Manis javanica Desmarest, 1822 . Encyclop. Method. Mamm., 2:377.

TYPE LOCALITY: Indonesia, Java .

DISTRIBUTION: Burma; Thailand; Indochina; Sumatra; Java; Borneo; S.W. Philippines; adjacent small islands.

COMMENT: Reviewed by Ellerman and Morrison-Scott, 1951; includes culionensis, considered a separate species by Sanborn, 1952, Fieldiana Zool., 33: 114.

PROTECTED STATUS: CITES - Appendix II.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301408001001003001.