Manis javanica Desmarest, 1822 . Mammalogie, in Encycl. Méth., 2:377.

TYPE LOCALITY: Indonesia, Java .

DISTRIBUTION: Burma; Thailand; Indochina; Sumatra and Java (Indonesia); Borneo; SW Philippines; adjacent islands.

STATUS: CITES - Appendix II.

SYNONYMS: culionensis.

COMMENTS: Reviewed by Ellerman and Morrison-Scott (1951); includes culionensis, considered a separate species by Sanborn (1952a:114).