| Fossil range | Middle Miocene - present[1] |
|---|---|
| Taxon | Manis |
| Parent authority | Gray, 1821 |
| Authority | Linnaeus, 1758 |
| Type species | Manis pentadactyla |
| Type species authority | Linnaeus, 1758 |
| Subdivision ranks | Species |
| 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
- Subfamily: Maninae (Asiatic pangolins)
- Genus: Manis (Asiatic pangolins)
- Manis crassicaudata (Indian pangolin)
- Manis pentadactyla (Chinese pangolin)
- Manis aurita[4] (= Manis indoburmanica)[5]
- Manis mysteria (Cryptic pangolin)[6]
- †Manis hungarica
- †Manis lydekkeri
- Subgenus: Paramanis
- Manis culionensis (Philippine pangolin)
- Manis javanica (Sunda pangolin)
- †Manis palaeojavanica (Giant asian pangolin)
- Genus: Manis (Asiatic pangolins)
Phylogeny
Phylogenetic position of genus Manis within family Manidae.[7][8][1]
References
- ^ 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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- ^ 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
- ^ 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.
- ^ "DNA Study Reveals Cryptic New Species of Pangolin | Sci.News". 2 October 2023.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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