Manis is a genus of South Asian and East Asian pangolins, the Asiatic pangolins, from subfamily Maninae, within family Manidae. Etymology Carl Linnaeus (1758) invented the Neo-Latin generic name Manis apparently as a feminine singular form of the Latin masculine plural Manes, the Ancient Roman name for a type of spirit, after the animal's strange appearance. Taxonomy Subfamily: Maninae (Asiatic pangolins) Genus: Manis (Asiatic pangolins) Manis crassicaudata (Indian pangolin) Manis pentadactyla (Chinese pangolin) Manis sp. (Scale_H4 & Scale_H8) †Manis hungarica †Manis lydekkeri Subgenus: Paramanis Manis culionensis (Philippine pangolin) Manis javanica (Sunda pangolin) †Manis palaeojavanica (Giant asian pangolin) Phylogeny Phylogenetic position of genus Manis within family Manidae. References Mammal genera Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus Mammals of Asia