African Manatee – Trichechus senegalensis

Trichechus senegalensisLink, 1795

Accepted name, Mammal Species of the World 2005

Reviewed by Husar (1978, Mammalian Species, 89). Trichechus Manatus australis Gmelin, 1788 is a partial synonym, that was restricted to the African manatee by Shaw (1800) and Hatt (1934a); see Domning (1996).

• Wilson, D and Reeder, D. (eds.) 2005. Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. 3rd ed. -- 2142 pp. Johns Hopkins University Press.