Question

Pangolin or ant-eater______ (be) a mammal but ______(differ) from other mammals in many way

Answer 1

The gaps have been filled up using appropriate verbs as follows :-

Pangolin or ant-eater is a mammal but differs from other mammals in many way s.

Since, the subject of the sentence (i.e. Pangolin) is singular, therefore the succeeding verbs too will be singular in nature. That is why we use "is", the present singular form of the be-verb, followed by "differs", the present singular form of the verb differ.

Answer 2

Here is your answer along with the explanation:

Pangolin or ant-eater is a mammal but differs from other mammals in many way.

Explanation

When we describe something, we usually use Simple Present Tense; 'be' in Present Tense is 'is/am/are'. Pangolin is singular; with singular we use singular verb/s.