Phataginus
Genus of mammals
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African tree pangolin (Phataginus) is a genus of African pangolins from subfamily Phatagininae, within family Manidae.[7] Its members are the more arboreal of the African pangolins.[8][9][10]
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| Pangolins from genus Phataginus | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Placentalia |
| Order: | Pholidota |
| Suborder: | Eupholidota |
| Superfamily: | Manoidea |
| Family: | Manidae |
| Subfamily: | Phatagininae Gaubert, 2017[2] |
| Genus: | Phataginus Rafinesque, 1821[3] |
| Type species | |
| Phataginus tetradactyla Linnaeus, 1766 | |
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From 2010 to 2019, at least 895,000 pangolins from the genus Phataginus were illegally trafficked. The animal is hunted and poached for its scales and meat, and is often used in making traditional medicine in places such as China and Vietnam. Attempts to protect these mammals from trafficking and extinction are ongoing; unfortunately their slow reproduction rate stymies population recovery. Currently the tree pangolin is listed as vulnerable. All pangolin species have been listed as vulnerable, endangered, or critically endangered.[11]
Etymology
Constantine Rafinesque (1821) formed the Neo-Latin generic name Phataginus from the French term phatagin, adopted by Count Buffon (1763) after the reported local name phatagin or phatagen used in the East Indies.
Taxonomy
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