Manis aurita

B. H. Hodgson, 1836

Indo-Burmese Pangolin

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Hodgson, B.H. 1836. Synoptical description of sundry new animals, enumerated in the catalogue of Nipálese mammals. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 5:231-238.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37188331

Original name as described

Manis Auritus

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1843.1.12.85

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/ca7e37f0-c3e4-4bf5-b715-9a9fc83998a5

Type locality

"lower and central regions [of Nepal]".

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

India · Nepal · Myanmar · Bhutan?

Taxonomy notes

recently described under the name indoburmica as a new species based on populations previously attributed to M. pentadactyla, but based on the populations attributed to this species, the name aurita Hodgson, 1836 has priority over indoburmica and is used for the species here; the exact distributional limits between M. pentadactyla and M. aurita are currently uncertain and require further research

Taxonomy notes citation

Wangmo, L. K., Ghosh, A., Dolker, S., Joshi, B. D., Sharma, L. K., & Thakur, M. (2025). Indo-Burmese pangolin (Manis indoburmanica): a novel phylogenetic species of pangolin evolved in Asia. Mammalian Biology, 1-8.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006934

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 Auritus

B. H. Hodgson, 1836

Family

Manidae

Root name

aurita

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1843.1.12.85

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/ca7e37f0-c3e4-4bf5-b715-9a9fc83998a5

Authority page

234

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37188331

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Name usages

Hodgson (1836:234, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37188331) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68654)

Manis Plurisquamis

B. H. Hodgson, 1836

Family

Manidae

Root name

plurisquamis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

notusedas_valid

Authority page

235

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37188332

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Name usages

Hodgson (1836:235, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37188332) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68654)

Manis aurita

G. R. Waterhouse, 1838

Family

Manidae

Root name

aurita

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

63

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Waterhouse (1838:63) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/41198)
  2. Blyth (1863:179, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534860) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)
  3. Jerdon (1867:316, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37300235) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68353)
  4. Jentink (1882:202, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9629717) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38711)
  5. Matschie (1894:8, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43581173) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60662)
  6. Thomas (1918:372, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5454142) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/32316)
  7. Patterson (1978:270) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67380)

Pholidotus assamensis

(Fitzinger, 1872)

Family

Manidae

Root name

assamensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

57

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8522830

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

  1. Fitzinger (1872:57, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8522830) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38685)
  2. Schlitter (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9698)

Pholidotus auritus

(Fitzinger, 1872)

Family

Manidae

Root name

aurita

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

63

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8522836

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

Fitzinger (1872:63, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8522836) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38685)

Pangolinus auritus

(E. Blyth, 1875)

Family

Manidae

Root name

aurita

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

53

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38675057

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Name usages

Blyth (1875:53, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38675057) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68967)

Manis pentadactyla aurita

Ellerman & Morrison-Scott, 1951

Family

Manidae

Root name

aurita

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

214

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8722515

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Ellerman & Morrison-Scott (1951:214, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8722515) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31900)
  2. Heath (1992:1) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9274)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2011:97) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67176)

Manis pentadactyla auritus

Schlitter, 2005

Family

Manidae

Root name

aurita

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Manis indoburmanica

Wangmo, A. Ghosh, Dolker, Joshi, L. K. Sharma, & Thakur, 2025

Family

Manidae

Root name

indoburmanica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZSI Mamm/2024/AR/WK/Pango/01

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

2

Authority publication

Mammalian Biology

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