Pangolin Specialist Group
    

 

 
 

 

 

 

Seven species of pangolins are included in the single family Manidae, confined to the warmer parts of Asian and of the Africa south of Sahara. Hunting and habitat destruction have made these strangely scaled mammals one of the most endangered groups in the world.



     Distribution
 

Manis pentadactyla

   Scientific name   Distribution
  Manis pentadactyla South China, North Vietnam, Lao PDR, North Thailand, North Myanmar, East India, Bhutan, Nepal, Taiwan
  Paramanis crassicaudata Bangladesh, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka
  Paramanis javanica Philippines, Vietnam, Lao PDR, Thailand, Cambodia, Myanmar, Malaysia, Brunei, Indonesia (Sumatra, Java, Borneo)
  Smutsia temminckii Angola, Botswana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  Smutsia gigantea Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, SEGuinea, Ivory Coast, W Kenya, Liberia, SW Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo, Uganda, Zaire
  Phataginus tricuspis Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, SEGuinea, Ivory Coast, West Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo, Uganda, Zaire, Northwest Zambia
  Uromanis tetradactyla Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo, West Uganda, Zaire

Reference
Peter Dollinger, 1986 Identificatiopn manual volume 1: mammalia , Secretariat of the convention Lausanne, Switzerland p. 170-185

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Smutsia gigantea Uromanis tetradactyla Paramanis javanica Manis pentadactyla Paramanis crassicaudata Smutsia temminckii Phataginus tricuspis