Manidae
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| Manidae | |
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| Living species of pangolins | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Clade: | Pholidotamorpha |
| Order: | Pholidota |
| Suborder: | Eupholidota |
| Superfamily: | Manoidea |
| Family: | Manidae Gray, 1821[3] |
| Type genus | |
| Manis | |
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Manidae ("spirits") is the only extant family of pangolins.[5] This family comprises three genera (Manis from subfamily Maninae, Phataginus from subfamily Phatagininae, and Smutsia from subfamily Smutsiinae),[6][7] as well as the extinct Fayum pangolin.[8]
History of classification
All species of living pangolin had been assigned to the genus Manis until the late 2000s, when research prompted the splitting of extant pangolins into three genera: Manis, Phataginus, and Smutsia.[5][9]
Taxonomy
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