Biology:Indo Burmese pangolin
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Short description: Species of mammal
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Pholidota |
| Family: | Manidae |
| Genus: | Manis |
| Species: | M. aurita
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| Manis aurita B. H. Hodgson, 1836
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Manis aurita, the Indo-Burmese pangolin, is a pangolin in the family Manidae native to India, Myanmar, Nepal, and possibly Bhutan. It was recently described as Manis indoburmanica,[1] but the oldest available name for the species is Manis aurita.[2][3]
Description
The total body length is 70 cm.[1]
Taxonomy
In 2025, the species was split from the Chinese pangolin (Manis pentadactyla) under the newly described name Manis indoburmanica,[1] however the name aurita Hodgson, 1836 has priority over indoburmanica.[2]
Conservation
It is presumed to be critically endangered.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Wangmo, Lenrik Konchok; Ghosh, Avijit; Dolker, Stanzin; Joshi, Bheem Dutt; Sharma, Lalit Kumar; Thakur, Mukesh (2025-01-07). "Indo-Burmese pangolin (Manis indoburmanica): a novel phylogenetic species of pangolin evolved in Asia". Mammalian Biology 105 (5): 691–698. doi:10.1007/s42991-024-00475-7. ISSN 1616-5047. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42991-024-00475-7.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Zijlstra, Jelle S. (2025-04-25). "Manis aurita Hodgson 1837 as a valid species of pangolin: a comment to Wangmo et al. (2025)". Mammalian Biology 105 (5): 699–701. doi:10.1007/s42991-025-00495-x. ISSN 1616-5047. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42991-025-00495-x.
- ↑ "Manis aurita • Indo-Burmese Pangolin". https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006934/.
- ↑ "There’s a new species of pangolin — and illegal trade means it’s already likely to be critically endangered - EIA" (in en). 2025-01-16. https://eia-international.org/news/theres-a-new-species-of-pangolin-and-illegal-trade-means-its-already-likely-to-be-critically-endangered/.
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