Phataginus Rafinesque 1821 (pangolin)

Mammalia - Pholidota - Manidae

Alternative spelling: Manis (Phataginus)

Parent taxon: Manidae according to P. Kondrashov and A. K. Agadjanian 2012

See also Alba et al. 2018 and Rahm 1956

Sister taxa: Manina, Maninae, Manis, Smutsia, Smutsiinae

Subtaxa: Manis (Phataginus) tricuspis Phataginus tetradactyla

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Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Phataginus in the database

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