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Trichechus senegalensis Link, 1795 
AphiaID: 255027

Classification: Biota > Animalia > Chordata > Vertebrata > Gnathostomata > Tetrapoda > Mammalia > Theria > Sirenia > Trichechidae > Trichechus
Status accepted
Record
status
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Rank Species
Parent Trichechus Linnaeus, 1758
Source Not documented
Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
English West African manatee  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (56 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To IUCN Red List
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To ITIS
Notes  Distribution: West Africa, from Mauritania to Angola [details]

Habitat: in coastal marine waters, rivers, and estuaries [details]
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Trichechus senegalensis
Trichechus senegalensis
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Trichechus senegalensis
Trichechus senegalensis
added on 2009-02-17 - author: Collection Georges Declercq
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Trichechus senegalensis
Trichechus senegalensis
added on 2009-02-17 - author: Collection Georges Declercq
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Trichechus senegalensis
Trichechus senegalensis
added on 2009-02-17 - author: Collection Georges Declercq
qualitystatus: not checked

Trichechus senegalensis
Trichechus senegalensis
added on 2009-02-17 - author: Collection Georges Declercq
qualitystatus: not checked

Trichechus senegalensis
Trichechus senegalensis
added on 2009-02-17 - author: Collection Georges Declercq
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:255027
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2007-12-26 22:05:46Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2010-02-05 17:38:18Z  checked  Self-Sullivan, Caryn
  
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  Citation: Self-Sullivan, C. (2013). Trichechus senegalensis Link, 1795. Accessed through: Land J. van der (ed). (2008) UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO) at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo./aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=255027 on 2013-05-22
  

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