Pholidota
see also: Etymology of Pholidota
The pholidotes ( Pholidota ) include/understand only the family Manidés ( manidae ), which includes/understands only the kind manis (the Pangolin S), which formerly was classified in with the Xénarthre S in the toothless .
The order of Pholidotes was created by John Edward Gray (1800-1875).
Taxonomy
Species
to see Pholidota- African Species:
- Manis gigantea (It, 1815) - giant Pangolin - Gulf of Guinea and central Africa (Senegal - Western of the Kenya - Rwanda - DRC - South-western of the Angola) .
- Manis temminckii (Smuts, 1832) - terrestrial Pangolin of the Cape - the Sahel, Southern Africa until the horn of the Africa (South Africa, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Botswana, Angola, Kenya, South of DRC, South of the Sudan, Chad) .
- Manis tetradactyla (Linnaeus, 1766) - Pangolin with long tail - Gulf of Guinea and central Africa (Senegal, Gambia, West of the Uganda, South-west of the Angola) .
- Manis tricuspis (Rafinesque, 1821) - Pangolin with scales tricuspides or Pangolin with small scales - Africa (Senegal, West of the Kenya, the North-East of the Zambia, South-west of the Angola, Bioko) .
- Asian Species:
- Manis crassicaudata (Gray, 1827) - Indian Pangolin (Pakistan - Western of the Bengal, India, Sri Lanka, Yunnan) .
- Manis javanica (Desmarest, 1822) - Pangolin of Malaysia - Southeast Asia (Burma, Thailand, Indo-China, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, South-west of the Filipino ) .
- Manis pentadactyla (Linnaeus, 1758) - Pangolin with short tail or Pangolin of China - (the Himalayas, Nepal, South-east of the China, Haïnan, North of the Indo-China, Taiwan) .
External bonds
- Taxonomy of the pangolins
- Distribution of the pangolins
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