Manis palaeojavanica

Manis palaeojavanica (literally "ancient Javan pangolin"), is an extinct species of gigantic pangolin that was native to Southeast Asia during the Late Pleistocene epoch.^[5]

Manis palaeojavanica Temporal range: Late Pleistocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
bones of Manis palaeojavanica (darker) compared to same bones of Manis javanica (lighter)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Pholidota
Family:	Manidae
Genus:	Manis
Subgenus:	Paramanis
Species:	†M. palaeojavanica
Binomial name
†Manis palaeojavanica Dubois, 1907[1]
Synonyms
list of synonyms: Manis palaejavanica (Dubois, 1908)[2] Manis palaejavanico (Weber, 1928)[3] Manis palaeojavanicus (Dubois, 1907) Manis paleojavanica (Raven, 1935)[4]

In 1926, E. Dubois described the bones of M. palaeojavanica discovered in Java. Later, Lord Medway excavated another set of bones at the Niah Caves in Malaysia. In 1960, D. A. Hoojier identified these bones as that of an extinct species. Using carbon dating, the Niah Caves bones were determined to be 42,000–47,000 years old.^[6]

M. palaeojavanica is known from a nearly complete skeleton, one of only a small handful of largely complete pangolin fossils.^[7] Its total length is measured up to 2.5 m (8.2 ft).^[8]