Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Science, Texas A & M University, College Station, TX 77843, [email protected]
Reference for:
Manis
Source(s):
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2000-01-01 / 2000-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Common Names of Mammals of the World
Page(s):
xiv + 204
Publisher:
Smithsonian Institution Press
Publication Place:
Washington, DC, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
1-56098-383-3/
Notes:
With contributions by Bernadette N. Graham, Adam P. Potter, and Mariana M. Upmeyer
Reference for:
Manis
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1992-01-01 / 1993-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing
Page(s):
xviii + 1207
Publisher:
Smithsonian Institution Press
Publication Place:
Washington, DC, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
1-56098-217-9/
Notes:
Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing
Reference for:
Manis
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2005-10-01 / 2005-10-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2
Page(s):
2142
Publisher:
Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication Place:
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-8018-8221-4/
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Reference for:
Manis
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Heath, Martha E.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1992-12-10 / 1992-12-10
Article/Chapter Title:
Manis pentadactyla
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammalian Species, no. 414
Page(s):
1-6
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ISBN/ISSN:
/0076-3519
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Reference for:
Manis
Manis: Geographic Information
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Manis: Comments
Comment:
Comments: Family reviewed by Mohr (1961). Morphological evidence suggests a subdivision of the genus into two genera (Manis and Phataginus), see Corbet and Hill (1992) and Patterson (1978); or four subgenera (Manis, Paramanis, Smutsia, and Uromanis), see Meester (1972a), Meester et al. (1986), and Mohr (1961). Gaudin and Wible (1999) conducted a cladistical analysis of 67 cranial characters in extant pangolins plus one fossil genus and found that the Asian pangolins form a monophyletic clade while th...
Comment:
Linnaeus (1758) originally established the genus Manis with only the species pentadactyla. The etymological theory that Manis (e.g., Heath 1992) is derived from "manes" (which is apparently plural & masculine Latin for 'spirits') appears to contradict the clearly feminine combination Linnaeus created. Additionally, he later (1766) coined "Manis tetradactyla", further supporting a feminine gender for the genus Manis