Manis Explained

Manis ("spirit") is a genus of South Asian and East Asian pangolins, the Asiatic pangolins, from subfamily Maninae, within family Manidae.

Taxonomy

• Subfamily: Maninae (Asiatic pangolins)
  • Genus: Manis (Asiatic pangolins)
    • Manis crassicaudata (Indian pangolin)
    • Manis pentadactyla (Chinese pangolin)
    • Manis aurita^[1] (= Manis indoburmanica)^[2]
    • Manis mysteria (Cryptic pangolin)^[3]
    • †Manis hungarica
    • †Manis lydekkeri
    • Subgenus: Paramanis
      • Manis culionensis (Philippine pangolin)
      • Manis javanica (Sunda pangolin)
      • †Manis palaeojavanica (Giant asian pangolin)

Phylogeny

Phylogenetic position of genus Manis within family Manidae.^{[4] [5]}

Notes and References

1. Zijlstra JS. Manis aurita Hodgson 1837 as a valid species of pangolin: a comment to Wangmo et al. (2025). Mammalian Biology. 25 April 2025. 105 . 5 . 699–701 . 10.1007/s42991-025-00495-x.
2. 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.
3. Web site: DNA Study Reveals Cryptic New Species of Pangolin | Sci.News . 2 October 2023 .
4. Gaudin . Timothy . 2009 . The Phylogeny of Living and Extinct Pangolins (Mammalia, Pholidota) and Associated Taxa: A Morphology Based Analysis . Journal of Mammalian Evolution . Springer Science+Business Media . Heidelberg, Germany . 16 . 4 . 235–305 . 10.1007/s10914-009-9119-9 . 1773698 . 2020-11-19 . 2015-09-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150925134257/http://web2.utc.edu/~gvv824/Gaudin%20et%20al%202009.pdf . dead .
5. Kondrashov . Peter . Agadjanian . Alexandre K. . A nearly complete skeleton of Ernanodon (Mammalia, Palaeanodonta) from Mongolia: morphofunctional analysis . Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology . 32 . 5 . 2012 . 0272-4634 . 10.1080/02724634.2012.694319 . 983–1001. 2012JVPal..32..983K . 86059673 .