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Asian Pangolins
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Asian Pangolins

Manis

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

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6 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 6 known species

Short-tailed Pangolin

speciesManis pentadactyla

Sunda Pangolin

speciesManis javanica

Thick-tailed Pangolin

speciesManis crassicaudata

Indo-Burmese Pangolin

speciesManis aurita

Palawan pangolin

speciesManis culionensis

cryptic pangolin

speciesManis mysteria

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

Asian Pangolins in On the Names of Plants

On the Names of Plants

Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1552 · p.465

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 43359.