash, Barbora Černá Bolfíková, Sylvain Dufour, Guy T. Gembu, Ayodeji Olayemi, Jordi Salmona, Amaia Iribar, Yves Cuenot, Philippe Gaubert Pangolins have become emblematic of the global wildlife trade crisis due to intense trafficking for consumption and traditional medicine. Coupled with habitat loss, the illicit trade in pangolins has severely threatened wild populations. Genetic identification of distinct pangolin populations is an imperative step toward guiding effective and informed conservation management. These populations can serve as a reference for assigning seized individuals to their geographic origins, and thus tracing trafficking networks. However, pangolin population genetics studies have been hindered by limited sampling of geo-referenced individuals