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Trichechus senegalensis Link 1795
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Trichechus senegalensis Link, 1795. Beytr. Naturg., l (2):109.
TYPE LOCALITY: Senegal.
DISTRIBUTION: Senegal to Quanza River (Angola), including Niger-Benue Basin.
COMMENT: Former occurrence in Lake Chad basin uncertain. Not reliably reported above the falls on the lower Congo River; see Hatt, 1934, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 66:554-560, 566. Reviewed by Husar, 1978, Mamm. Species, 89:1-3. Type locality discussed by Hatt, 1934, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 66:535.
PROTECTED STATUS: CITES - Appendix II and U.S. ESA - Threatened.
ISIS NUMBER: 5301417002001003001.
Notes
Published as part of James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Sirenia, pp. 305-306 in Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA :Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections on page 306, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353046
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- Book chapter: 10.5281/zenodo.7353046 (DOI)
- Book chapter: http://publication.plazi.org/id/6F55FFBFA568FFC4163DFF80074FCA42 (URL)
Biodiversity
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- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Order
- Sirenia
- Family
- Trichechidae
- Genus
- Trichechus
- Species
- senegalensis
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- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Trichechus senegalensis Link, 1795 sec. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl, 1982