Manis

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Manis ("spirit") is a genus of South Asian and East Asian pangolins, the Asiatic pangolins, from subfamily Maninae, within family Manidae.<ref>Template:Catalogue of Life</ref><ref name="Schlitter">Template:MSW3 Pholidota</ref>

Taxonomy

• Subfamily: Maninae (Asiatic pangolins)
  • Genus: Manis (Asiatic pangolins)
    • Manis crassicaudata (Indian pangolin)
    • Manis pentadactyla (Chinese pangolin)
    • Manis aurita<ref name="Zijlstra-2025">Template:Cite journal</ref> (= Manis indoburmanica)<ref name = "Wangmo et al., 2025">Wangmo, L. K., Ghosh, A., Dolker, S., Joshi, B. D., Sharma, L. K., & Thakur, M. (2025). Indo-Burmese pangolin (Manis indoburmanica): a novel phylogenetic species of pangolin evolved in Asia. Mammalian Biology, 1-8.</ref>
    • Manis mysteria (Cryptic pangolin)<ref>https://www.sci.news/biology/manis-mysteria-12316.html</ref>
    • †Manis hungarica
    • †Manis lydekkeri
    • Subgenus: Paramanis
      • Manis culionensis (Philippine pangolin)
      • Manis javanica (Sunda pangolin)
      • †Manis palaeojavanica (Giant asian pangolin)

Phylogeny

Phylogenetic position of genus Manis within family Manidae.<ref name="web2.utc.edu">Template:Cite journal</ref><ref name="KondrashovAgadjanian2012">Template:Cite journal</ref><ref name="Gaubert2018"/> Template:Clade

References

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