Editing Ground pangolin (section)

== Phylogeny ==
Phylogenetic position of ''Smutsia temminckii'' within family Manidae<ref name="web2.utc.edu">{{cite journal |last=Gaudin |first=Timothy |year=2009 |title=The Phylogeny of Living and Extinct Pangolins (Mammalia, Pholidota) and Associated Taxa: A Morphology Based Analysis |journal=Journal of Mammalian Evolution |publisher=Springer Science+Business Media |location=Heidelberg, Germany |volume=16 |issue=4 |pages=235–305 |doi=10.1007/s10914-009-9119-9 |s2cid=1773698 |url=http://web2.utc.edu/~gvv824/Gaudin%20et%20al%202009.pdf |access-date=2015-05-14 |archive-date=2015-09-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925134257/http://web2.utc.edu/~gvv824/Gaudin%20et%20al%202009.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="KondrashovAgadjanian2012">{{cite journal |last1=Kondrashov |first1=Peter |last2=Agadjanian |first2=Alexandre K. |title=A nearly complete skeleton of ''Ernanodon'' (Mammalia, Palaeanodonta) from Mongolia: morphofunctional analysis |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=32 |issue=5 |year=2012 |issn=0272-4634 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2012.694319 |pages=983–1001|bibcode=2012JVPal..32..983K |s2cid=86059673 }}</ref><ref name="Gaubert2018">Philippe Gaubert, Agostinho Antunes, Hao Meng, Lin Miao, Stéphane Peigné, Fabienne Justy, Flobert Njiokou, Sylvain Dufour, Emmanuel Danquah, Jayanthi Alahakoon, Erik Verheyen, William T Stanley, Stephen J O’Brien, Warren E Johnson, Shu-Jin Luo (2018) [https://academic.oup.com/jhered/article/109/4/347/4622594 "The Complete Phylogeny of Pangolins: Scaling Up Resources for the Molecular Tracing of the Most Trafficked Mammals on Earth"] Journal of Heredity, Volume 109, Issue 4, Pages 347–359</ref><ref name="Heighton2023">Sean P. Heighton, Rémi Allio, Jérôme Murienne, Jordi Salmona, Hao Meng, Céline Scornavacca, Armanda D. S. Bastos, Flobert Njiokou, Darren W. Pietersen, Marie-Ka Tilak, Shu-Jin Luo, Frédéric Delsuc, Philippe Gaubert (2023.) [https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.02.16.528682v1 "Pangolin genomes offer key insights and resources for the world’s most trafficked wild mammals"]</ref>
{{clade |style=font-size:85%;line-height:100%;
|label1='''[[Pholidotamorpha]]'''|sublabel1={{small|('''Pholidota''' ''sensu lato'')}}
|1={{clade
   |1=†'''[[Palaeanodonta]]''' [[File:Metacheiromys_DB152-2.jpg|60px]]
   |label2='''[[Pangolin|Pholidota]]'''|sublabel2=''sensu stricto''
   |2={{clade
      |thickness2=2
      |1=†''[[Euromanis]]''
      |label2='''?'''|state2=dotted
      |2=†[[Pholidota sp. (BC 16’08)|Pholidota sp. (''BC 16’08'')]]
      |3={{clade
         |1=†'''[[Eurotamandua|Eurotamanduidae]]'''
         |label2='''[[Eupholidota]]'''
         |2={{clade
            |1=†'''[[Eomanis|Eomanoidea]]'''
            |label2='''[[Manoidea]]'''
            |2={{clade
               |thickness2=2
               |1=†'''[[Patriomanidae]]'''
               |label2='''?'''|state2=dotted
               |2=†''[[Necromanis]]''
               |label3='''[[Manidae]]'''
               |3={{clade
                  |thickness2=2
                  |1='''[[Manis|Maninae]]''' [[File:Pangolin Hardwicke (white background).jpg|60px]]
                  |label2='''?'''|state2=dotted
                  |2=†[[Fayum pangolin|Manidae sp. (''DPC 3972 & DPC 4364'')]]
                  |label3='''Smutsiinae'''|sublabel3=''sensu lato''|grouplabel3={{Uline|c=green|'''african clade'''}} |barbegin3=green |barend3=green
                  |3={{clade
                     |1='''[[Phataginus|Phatagininae]]''' [[File:Anatomische Untersuchungen über die Edentaten (1852) Phataginus tricuspis.png|90px]]
                     |label2='''[[Smutsia|Smutsiinae]]'''|sublabel2=''sensu stricto''
                     |2={{clade
                        |label1=''[[Smutsia]]''
                        |1={{clade
                           |thickness3=2
                           |1=''[[Giant pangolin|Smutsia gigantea]]'' [[File:Cambridge Natural History Mammalia Fig 109.jpg|60px]]
                           |2=†''[[Smutsia olteniensis]]''
                           |3='''''Smutsia temminckii''''' [[File:Manis temminckii MHNT PHOL 1.jpg|60px]]
                           }} }} }} }} }} }} }} }} }} }}