Manis
Appearance
Translingual
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin manes (“the ghosts or shades of the dead”) So called from its dismal appearance, and because it seeks its food by night.
Proper noun
[edit]Manis f
Hypernyms
[edit]- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria – subclass; Placentalia – infraclass; Boreoeutheria – magnorder; Laurasiatheria – superorder; Ferungulata – grandorder; Ferae – mirorder; Pholidota – order
Hyponyms
[edit]- (genus): Manis crassicaudata (Indian pangolin), Manis pentadactyla(Chinese pangolin) – species in subgenus Manis (Manis)
- Manis javanica (Sunda pangolin), Manis culionensis (Philippine pangolin) – species in subgenus Manis (Paramanis)
References
[edit]- Manis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Manis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Manis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Latin
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Mānīs