Figure 1. Spatial Representation of Mingxi County’s Research Zone and Manis pentadactyla (Chinese Pangolin) Burrow Sites. Panel A delineates Mingxi County within Sanming City, Fujian Province, China, highlighting the strategic deployment of 90 ecological transects for this study. Panel B contextualizes the study area within the Southern China geographical zone. In Panel C, marked by numeral ’1’, all identified pangolin burrow sites are pinpointed, derived from comprehensive field expeditions (’Burrow site through Investigation’), with ’PCQ Value’ indicating the quantified precipitation during the coldest climatic quarter, Bio19. Panel D, denoted by numeral ’2’, displays the locations subjected to a stringent 500-meter distance filtration criterion, where ’NDVI0321’ reflects the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index for Mingxi County in March 2020, serving as an indicator of vegetation vigor and phenological state during that period.