Manis pentadactyla Linnaeus 1758 (pangolin)

Mammalia - Pholidota - Manidae

Synonyms: Manis dalmani Sundevall 1843, Manis dalmanni Sundevall 1843

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824

Belongs to Manis according to O. Thomas 1911

See also Alba et al. 2018 and Linnaeus 1758

Sister taxa: Manis (Uromanis), Manis crassicaudata, Manis javanica, Manis sindiensis, Manis temminckii, Manis tetradactyla

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Manis pentadactyla in the database

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