Pangolin
A scaled, solitary mammal that rolls into armour when threatened — quiet defence by complete enclosure.
A pangolin in a dream is the dream's image of quiet defence taken by complete enclosure. The pangolin does not fight back; it rolls into its scales and lets the predator give up. The dream brings the pangolin when something in your life — a vulnerable interior, a fragile self, a soft project — is being protected not by counter-attack but by complete withdrawal into the outer layer. A pangolin curled up and left alone is the dream affirming that the strategy worked. A pangolin lifted off the ground and carried away inside its own armour is the dream noting that the complete withdrawal made you portable to a hand stronger than any predator the design was meant for.