Manis pentadactyla Linnaeus, 1758 . Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1:36.

TYPE LOCALITY: Taiwan (= Formosa) .

DISTRIBUTION: Nepal to S China, Hainan Isl (China), and N Indochina; Taiwan.

STATUS: CITES - Appendix II.

SYNONYMS: aurita.

COMMENTS: Includes aurita; see Emry (1970:460) and Ellerman and Morrison-Scott (1951).