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Manis (pangolin)

Mammalia - Pholidota - Manidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Manis Linnaeus p. 36
1821Manis Gray
1825Manis Gray p. 343
1876Manis Lydekker
2007Manis Botha and Gaudin p. 485
2012Manis Kondrashov and Agadjanian
2018Manis Alba et al. p. 2 figs. Figure 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliaformes
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

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.

G. Manis Linnaeus 1758 [pangolin]
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Subg. Manis (Uromanis) Pocock 1924
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Invalid names: Manis africana Desmarest 1820 [synonym], Manis guineensis Fitzinger 1822 [synonym], Manis macroura Erxleben 1766 [synonym]
Manis crassicaudata Gray 1827 [Indian pangolin]
Manis javanica Desmarest 1822 [Sunda pangolin]
Manis pentadactyla Linnaeus 1758
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Invalid names: Manis dalmanni Sundevall 1843 [synonym]
Manis sindiensis Lydekker 1876
Manis temminckii Smuts 1832 [ground pangolin]
Manis tetradactyla Linnaeus 1766 [long-tailed pangolin]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available