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SPECIES Manis (Smutsia) gigantea

Author:Illiger, 1815.
Citation:Abh. Phys. Klasse K. Pruess Konigl. Akad. Wiss.: 84.
Common Name:Giant Pangolin
Type Locality:Not indicated.
Distribution:Senegal to W Kenya, south to Rwanda, C Dem. Rep. Congo and SW Angola.
Status:CITES – Appendix II; IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).
Comments:Subgenus Smutsia.
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Synonyms:

    africanus (Gray, 1865)
    wagneri Fitzinger, 1872

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