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--> SUBGENUS Phataginus
SPECIES Manis (Phataginus) tricuspis
Author: | Rafinesque, 1821. | Citation: | Ann. Sci. Phys. Brux., 7: 215. | Common Name: | Tree Pangolin | Type Locality: | West Africa, "Guinee." | Distribution: | Equatorial Africa from Senegal to W Kenya, south to NW Zambia and SW Angola; NE Mozambique; Bioko (Equatorial Guinea). | Status: | CITES – Appendix II; IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | Comments: | Subgenus Phataginus. Meester (1972a:2) recognized two subspecies. Includes tridentata described from "coastal Mozambique"; see Ansell (1982:35). |
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