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SPECIES Manis (Smutsia) temminckii

Author:Smuts, 1832.
Citation:Enumer. Mamm. Capensium: 54.
Common Name:Ground Pangolin
Type Locality:South Africa, Northern Cape Prov., Latakou (= Litakun), near Kuruman.
Distribution:N South Africa; N and E Namibia; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; Botswana; S Angola; S Zambia; SE Dem. Rep. Congo; S Rwanda; Malawi; Tanzania; E Uganda; W Kenya; S Sudan; S Chad.
Status:CITES – Appendix II; U.S. ESA – Endangered; IUCN – Lower Risk (nt).
Comments:Subgenus Smutsia. Reviewed by Stuart (1980).
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    hedenborgii (Fitzinger, 1872)

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