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

Etymology

Carl Linnaeus Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his Nobility#Ennoblement, ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné#Blunt, Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalise ...

(1758) invented the

Neo-Latin New Latin (also called Neo-Latin or Modern Latin) is the revival of Literary Latin used in original, scholarly, and scientific works since about 1500. Modern scholarly and technical nomenclature, such as in zoological and botanical taxonomy ...

generic name ''Manis'' apparently as a feminine singular form of the Latin masculine plural

Manes In ancient Roman religion, the ''Manes'' (, , ) or ''Di Manes'' are chthonic deities sometimes thought to represent souls of deceased loved ones. They were associated with the ''Lares'', '' Lemures,'' '' Genii'', and ''Di Penates'' as deities ( ...

, the Ancient Roman name for a type of spirit, after the animal's strange appearance.

Taxonomy

* Subfamily: Maninae (Asiatic pangolins) ** Genus: ''Manis'' (Asiatic pangolins) *** '' Manis crassicaudata'' (Indian pangolin) *** ''

Manis pentadactyla The Chinese pangolin (''Manis pentadactyla'') is a pangolin native to the northern Indian subcontinent, northern parts of Southeast Asia and southern China. It has been listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List since 2014, as the wil ...

'' (Chinese pangolin) *** ''Manis'' sp. (Scale_H4 & Scale_H8)Huarong Zhang, Mark P. Miller, Feng Yang, Hon Ki Chan, Philippe Gaubert, Gary Ades, Gunter A. Fischer (2015.
"Molecular tracing of confiscated pangolin scales for conservation and illegal trade monitoring in Southeast Asia"
Global Ecology and Conservation, Volume 4, Pages 414-422Jingyang Hu, Christian Roos, Xue Lv, Weimin Kuang, Li Yu (2020.
"Molecular Genetics Supports a Potential Fifth Asian Pangolin Species (Mammalia, Pholidota, ''Manis'')"
Zoological Science, 37(6):538-543 *** †''

Manis hungarica ''Manis'' is a genus of South Asian and East Asian pangolins, the Asiatic pangolins, from subfamily Maninae, within family Manidae. Etymology Carl Linnaeus (1758) invented the Neo-Latin generic name ''Manis'' apparently as a feminine singular ...

'' *** †''

Manis lydekkeri ''Manis'' is a genus of South Asian and East Asian pangolins, the Asiatic pangolins, from subfamily Maninae, within family Manidae. Etymology Carl Linnaeus (1758) invented the Neo-Latin generic name ''Manis'' apparently as a feminine singular ...

'' *** Subgenus: '' Paramanis'' **** ''

Manis culionensis The Philippine pangolin or Palawan pangolin (''Manis culionensis''), also locally known as ''balintong'', is a pangolin species endemic to the Palawan province of the Philippines. Its habitat includes primary and secondary forests, as well as sur ...

'' (Philippine pangolin) **** '' Manis javanica'' (Sunda pangolin) **** †''

Manis palaeojavanica Giant asian pangolin (''Manis palaeojavanica'' ancient Javan pangolin", is an extinct species of pangolin (from genus ''Manis'') that was native to Asia. In 1926, E. Dubois described the bones of ''M. palaeojavanica'' discovered in Java. Later, ...

'' (Giant asian pangolin)

Phylogeny

Phylogenetic position of genus ''Manis'' within family Manidae.

References

Mammal genera Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus Mammals of Asia {{mammal-stub