Manis

Manis ("spirit") is a genus of South Asian and East Asian pangolins, the Asiatic pangolins, from subfamily Maninae, within family Manidae.

Etymology
Carl Linnaeus (1758) invented the Neo-Latin generic name Manis apparently as a feminine singular form of the Latin masculine plural Manes, the Ancient Roman name for a type of spirit, after the animal's strange appearance.

Taxonomy

 * Subfamily: Maninae (Asiatic pangolins)
 * Genus: Manis (Asiatic pangolins)
 * Manis crassicaudata (Indian pangolin)
 * Manis pentadactyla (Chinese pangolin)
 * †Manis hungarica
 * †Manis lydekkeri
 * Subgenus: Paramanis
 * Manis culionensis (Philippine pangolin)
 * Manis javanica (Sunda pangolin)
 * Manis mysteria
 * †Manis palaeojavanica (Giant asian pangolin)

Phylogeny
Phylogenetic position of genus Manis within family Manidae.