Smutsia gigantea

Smutsia gigantea

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: Smutsia
Species: Smutsia gigantea

Name

Smutsia gigantea (Illiger, 1815): 84 ["Manis gigantea"]

Type locality: Not indicated.

Synonymy

• Manis gigantea Illiger, 1815: 84 [Protonym]
• Pholidotus africanus Gray, 1865: 368 [syn. Gaudin et al., 2009: 278]
• Pholidotus wagneri Fitzinger, 1872: 48
• Manis wagneri
• Manis (Smutsia) gigantea
• Smutsia gigantea

References

Primary references

• Illiger, J.K.W. "1811" [1815]. Ueberblick der Säugthiere nach ihrer Vertheilung über die Welttheile. Abhandlungen der physikalischen Klasse der Königlich-Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften 1804–1811: 39–140. BHL Reference page. 
• Gray, J.E. 1865. Revision of the Genera and Species of Entomophagous Edentata, founded on the examination of the Specimens in the British Museum. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 33: 359–386. DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1865.tb02351.x BHL Reference page. 
• Fitzinger, L.J. 1872. Die natürliche Familie der Schuppenthiere (Manes). Sitzungsberichte der mathematisch-naturwissenschaftlichen Classe der kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften 65(1): 9–83. BHL Reference page.  

Additional references

• Gaudin, T.J., Emry, R.J. & Wible, J.R. 2009. The Phylogeny of Living and Extinct Pangolins (Mammalia, Pholidota) and Associated Taxa: A Morphology Based Analysis. Journal of Mammalian Evolution 16(4): 235–305. DOI: 10.1007/s10914-009-9119-9 ResearchGate Reference page. 

Links

• Manis (Smutsia) gigantea in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
• Smutsia gigantea Illiger, 1815 – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
• IUCN: Smutsia gigantea (Illiger, 1815) (Endangered)

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Riesenschuppentier
English: Giant Ground Pangolin
español: Pangolín gigante
français: Pangolin géant
magyar: Óriás tobzoska
日本語: オオセンザンコウ
polski: Łuskowiec olbrzymi

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