Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
   Subclass Theria Parker & Haswell, 1897
     Order Pholidota Weber, 1904 - pangolins
       Family Manidae Gray, 1821 - pangolins
         Genus Manis Linnaeus, 1758 - Asian pangolins
           Subgenus Phataginus Rafinesque, 1821 - African tree pangolin see Genus Phataginus Rafinesque, 1821
             Manis tricuspis Rafinesque, 1821 - tree pangolin see Phataginus tricuspis (Rafinesque, 1821)
               [Manis tricuspis tricuspis] Rafinesque, 1821