Phataginus
Phataginus is a genus of African pangolins.[3] It was once referred to as Uromanis.[4] Its members are the more arboreal of the African pangolins.[5]
| Phataginus | |
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| P. tricuspis in DR Congo | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Pholidota |
| Family: | Manidae |
| Genus: | Phataginus Rafinesque, 1821 |
| Synonyms[1][2] | |
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Species
- Tree pangolin, P. tricuspis
- Long-tailed pangolin, P. tetradactyla
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References
- https://www.mv.helsinki.fi/home/mhaaramo/metazoa/deuterostoma/chordata/synapsida/eutheria/leptictida/manidae.html
- https://www.pangolinsg.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2016/06/Heath-1992-Manis-Pentadactyla.pdf
- Schlitter, D.A. (2005). "Order Pholidota". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 531. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- "Taxonomic Swap 25736". iNaturalist. 2017-10-08. Retrieved 2019-09-17.
- du Toit, Z.; du Plessis, M.; Dalton, D.L.; Jansen, R.; Paul Grobler, J.; Kotzé, A. (2017). "Mitochondrial genomes of African pangolins and insights into evolutionary patterns and phylogeny of the family Manidae". BMC Genomics. 18 (1). doi:10.1186/s12864-017-4140-5.
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