Pangolin, pang′gō-lin, n. the scaly ant-eater, a name given to the various species of the genus Manis belonging to the mammalian order Edentata.

Accordingly, a modification of the character, even of the true Edentata, as given in the earlier article, is rendered necessary.

The dentition, too, is of a type which might well be considered ancestral to that of the Edentata.