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Phataginus tricuspis  (Rafinesque, 1821)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 1267325

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Manis tricuspis Rafinesque, 1821
  
    Manis tricuspis tricuspis Rafinesque, 1821
  
    Manis tricuspis mabirae (Allen and Loveridge, 1942)
  
  Common Name(s): Tree Pangolin [English]
  
    Three-cusped Pangolin [English]
  
    African White-bellied Pangolin [English]
  
    White-bellied Pangolin [English]
  
    Common African Pangolin [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassMammalia Linnaeus, 1758 – mammifères, mamífero, mammals  
                         SubclassTheria Parker and Haswell, 1897  
                            InfraclassEutheria Gill, 1872  
                               OrderPholidota Weber, 1904 – Pangolins, scaly anteaters, pholidotes  
                                  FamilyManidae Gray, 1821  
                                     SubfamilyPhatagininae Gaubert, 2017 – small African pangolins  
                                        GenusPhataginus Rafinesque, 1821  
                                           SpeciesPhataginus tricuspis (Rafinesque, 1821) – Tree Pangolin, Three-cusped Pangolin, African White-bellied Pangolin, White-bellied Pangolin, Common African Pangolin  
       

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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Burgin, Connor J., Don E. Wilson, Russell A. Mittermeier, Anthony B. Rylands, et al.  
  Publication Date: 2020   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Illustrated Checklist of the Mammals of the World. Vol. 2. Eulipotyphla to Carnivora   
  Page(s): 535   
  Publisher: Lynx Edicions   
  Publication Place: Barcelona   
  ISBN/ISSN: 978-84-16728-350   
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  Reference for: Phataginus tricuspis, Common African Pangolin [English]   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Africa  
       
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