Manis palaeojavanica Dubois, 1907
Pleistocene Borneo pangolin (proposed)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonyms: Manis palaeojavanicus Dubois, 1907; Manis paleojavanica Dubois, 1907
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: Late Pleistocene
The cryptozoologist Karl Shuker has suggested that the 'veo' cryptid from Rintja may be a surviving population of M. palaeojavanica (Shuker, 1999:27).
Distribution
Borneo
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Dubois, E. (1907). Eenige von Nederlandschen kant verkregen uitkomsten met betrekking tot de kennis der Kendeng-Fauna (Fauna van Trinil), Tijdschrift van het Koninglijk Nederlandsch Aardrijkskundig, Genootschap 24: 449-458.
Other references:
Hooijer, D. A. (1960). The giant extinct pangolin (Manis palaeojavanica Dubois) from Niah. Sarawak Museum Journal 9(15-16): 350-355.
Lane, D. (2010). Late Quaternary turnover of mammals in Borneo: the zooarchaeological record, pp. 373-391. In Tropical islands biodiversity crisis: the Indo-West Pacific A conference organized by the Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Gadong, Brunei, 11-13 June 2007, Springer.
Majid, Z. (2005). The Perak man and other prehistoric skeletons of Malaysia. Pulau Pinang, Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia.
Norman, L. (2008). Autecology of the sunda pangolin (Manis javanica) in Singapore. Singapore, National University of Singapore. [relevant reference?]
Piper, P. J., Rabett, R. J. and Cranbrook, E. O. (2007). New discoveries of an extinct giant pangolin (Manis cf. palaeojavanica Dubois) at Niah Cave, Sarawak, Borneo: biogeography, palaeoecology and taxonomic relationships. Sarawak Museum Journal 84:207-226.
Pfeiffer, Pierre. (1963). Bivouacs à Borneo. Paris: Flammarion. 252 pp.
Shuker, Karl P. N. (1999). Mysteries of Planet Earth: An Encyclopedia of the Inexplicable. Carlton Books. 192 pp.