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 Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia 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