Ground pangolin

Ground pangolin
A ground pangolin in the wilds of Africa
A ground pangolin in defensive posture
CITES Appendix I (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Pholidota
Family: Manidae
Genus: Smutsia
Species:
S. temminckii
Binomial name
Smutsia temminckii
Smuts, 1832[3]
Ground pangolin range
Synonyms
synonyms of species:
  • Manis temminckii (Smuts, 1832)
  • Phatages hedenborgii (Fitzinger, 1872)[4]
  • Phataginus temminckii
Skull of a ground pangolin
Pangolin photographed in Tanzania around 1910

The ground pangolin (Smutsia temminckii), also known as Temminck's pangolin, Cape pangolin or steppe pangolin is a species of pangolin from genus Smutsia of subfamily Smutsiinae the within family Manidae.[5][1] It is one of four species of pangolins which can be found in Africa, and the only one in southern and eastern Africa. The animal was named for the Dutch zoologist Coenraad Jacob Temminck.

  1. ^ a b Pietersen, D.; Jansen, R.; Connelly, E. (2019). "Smutsia temminckii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T12765A123585768. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T12765A123585768.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  3. ^ Smuts, J. (1832.) "Enumerationem Mammalium Capensium", Dessertatio Zoologica Inauguralis. J. C. Cyfveer, Leidae.
  4. ^ Fitzinger, L. J. (1872.) "Die naturliche familie der schuppenthiere (Manes)." Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe, CI., LXV, Abth. I, 9-83.
  5. ^ Schlitter, D.A. (2005). "Order Pholidota". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 531. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.