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Manidae
Sign in to saveAlso known as Manida, Manididae, Manina, Manisia, Perilepia
Manidae ("spirits") is the only extant family of pangolins. This family comprises three genera (Manis from subfamily Maninae, Phataginus from subfamily Phatagininae, and Smutsia from subfamily Smutsiinae), as well as the extinct Fayum pangolin.
Species
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassMammalia
- OrderPholidota
- FamilyManidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 5
- Family
- Manidae
- Collections
- UCM, ROM, YPM, NMV
- Recorded in
- United States, Liberia, Cameroon, Indonesia
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Classification and phylogeny
- History of classification
- Taxonomy
- Phylogeny
- See also
- References
- External links
Manidae ("spirits") is the only extant family of pangolins. This family comprises three genera (Manis from subfamily Maninae, Phataginus from subfamily Phatagininae, and Smutsia from subfamily Smutsiinae), as well as the extinct Fayum pangolin.
== Classification and phylogeny == === History of classification === All species of living pangolin had been assigned to the genus Manis until the late 2000s, when research prompted the splitting of extant pangolins into three genera: Manis, Phataginus, and Smutsia.
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