Manis tetradactyla Linnaeus, 1766 . Syst. Nat., 12th ed., 1:53.

TYPE LOCALITY: West Africa .

DISTRIBUTION: Senegal and Gambia to W Uganda, south to SW Angola.

STATUS: CITES - Appendix III (Ghana).

SYNONYMS: longicaudata.

COMMENTS: Includes longicaudata see Meester (1972:2).