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Trichechus senegalensis (West African manatee)

Mammalia - Sirenia - Trichechidae

Taxonomy
Trichechus senegalensis was named by Link (1795). It is extant. Its type specimen is no type specimen designated.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1795Trichechus senegalensis Link p. 109
1817Manatus senegalensis Desmarest
1829Manatus senegalensis Fischer p. 502
1850Manatus senegalensis Gray p. 140
1873Manatus senegalensis Scott p. 51
1885Manatus senegalensis Woodward p. 424
1898Manatus senegalensis Trouessart p. 1000
1904Trichechus senegalensis Trouessart p. 749
1912Manatus senegalensis Turner p. 155
1963Trichechus senegalensis Scheffer and Rice p. 4
1977Trichechus senegalensis Husar p. 1
1994Trichechus senegalensis Domning p. 189
1998Trichechus senegalensis Rice p. 130
2014Trichechus senegalensis Voss p. 91 figs. Figure 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
RankNameAuthor
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—AfrotheriaStanhope et al. 1998
—Tethytheria
orderSirenia()
familyTrichechidae()
familyTrichechinae()
genusTrichechus
speciessenegalensisLink 1795

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Trichechus senegalensis Link 1795 [West African manatee]
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Invalid names: Manatus senegalensis Desmarest 1817 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available