Trichechus senegalensis

Trichechus senegalensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Sirenia

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Magnordo: Epitheria Superordo: Afrotheria Cladus: Paenungulata Cladus: Tethytheria 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.
  Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
• Wilson, D.E. & Reeder, D.M. (eds.)  2005. Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. 3rd edition. The Johns Hopkins University Press: Baltimore. 2 volumes. 2142 pp. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. Reference page. 
• IUCN: Trichechus senegalensis Link, 1795 (Vulnerable)
• Trichechus senegalensis Link, 1795 – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Vernacular names

Ελληνικά: Αφρικανικό Μανάτι
English: African manatee
suomi: Afrikanmanaatti
magyar: Afrikai manátusz, afrikai manáti
polski: Manat afrykański
slovenčina: Lamantín senegalský