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Monophyletic taxon: Genus Phataginus Rafinesque, 1821 - African pangolins (mammal)

Entity:

Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Mammalia - (Order) Pholidota - (Family) Manidae

Subsequent positions

Uromanini (Tribe) Pocock, 1924

Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 222.

Current position

Smutsiinae (Subfamily) Gray, 1873

Ref: T.J. Gaudin et al., 2009: table 1 (p. 278).

Alternative positions

*Manidae* (Family) Gray, 1821	Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 136.
*Uromanini* (Tribe) Pocock, 1924	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 222. [new position]

Historical positions

*Smutsiinae* (Subfamily) Gray, 1873	Ref: T.J. Gaudin et al., 2009: table 1 (p. 278).
*Uromanini* (Tribe) Pocock, 1924	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 222. [new position]
*Manidae* (Family) Gray, 1821	Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 136.

Number of Subtaxa

2025	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	2s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[2s]
1991	G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill	[4s]

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