Trichechus senegalensis

Trichechus senegalensis

Taxonavigation

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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Chordata Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Theria
Infraclassis: Eutheria
Magnordo: Epitheria
Superordo: Afrotheria
Cladus: Paenungulata
Ordo: Sirenia
Familia: Trichechidae
Genus: Trichechus
Species: Trichechus senegalensis

Name

Trichechus senegalensis Link, 1795

Type locality: Senegal

Synonyms

• Trichechus Australis Shaw, 1800
• Manatus stroggylonurus Bechstein, 1800
• Manatus nasutus Wyman, 1848
• Manatus Vogelli Owen, 1856
• Manatus Oweni Du Chaillu, 1861

References

• Link, H. F. 1795. Beyträge zur Naturgeschichte. 1 (2): 109.
• Shaw, B. 1800. General Zoology or systematic natural history. Mammalia Part 1., G. Kearsley, London, 2: 244.
• Bechstein, G. 1800. In Pennant's ′Algemeine Uebersicht der viurfüssigen′. Weimar, II: 733.
• Wyman, J. 1848. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History, 2: 199.
• Owen, R. 1856. Doctor Vogel on the Ajuh of Central Africa. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, 4: 346.
• Du Chaillu, P. B. 1861. Description of new species of mammals discovered in western equatorial Africa. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History, 7: 367.
• Husar, S. L. 1978. Trichechus senegalensis. Mammalian Species, 89: 1-3.

Links

• Trichechus senegalensis in Mammal Species of the World.
  Don E. Wilson & DeeAnn M. Reeder (eds) (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed).
• Mammal Species of the World, A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd edition, 2005 ISBN 0801882214
• IUCN link: Trichechus senegalensis Link, 1795 (Vulnerable)
• Trichechus senegalensis Link, 1795 Report on ITIS

Vernacular names

Polski: Manat afrykański
Slovenčina: Lamantín senegalský
Suomi: Afrikanmanaatti