Manis ("spirit") is a genus of South Asian and East Asian pangolins, the Asiatic pangolins, from subfamily Maninae, within family Manidae.[5][6]
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| Living pangolins from genus Manis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Pholidota |
| Family: | Manidae |
| Subfamily: | Maninae Gray, 1821 |
| Genus: | Manis Linnaeus, 1758 |
| Type species | |
| Manis pentadactyla Linnaeus, 1758 | |
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| Synonyms[2][3] | |
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Etymology
Carl Linnaeus (1758) invented the Neo-Latin generic name Manis apparently as a feminine singular form of the Latin masculine plural Manes, the Ancient Roman name for a type of spirit, after the animal's strange appearance.[7]
Taxonomy
- Subfamily: Maninae (Asiatic pangolins)
- Genus: Manis (Asiatic pangolins)
- Manis crassicaudata (Indian pangolin)
- Manis pentadactyla (Chinese pangolin)
- †Manis hungarica
- †Manis lydekkeri
- Subgenus: Paramanis
- Manis culionensis (Philippine pangolin)
- Manis javanica (Sunda pangolin)
- Manis mysteria[8][9]
- †Manis palaeojavanica (Giant asian pangolin)
- Genus: Manis (Asiatic pangolins)
Phylogeny
Phylogenetic position of genus Manis within family Manidae.[10][11][1]
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(Pholidota sensu lato) |
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