Manis tricuspis Rafinesque, 1821 . Ann. Sci. Phys. Brux., 7:215.

TYPE LOCALITY: West Africa, " Guinee."

DISTRIBUTION: Senegal to W Kenya, south to NE Zambia and SW Angola; Bioko (Equatorial Guinea).

STATUS: CITES - Appendix III (Ghana).

SYNONYMS: tridentata.

COMMENTS: Includes tridentata; see Ansell (1982).