Smutsia gigantea

(Illiger, 1815)

Giant Pangolin

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Illiger, J.K.W. 1815. Ueberblick der Säugthiere nach ihrer Vertheilung über die Welttheile. Abhandlungen der physikalischen Klasse der Königlich-Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften 1804-1811:39-159.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080940

Original name as described

Manis gigantea

Other common names

Giant Ground Pangolin

Type locality

no type locality indicated.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Senegal · Guinea-Bissau · Guinea · Sierra Leone · Liberia · Cote d'Ivoire · Ghana · Burkina Faso? · Benin? · Niger? · Nigeria · Cameroon · Central African Republic · Equatorial Guinea · Gabon · Republic of the Congo · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Rwanda · Tanzania · Uganda · Kenya?

Taxonomy notes

moved from Manis to Smutsia

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/1005800

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Known distribution is shown in green and predicted distribution is in yellow. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

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.

Pholidotus africanus

(J. E. Gray, 1865)

Family

Manidae

Root name

africana

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1865.3.30.3

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/7eef0cc5-0542-4cb9-a09b-3b914301a397

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)

Smutsia gigantea

Kingdon & Hoffman, 2013

Family

Manidae

Root name

gigantea

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

396

Authority publication

book

Name usages

  1. Kingdon & Hoffman (2013:396) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27643)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #12762) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #12762) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005800) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/12762/123584478) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Manis gigantea

(Illiger, 1815)

Family

Manidae

Root name

gigantea

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

84

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080940

Authority publication

Abhandlungen der physikalischen Klasse der Königlich-Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:128) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:344) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Schlitter (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9698)
  4. Wilson & Mittermeier (2011:99) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67176)

Pholidotus Wagneri

(Fitzinger, 1872)

Family

Manidae

Root name

wagneri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

48

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8522821

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

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

Please send any edits, corrections, or unfilled data (including full citations) to mammaldiversity [at] gmail [dot] com.