Trichechus senegalensis

Link, 1795

West African Manatee

Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Placentalia
Magnorder: Atlantogenata
Superorder: Afrotheria
Order: Sirenia
Family: Trichechidae
Subfamily: Trichechinae
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 die 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

Afrotropic · Marine

Country distribution

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

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://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.

Total: 13 names and synonyms.

Trichechus Manatus australis

J. F. Gmelin, 1788

Family

Trichechidae

Root name

australis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Original type locality

Habitat in mari africano et americano, praesertim ad ostia fluviorum

Type locality

Africa.

Authority page

60

Authority page URI

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

Authority publication

Leipzig

Name usages

Gmelin (1788:60, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25751280) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35943)
Kerr (1792:119, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664141) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36283)
Illiger (1811:140, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48453845) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36105)
Shoshani (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9710)

Manatus australis:

Retzius, 1794

Family

Trichechidae

Root name

australis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

291

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46955008

Authority publication

Kongl. Vetenskaps Academiens Nya Handlingar

Name usages

Retzius (1794:291, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46955008) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69297)
Daudin (1802:193, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033443) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64044)
Illiger (1815:103, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080959) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38688)
Muirhead (1819:474) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69481)
Hemprich (1820:45) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69417)
Schinz (1821:415, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51529176) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37604)
Fischer (1829:501) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)
Burmeister (1837:793, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46858128) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72421)
Blainville (1844:123, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57982391) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/56210)
Gray (1864:247, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28500548) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36794)
Gray (1866:358, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9730103) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37226)
Murray (1866:339, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580335) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
Jackson & Groves (2015:181) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)

Trichechus senegalensis

Link, 1795

Family

Trichechidae

Root name

senegalensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Original type locality

"Cfr. Buff. V. 6."

Type locality

Senegal.

Authority page

109

Authority page URI

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

Authority publication

Rostock

Name usages

Link (1795:109, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46272985) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35635)
Trouessart (1905:749, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423630) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59290)
Allen & Coolidge (1930:619, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/61248203) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68614)
Allen (1939:456, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782353) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
Corbet & Hill (1980:114) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:306, 307) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:123) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Wilson (1993:366) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69011)
Domning (1994:189, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2888059) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15771)
Shoshani (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9710)
Mittermeier & Wilson (2014:561) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67175)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #22104) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #22104) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000533) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22104/97168578) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Manatus stroggylonurus

Bechstein, 1799

Family

Trichechidae

Root name

stroggylonurus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Original type locality

Dieß wurde in der Nähe von Marigot-Kantai im Senegalflusse gefangen. [reference to a specimen in the Leverian Museum] · Manatis werden in den meisten Afrikanischen Flüssen gegen Süden des Nigers hin, und vielleicht auch in diesem auf der östlichen Küste angetroffen.

Type locality

Senegal.

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 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

Daudin (1802:193, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033443) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64044)
Fischer (1814:xxii, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130083) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12226)
Voigt (1819:423) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69477)
Desmarest (1822:508, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39521952) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36189)
Lesson (1827:402, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207869) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
Lesson (1828:439, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/61811883) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68835)
Fischer (1829:502) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)
Lesson (1842:155) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
Blainville (1844:123, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57982391) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/56210)
Gray (1866:360, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9730105) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37226)
Murray (1866:339, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580335) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
Peters (1876:485, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35329870) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17187)
Rochebrune (1883:190, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26187643) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/43667)
Bocage (1890:29, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39321568) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68678)

Trichecus manatus australis:

Sonnini de Manoncourt, 1803

Family

Trichechidae

Root name

australis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

501

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57287317

Authority publication

Nouveau Dictionnaire d'Histoire Naturelle

Name usages

Sonnini de Manoncourt (1803:501, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57287317) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67523)

Manatus sphaerurus

Illiger, 1815

Family

Trichechidae

Root name

sphaerurus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Original type locality

Senegall

Type locality

Senegal.

Authority page

79, 87

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080935 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080943

Authority publication

Abhandlungen der physikalischen Klasse der Königlich-Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

Illiger (1815:79, 87, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080935, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080943) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38688)
Illiger (1815:79, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080935) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38688)
Schinz (1821:415, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51529176) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37604)
Shoshani (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9710)

Trichecus Manatus africanus

Oken, 1816

Family

Trichechidae

Root name

africanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

placedonindex

Type locality

Senegal.

Authority page

688

Authority page URI

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

Authority publication

Jena

Manatus Africanus

F. Cuvier, 1836

Family

Trichechidae

Root name

africanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

563

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1435895

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Cuvier (1836:563, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1435895) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72906)

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

Original type locality

in the Caracalla river, about twenty miles east of Cape Palmas, West Africa

Type locality

Cote d'Ivoire.

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)

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