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.

COMMENT: Includes aurita; see Emry, 1970, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 142:460; Ellerman and Morrison-Scott, 1951.

PROTECTED STATUS: CITES - Appendix II.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301408001001005001.