Pakistan - W.Bengal, India, Sri Lanka, Yunnan. See [About maps]
Manis crassicaudata Gray, 1827; in Griffith's, Cuvier Anim. Kingd., 5: 282, TL: India
Senegal - W.Kenya - Rwanda, C.Zaire, SW.Angola. See [About maps]
Manis gigantea Illiger, 1815; Abh. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin: 84
Burma, Thailand, Indochina, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, SW.Philippines. See [About maps]
Manis javanica Desmarest, 1822; Tabl. Encycl. Meth. Mammal., 2: 377, TL: Java
Nepal - S.China, Hainan, N.Indochina, Taiwan. See [About maps]
Manis pentadactyla Linnaeus, 1758; Syst. Nat. (edn. 10) 1: 36, TL: Formosa
South Africa, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Botswana, Angola, Kenya, S.Zaire, S.Sudan, Chad. See [About maps]
Manis temminckii Smuts, 1832; Enumer. Mamm. Cap.: 54, TL: Cap, Latukou (Lataku?) (Litakun), near Kuruman
Senegal, Gambia - W.Uganda - SW.Angola. See [About maps]
Manis tetradactyla Linnaeus, 1766; Syst. Nat. (edn. 12) 1: 53, TL: West Africa
Senegal - W.Kenya - NE.Zambia, SW.Angola, Bioko. See [About maps]
Manis tricuspis Rafinesque, 1821; Ann. Sci. Phys. Brux., 7: 215, TL: West Africa, "Guinee"28.10.2001 (7)
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