Manis culionensis

Manis culionensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pholidota

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Cladus: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Ferae Ordo: Pholidota

Familia: Manidae
Genus: Manis
Species:Manis culionensis

Name

Manis culionensis (de Elera, 1915)

• Type material: Unknown.
• Type locality: Culion, Calamian Islands, Philippines.

Combinations

• Pholidotus culionensis de Elera, 1915: 274 [original combination]
• Paramanis culionensis: Lawrence, 1939: 70 [subsequent combination]
• Manis culionensis: Feiler, 1998 [subsequent combination]

Native distribution areas

• Philippines: Palawan, Culion, Busuanga, and Calauit Islands.

References

Primary references

• de Elera, C. 1915. Contribución a la fauna filipina. Colegio de Santo Tomás: Manila. 284 pp. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Gaubert, P. & Antunes, A. 2005. Assessing the Taxonomic Status of the Palawan Pangolin Manis culionensis (Pholidota) Using Discrete Morphological Characters. Journal of Mammalogy 86(6): 1068–1074. DOI: 10.1644/1545-1542(2005)86[1068:ATTSOT]2.0.CO;2 Reference page. 

Links

• Schoppe, S., Katsis, L. & Lagrada, L. 2019. IUCN: Manis culionensis  (Critically Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T136497A123586862. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T136497A123586862.en. Accessed on 17 February 2024.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Palawan-Schuppentier
English: Palawan Pangolin
français: Pangolin de Palawan
magyar: Palawani tobzoska