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

TYPE LOCALITY: West Africa .

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

COMMENT: M. longicaudata is a synonym; see Meester, 1972, Part 4:2.

PROTECTED STATUS: CITES - Appendix III (Ghana) as M. longicaudata only.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301408001001004001 as M. longicaudata .