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SPECIES Manis (Manis) crassicaudata
| Author: | E. Geoffroy, 1803. | | Citation: | Cat. Mamm. Mus. H. N. Paris: 213. | | Common Name: | Indian Pangolin | | Type Locality: | India. | | Distribution: | E Pakistan; India; Bangladesh; Sri Lanka. | | Status: | CITES – Appendix II; IUCN – Lower Risk (nt). | | Comments: | Subgenus Manis. Formerly erroneously called pentadactyla; see Ellerman and Morrison-Scott (1951), Emry (1970), and Corbet and Hill (1992). Probably includes laticauda Illiger, 1815, a nomen nudum. Chromosomes reported by Aswathanayana (2000). |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
crassicaudata Gray, 1827
indicus (Gray, 1865)
laticauda Illiger, 1815
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