Manis culionensis

(de Elera, 1915)

Palawan Pangolin

Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Placentalia
Magnorder: Boreoeutheria
Superorder: Laurasiatheria
Order: Pholidota
Suborder: Eupholidota
Superfamily: Manoidea
Family: Manidae
Subfamily: Maninae
Genus: Manis

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

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

Authority publication link

https://hdl.handle.net/2027/coo.31924012702118?urlappend=%3Bseq=380%3Bownerid=13510798903073208-398

Original name as described

Pholidotus culionensis

Other common names

Philippine Pangolin

Type kind

syntypes

Type locality

Culion Isand, Calamian Islands, Philippines.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Philippines

IUCN Red List status

Critically Endangered

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005795

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 4 names and synonyms.

Pholidotus culionensis

de Elera, 1895

Family

Manidae

Root name

culionensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Original type locality

Calamianes, Culion

Authority page

39

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38853949

Authority publication

Manila

Name usages

Elera (1895:39, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38853949) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68680)
Schlitter (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9698)

Pholidotus culionensis

de Elera, 1915

Family

Manidae

Root name

culionensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

syntypes

Original type locality

la isla Culión, una de las Calamianes

Type locality

Philippines: Culion.

Authority page

274

Authority page URI

https://hdl.handle.net/2027/coo.31924012702118?urlappend=%3Bseq=380%3Bownerid=13510798903073208-398

Authority publication

Manila

Paramanis culionensis:

B. Lawrence, 1939

Family

Manidae

Root name

culionensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

70

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2775642

Authority publication

Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology

Name usages

Lawrence (1939:70, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2775642) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17817)
Sanborn (1952:114, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2785508) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15029)

Manis culionensis:

Feiler, 1998

Family

Manidae

Root name

culionensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

161-164

Authority publication

Zoologische Abhandlungen, Staatliches Museum für Tierkunde Dresden

Name usages

Esselstyn, Widmann & Heaney (2004:291, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35515744) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5880)
Schlitter (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9698)
Gaubert & Antunes (2005:1068) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/4440)
Gaudin, Emry & Wible (2009:278) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/4458)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2011:99) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67176)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136497) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136497) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005795) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136497/123586862) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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