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--> GENUS Manis
--> SUBGENUS Uromanis
SPECIES Manis (Uromanis) tetradactyla
Author: | Linnaeus, 1766. | Citation: | Syst. Nat., 12th ed., 1: 53. | Common Name: | Long-tailed Pangolin | Type Locality: | West Africa. | Distribution: | Equatorial Africa from Senegal and Gambia to W Uganda, south to SW Angola. | Status: | CITES – Appendix II; IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | Comments: | Subgenus Uromanis. The name longicaudatus Brisson, 1756, is unavailable; see Mohr (1961) and Meester (1972a). |
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africana Desmarest, 1822 ceonyx Rafinesque, 1820 guineensis Fitzinger, 1872 hessi Noack, 1889 longicaudatus (Brisson, 1756) longicaudatus (Brisson, 1762) macroura Erxleben, 1777 senegalensis Fitzinger, 1872
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