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species

Giant Pangolin
Smutsia gigantea (Illiger, 1815)

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Chordata - chordates »  class Mammalia - mammals »  order Pholidota - pangolins »  family Manidae - pangolins »  genus Smutsia

Scientific synonyms

Manis (Smutsia) gigantea Illiger, 1815
Manis gigantea Illiger, 1815
Phataginus gigantea (Illiger, 1815)
Smutsia africana

Other names

= Giant Ground Pangolin

Endangered EN

Images

Smutsia gigantea - Giant Pangolin

Author: Klaus Rudloff

Intertaxon relationships

predator: Panthera pardus pardus (Linnaeus, 1758) - African Leopard

parasite: Amblyomma compressum (Macalister, 1872)

Links and literature

EN IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2024-1 [12762]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species [http://www.iucnredlist.org/] [as Smutsia gigantea (Illiger, 1815)]
Data retrieved on: 29 January 2024
EN Wilson D. E., Reeder D. M. (editors) (2005): Mammal Species of the World (MSW). A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed) [http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3] [as Manis gigantea Illiger, 1815]
Data retrieved on: 5 December 2008
CZ Anděra M. (1999): České názvy živočichů II. Savci (Mammalia), Národní muzeum, (zoologické odd.), Praha, 147 pp. [as Manis gigantea Illiger, 1815]

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Explanations

? disputed occurrence of species in area described by check-list

species extinct in area described by check-list