Trichechus senegalensis

Link, 1795

West African Manatee

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Atlantogenata
Superorder : Afrotheria
Order : Sirenia
Family : Trichechidae
Genus : Trichechus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Link, J.H.F. 1795. Beyträge zur Naturgeschichte. Zweytes Stück. Ueber ide Lebenskräfte in naturhistorischer Rücksicht, und die Classification der Säugthiere. Karl Christoph Stiller, Rostock, 126 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46272985

Original name as described

Trichechus senegalensis

Other common names

African Manatee

Type material

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Type locality

Senegal.

Biogeographic realm

Marine · Afrotropic

Country distribution

Angola · Benin · Cameroon · Chad · Republic of the Congo · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Cote d'Ivoire · Equatorial Guinea · Gabon · Gambia · Ghana · Guinea · Guinea-Bissau · Liberia · Mali · Mauritania · Niger · Nigeria · Senegal · Sierra Leone · Togo

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000533

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Manatus Oweni

(Du Chaillu, 1861)

Family

Trichechidae

Root name

oweni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1388b, BMNH:Mamm:1388c, BMNH:Mamm:1864.12.1.8 (= BMNH:Mamm:1388e), USNM:MAMM:A20907

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/303741538-d88a-4ff4-b520-1018d065902a https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/30c16ffe-b9fd-4dbc-93dd-0fd7fa8443b1 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/3d13a2f0-9d52-4d5a-938a-1d5ef6daed82 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/4bdbdf28-7389-4042-800e-15003b49fe1f

Authority page

367

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9249927

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History

Name usages

Shoshani (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9710)

Manatus nasutus

(Wyman in Perkins, 1848)

Family

Trichechidae

Root name

nasutus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MCZ:Mamm:BOM-9368

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:BOM-9368

Authority page

199 (footnote)

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9490883

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History

Name usages

Shoshani (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9710)

Trichechus senegalensis

Link, 1795

Family

Trichechidae

Root name

senegalensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Authority page

109

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46272985

Authority publication

Rostock

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:114) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:306, 307) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Shoshani (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9710)
  4. Mittermeier & Wilson (2014:561) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67175)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #22104) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #22104) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000533) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22104/97168578) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Manatus australis

(Daudin, 1802)

Family

Trichechidae

Root name

australis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

193

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033443

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Daudin (1802:193, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033443) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64044)
  2. Illiger (1815:103, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080959) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38688)

Manatus Senegalensis

(Daudin, 1802)

Family

Trichechidae

Root name

senegalensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

193

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033443

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Daudin (1802:193, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033443) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64044)
  2. Fischer (1814:xxii, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130083) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12226)
  3. Lesson (1827:402, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207869) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  4. Lesson (1842:155) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Trichechus Manatus australis

J. F. Gmelin, 1788

Family

Trichechidae

Root name

australis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

60

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25751280

Authority publication

Leipzig

Name usages

Shoshani (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9710)

Manatus stroggylonurus

(Bechstein, 1799)

Family

Trichechidae

Root name

stroggylonurus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

732

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57833597

Authority publication

Weimar

Name usages

Shoshani (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9710)

Manatus sphaerurus

(Illiger, 1815)

Family

Trichechidae

Root name

sphaerurus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

87

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080943

Authority publication

Abhandlungen der physikalischen Klasse der Königlich-Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

  1. Illiger (1815:87, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080943) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38688)
  2. Shoshani (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9710)

Trichecus Manatus africanus

(Oken, 1816)

Family

Trichechidae

Root name

africanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

inconsistently_binominal

Authority page

688

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59375435

Authority publication

Jena

Manatus Vogelii

(R. Owen, 1856)

Family

Trichechidae

Root name

vogelii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

346

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24799161

Authority publication

Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal

Name usages

Shoshani (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9710)

Trichechus senegalensis vogelli

Derscheld, 1926

Family

Trichechidae

Root name

vogelli

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

28

Authority publication

Revue zoologique africaine

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