The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

Manis javanica

 – Lower Risk Near Threatened

Taxonomy

Kingdom: ANIMALIA
Phylum: CHORDATA
Class: MAMMALIA
Order: PHOLIDOTA
Family: MANIDAE
Scientific Name: Manis javanica
Species Authority: Desmarest, 1822
Common Name/s: MALAYAN PANGOLIN (Eng)
PANGOLIN JAVANAIS (Fre)
PANGOLIN MALAIS (Fre)
PANGOLÍN MALAYO (Spa)

Assessment Information

Red List Category & Criteria: LR/nt    ver 2.3 (1994)
Year Assessed: 1996
Annotations: Needs updating
Assessor/s: Pangolin Specialist Group

Geographic Range

Countries: Native:

Brunei Darussalam; Cambodia; Indonesia; Lao People's Democratic Republic; Malaysia; Myanmar; Philippines; Thailand; Viet Nam


Possibly extinct regionally:

Singapore


Uncertain presence and origin:

Bangladesh; China

Habitat and Ecology

System: Terrestrial

Citation: Pangolin Specialist Group 1996. Manis javanica. In: IUCN 2007. 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 15 May 2008.
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