Manis crassicaudata

É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1803

Thick-tailed Pangolin

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Pholidota
Family : Manidae
Genus : Manis

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, É. 1803. Catalogue des Mammifères du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Privately published, Paris, 272 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.digitale-sammlungen.de/en/details/bsb10482289

Original name as described

Manis crassicaudata

Other common names

Indian Pangolin

Type locality

India.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Pakistan · India · Nepal · Sri Lanka

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005794

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Manis crassicaudata

É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1803

Family

Manidae

Root name

crassicaudata

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

213

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Kelaart (1852:74, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52257350) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38608)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:127) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Schlitter (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9698)
  4. Wilson & Mittermeier (2011:97) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67176)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #12761) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #12761) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005794) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/12761/123583998) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Manis laticaudata

Illiger, 1815

Family

Manidae

Root name

laticaudata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

90, 97

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080946 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080953

Authority publication

Abhandlungen der physikalischen Klasse der Königlich-Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Manis Crassicaudata

J. E. Gray, 1827

Family

Manidae

Root name

crassicaudata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Authority page

282

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34790476

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:344) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  2. Schlitter (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9698)
  3. Smith & Xie (2008:387) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)

Manis laticauda

Sundevall, 1843

Family

Manidae

Root name

laticauda

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

258

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47304113

Authority publication

Kongl. Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar

Manis laticaudata

J. A. Wagner, 1844

Family

Manidae

Root name

laticaudata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

223

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31059038

Authority publication

Erlangen

Pholidotus indicus

(J. E. Gray, 1865)

Family

Manidae

Root name

indica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

368

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28497323

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Schlitter (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9698)

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