''Manis'' is a genus of South Asian and East Asian

pangolin Pangolins, sometimes known as scaly anteaters, are mammals of the order Pholidota (, from Ancient Greek ϕολιδωτός – "clad in scales"). The one extant family, the Manidae, has three genera: '' Manis'', ''Phataginus'', and '' Smuts ...

s, the Asiatic pangolins, from subfamily Maninae, within family

Manidae Manidae is the only extant family of pangolins from superfamily Manoidea. This family comprises three genera ('' Manis'' from subfamily Maninae, ''Phataginus'' from subfamily Phatagininae, and '' Smutsia'' from subfamily Smutsiinae), as well a ...

Etymology

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

(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 In modern historiography, ancient Rome refers to Roman civilisation from the founding of the city of Rome in the 8th century BC to the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century AD. It encompasses the Roman Kingdom (753–50 ...

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

Taxonomy

* Subfamily: Maninae (Asiatic pangolins) ** Genus: ''Manis'' (Asiatic pangolins) *** ''

Manis crassicaudata The Indian pangolin (''Manis crassicaudata''), also called thick-tailed pangolin and scaly anteater is a pangolin native to the Indian subcontinent. Like other pangolins, it has large, overlapping scales on its body which act as armour. The colou ...

'' (Indian pangolin) *** '' Manis pentadactyla'' (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 lydekkeri'' *** Subgenus: ''

Paramanis ''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 singul ...

'' **** '' Manis culionensis'' (Philippine pangolin) **** ''

Manis javanica The Sunda pangolin (''Manis javanica''), also known as the Malayan or Javan pangolin, is a species of pangolin. It is found throughout Southeast Asia, including Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam, and the islands of ...

'' (Sunda pangolin) **** †'' Manis palaeojavanica'' (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