Order Pholidota Author Duane A. Schlitter text 1993 Smithsonian Institution Press Washington and London Editor Don E. Wilson Editor DeeAnn M. Reeder Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition) 415 415 book chapter 193462 10.5281/zenodo.7353120 01e9c0f7-32af-49c3-9f82-40247dc6e949 1-56098-217-9 7353120 Manis tetradactyla Linnaeus, 1766 . Syst. Nat., 12th ed., 1:53 . TYPE LOCALITY: West Africa . DISTRIBUTION: Senegal and Gambia to W Uganda , south to SW Angola . STATUS: CITES - Appendix III ( Ghana ). SYNONYMS: longicaudata. COMMENTS: Includes longicaudata see Meester (1972:2).