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Manis tetradactyla (long-tailed pangolin)

Mammalia - Pholidota - Manidae

Taxonomy
Manis tetradactyla was named by Linnaeus (1766). It is extant.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. temmincki

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1766Manis tetradactyla Linnaeus
2007Manis tetradactyla Botha and Gaudin p. 484

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Ferae()
—PholidotamorphaGaudin et al. 2009
orderPholidotaWeber 1904
—EupholidotaGaudin et al. 2009
—ManoideaGaudin et al.
familyManidae
genusManis
speciestetradactylaLinnaeus 1766

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Manis tetradactyla Linnaeus 1766 [long-tailed pangolin]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean

Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: arboreals
Diet: insectivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2012-05-15 10:32:13
Modified: 2012-05-14 19:32:13
Source: s = species, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979, Botha and Gaudin 2007
Collections
No collection or age range data are available