Asiatic pangolin
Fossil rangeMiddle Miocene - present[1]
TaxonManis
Parent authorityGray, 1821
AuthorityLinnaeus, 1758
Type speciesManis pentadactyla
Type species authorityLinnaeus, 1758
Subdivision ranksSpecies
Subdivision

Manis ("spirit") is a genus of South Asian and East Asian pangolins, the Asiatic pangolins, from the subfamily Maninae, within the family Manidae.[2][3]

Taxonomy

Phylogeny

Phylogenetic position of genus Manis within family Manidae.[7][8][1]

References

  1. ^ Philippe Gaubert, Agostinho Antunes, Hao Meng, Lin Miao, Stéphane Peigné, Fabienne Justy, Flobert Njiokou, Sylvain Dufour, Emmanuel Danquah, Jayanthi Alahakoon, Erik Verheyen, William T Stanley, Stephen J O’Brien, Warren E Johnson, Shu-Jin Luo (2018) "The Complete Phylogeny of Pangolins: Scaling Up Resources for the Molecular Tracing of the Most Trafficked Mammals on Earth" Journal of Heredity, Volume 109, Issue 4, Pages 347–359
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  4. ^ Zijlstra JS (25 April 2025). "Manis aurita Hodgson 1837 as a valid species of pangolin: a comment to Wangmo et al. (2025)". Mammalian Biology. 105 (5): 699–701. doi:10.1007/s42991-025-00495-x
  5. ^ Wangmo, L. K., Ghosh, A., Dolker, S., Joshi, B. D., Sharma, L. K., & Thakur, M. (2025). Indo-Burmese pangolin (Manis indoburmanica): a novel phylogenetic species of pangolin evolved in Asia. Mammalian Biology, 1-8.
  6. ^ "DNA Study Reveals Cryptic New Species of Pangolin | Sci.News". 2 October 2023.
  7. ^ Gaudin, Timothy (2009). "The Phylogeny of Living and Extinct Pangolins (Mammalia, Pholidota) and Associated Taxa: A Morphology Based Analysis". Journal of Mammalian Evolution. 16 (4): 235–305. Heidelberg, Germany: Springer Science+Business Media. doi:10.1007/s10914-009-9119-9. S2CID 1773698. Archived from the original on 2015-09-25. Retrieved 2020-11-19.
  8. ^ Kondrashov, Peter & Agadjanian, Alexandre K. (2012). "A nearly complete skeleton of Ernanodon (Mammalia, Palaeanodonta) from Mongolia: morphofunctional analysis". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 32 (5): 983–1001. Bibcode:2012JVPal..32..983K. doi:10.1080/02724634.2012.694319. ISSN 0272-4634. S2CID 86059673