Mammalia - Sirenia - Trichechidae

Synonym: Manatus senegalensis Desmarest 1817

Belongs to Trichechus according to M. Voss 2014

See also Domning 1994, Domning 1996, Fischer 1829, Gray 1850, Gray 1866, Husar 1977, Rice 1998, Scheffer and Rice 1963, Trouessart 1898, Trouessart 1904, Turner 1912 and Woodward 1885

Sister taxa: Trichechus hesperamazonicus, Trichechus inunguis, Trichechus manatus, Manatus antiquus

Type specimens:

• Trichechus senegalensis: no type specimen designated
• Manatus senegalensis:

Ecology: aquatic herbivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Trichechus senegalensis in the database

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