| phylogeography of the heavily poached african common pangolin (pholidota, manis tricuspis) reveals six cryptic lineages as traceable signatures of pleistocene diversification. | knowledge on faunal diversification in african rainforests remains scarce. we used phylogeography to assess (i) the role of pleistocene climatic oscillations in the diversification of the african common pangolin (manis tricuspis) and (ii) the utility of our multilocus approach for taxonomic delineation and trade tracing of this heavily poached species. we sequenced 101 individuals for two mitochondrial dna (mtdna), two nuclear dna and one y-borne gene fragments (totalizing 2602 bp). we used a ti ... | 2016 | 27862533 |