Smutsia temminckii

(Smuts, 1832)

Ground 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

Smuts, J. 1832. Dissertatio zoologica, enumerationem mammalium capensium continens. J. C. Cyfveer, Leiden, 108 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43088691

Original name as described

Manis temminckii

Other common names

Temminck's Pangolin · Cape Pangolin

Type material

RMNH.MAM.39311

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39311

Type locality

Latakou (= Litakun), near Kuruman, Northern Cape Province, South Africa.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Chad · Sudan · Central African Republic · South Sudan · Ethiopia · Uganda · Kenya · Rwanda · Burundi · Tanzania · Democratic Republic of the Congo? · Zambia · Malawi · Mozambique · Zimbabwe · Angola · Namibia · Botswana · South Africa · Eswatini

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

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005801

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 temminckii

(Smuts, 1832)

Family

Manidae

Root name

temminckii

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.39311

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39311

Authority page

54

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43088691

Authority publication

Leiden

Name usages

  1. Smuts (1832:54, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43088691) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60235)
  2. Smith (1838:pl. 7, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51577725) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67639)
  3. Wagner (1844:224, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31059039) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35277)
  4. Peters (1852:174) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61421)
  5. Rapp (1852:17, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44804614) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38709)
  6. Murray (1866:342, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580338) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
  7. Jentink (1882:205, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9629720) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38711)
  8. Bocage (1890:30, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39321569) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68678)
  9. Thomas (1890:450, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31014651) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35263)
  10. Setzer (1956:471, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7489077) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5501)
  11. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:344) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  12. Heath (1992:1) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9274)
  13. Schlitter (1993:415) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69017)
  14. Schlitter (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9698)
  15. Wilson & Mittermeier (2011:100) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67176)

Manis Temmincki

(Sundevall, 1843)

Family

Manidae

Root name

temmincki

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

242

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47304097

Authority publication

Kongl. Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar

Name usages

  1. Sundevall (1843:260, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47304115) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38696)
  2. Thomas (1894:145, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35990425) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69209)
  3. Matschie (1894:8, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43581173) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60662)
  4. Matschie (1895:143, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14835536) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67260)
  5. Roberts (1913:107, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50439565) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17656)
  6. Corbet & Hill (1980:128) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)

Manis temmincki

(Temminck, 1853)

Family

Manidae

Root name

temmincki

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

subsequent_usage · incorrect_subsequent_spelling

Authority page

173

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14835920

Authority publication

Leiden

Smutsia temminckii

J. E. Gray, 1865

Family

Manidae

Root name

temminckii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

369

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28497324

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Gray (1865:369, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28497324) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37250)
  2. Gray (1869:375, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8397294) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37331)
  3. Gray (1873:11, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13237154) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38716)
  4. Pocock (1924:722) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38686)
  5. Thomas (1929:111) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14027)
  6. Shortridge (1934:664) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69310)
  7. Allen (1939:269, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782118) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
  8. Hill & Carter (1941:123) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16955)
  9. Shortridge (1942:47, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40888964) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/48770)
  10. Gaudin, Emry & Wible (2009:278) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/4458)
  11. Kingdon & Hoffman (2013:400) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27643)
  12. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #12765) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  13. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #12765) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  14. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005801) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  15. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/12765/123585768) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Phatages Hedenborgii

(Fitzinger, 1872)

Family

Manidae

Root name

hedenborgii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

77

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8522850

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

  1. Fitzinger (1872:77, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8522850) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38685)
  2. Schlitter (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9698)

Phatages Temminckii

(Fitzinger, 1872)

Family

Manidae

Root name

temminckii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

80

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8522853

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

Fitzinger (1872:80, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8522853) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38685)

Phataginus (Smutsia) temmincki

(B. Patterson, 1978)

Family

Manidae

Root name

temmincki

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · incorrect_subsequent_spelling

Authority page

270

Authority publication

Cambridge (Massachusetts)

Name usages

Patterson (1978:270) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67380)

Phataginus temminckii

(Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1991)

Family

Manidae

Root name

temminckii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

136

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1991:136) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  2. Yalden, Largen, Kock & Hillman (1996:113) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36072)

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