Manis

Asiatic pangolin ("Manis") is a genus of South Asian and East Asian pangolins from subfamily Asiatic pangolins (Maninae), within family Manidae.
Etymology.
Carl Linnaeus (1758) invented the Neo-Latin generic name "Manis" apparently as a feminine singular form of the Latin masculine plural Manes, the Ancient Roman name for a type of spirit, after the animal's strange appearance.
Phylogeny.
Phylogenetic position of genus "Manis" within family Manidae.