Trichechus senegalensis Link, 1795

Don E. Wilson, 1993, Order Sirenia, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 365-366 : 366

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scientific name	Trichechus senegalensis Link, 1795
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Trichechus senegalensis Link, 1795 View in CoL . Beitr. Naturgesch., 1 (2):209.

TYPE LOCALITY: Senegal .

DISTRIBUTION: Coastal W Africa including river systems from Angola to Senegal.

STATUS: CITES - Appendix II; U.S. ESA - Threatened; IUCN - Vulnerable.

SYNONYMS: africanus, australis, nasutus, owenii, stroggylonurus, vogelii.

COMMENTS: Reviewed by Husar (1978b, Mammalian Species, 89).

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Mammalia
Order	Sirenia
Family	Trichechidae
Genus	Trichechus

Trichechus senegalensis Link, 1795

Don E. Wilson 1993

1993

Trichechus senegalensis

Link 1795: 209

1795

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