Phataginus tricuspis

(Rafinesque, 1820)

Common African Pangolin

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Rafinesque, C.S. 1820. Sur le genre Manis et description d'une nouvelle espèce: _Manis Ceonyx_. Annales Générales des Sciences Physiques 7:214-215.

Authority publication link

https://books.google.com/books?id=1sMPAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA214

Original name as described

Manis tricuspis

Other common names

African White-bellied Pangolin · African Tree Pangolin · Three-cusped Pangolin

Type locality

"Guinée", West Africa.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Guinea-Bissau · Guinea · Liberia · Sierra Leone · Cote d'Ivoire · Ghana · Togo · Benin · Nigeria · Cameroon · Central African Republic · Equatorial Guinea · Gabon · Republic of the Congo · Democratic Republic of the Congo · South Sudan · Uganda · Kenya · Rwanda · Burundi · Tanzania · Angola · Zambia

Taxonomy notes

moved from Manis to Phataginus

Taxonomy notes citation

Gaudin, T.J., Emry, R.J. and Wible, J.R. 2009. The phylogeny of living and extinct pangolins (Mammalia, Pholidota) and associated taxa: A morphology based analysis. Journal of Mammalian Evolution 16: 235-305.

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005799

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 multiscutata

(J. E. Gray, 1843)

Family

Manidae

Root name

multiscutatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1846.5.13.18

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/357695cc-922f-4fdc-8f03-766c18d9b962

Authority page

22

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30680000

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

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

Phataginus tricuspis mabirae

G. M. Allen & Loveridge, 1942

Family

Manidae

Root name

mabirae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MCZ:Mamm:39417

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:39417

Authority page

178

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2792140

Authority publication

Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology

Manis tricuspis mabirae

(Schlitter, 2005)

Family

Manidae

Root name

mabirae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Manis tricuspis tricuspis

(Schlitter, 2005)

Family

Manidae

Root name

tricuspis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Phataginus tricuspis

Kingdon & Hoffman, 2013

Family

Manidae

Root name

tricuspis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

391

Authority publication

book

Name usages

  1. Kingdon & Hoffman (2013:391) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27643)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #12767) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #12767) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005799) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/12767/123586469) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Manis tricuspis

(Rafinesque, 1820)

Family

Manidae

Root name

tricuspis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

215

Authority publication

Annales Générales des Sciences Physiques

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:128) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:344, 345) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Schlitter (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9698)
  4. Wilson & Mittermeier (2011:102) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67176)

Manis tridentata

(Focillon, 1850)

Family

Manidae

Root name

tridentatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

472

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2340336

Authority publication

Revue et Magasin de Zoologie pure et appliquée

Name usages

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

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