WoRMS taxon details
Trichechus senegalensis Link, 1795
255027 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:255027)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Link, H. F. (1795). Beyträge zur Naturgeschichte. Ueber die Lebenskräfte in naturhistorischer. Rücksicht und die Classification der Säugethiere. <em>K.C. Stiller, Rostok and Leipzig.</em> 126 pp. [details]
Distribution West Africa, from Mauritania to Angola
Distribution West Africa, from Mauritania to Angola [details]
WoRMS (2025). Trichechus senegalensis Link, 1795. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=255027 on 2025-03-28
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Nomenclature
original description
Link, H. F. (1795). Beyträge zur Naturgeschichte. Ueber die Lebenskräfte in naturhistorischer. Rücksicht und die Classification der Säugethiere. <em>K.C. Stiller, Rostok and Leipzig.</em> 126 pp. [details]
basis of record Mead, J. G.; Brownell, R. L. Jr. (2005). Cetacea. <em>In Wilson, D.E. & D.M. Reeder (eds). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), Johns Hopkins University Press, 2,142 pp.</em> 723--743., available online at http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/ [details]
basis of record Mead, J. G.; Brownell, R. L. Jr. (2005). Cetacea. <em>In Wilson, D.E. & D.M. Reeder (eds). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), Johns Hopkins University Press, 2,142 pp.</em> 723--743., available online at http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/ [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
additional source
Domning, D. P. (1996). Bibliography and Index of the Sirenia and Desmostylia. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology.</em> (80): 1-611., available online at http://www.sil.si.edu/SmithsonianContributions/Paleobiology/sc_RecordSingle.cfm?filename=SCtP-0080 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Distribution West Africa, from Mauritania to Angola [details]Habitat in coastal marine waters, rivers, and estuaries [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Afrikaans | mami wata | [details] |
| Dutch | West-Afrikaanse lamantijn | [details] |
| English | West African manateeAfrican manatee | [details] |
| Turkish | bati Afrika denizinegi | [details] |
