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African ManateeEducational resources on African ManateeAfrican Manatee or Trichechus senegalensis is listed on the IUCN Red list (1996) as Vulnerable due to A1cd. IUCN Profile of the African Manatee TAXONOMY OF MANATEES West African Manatee (Trichechus seneglaensis) In North America, the Florida manatee is the most widely known species. They can be distinguished from the Antillean www.bio.davidson.edu/people/midorcas/animalphysiology/websites/2003/Harshaw/page2.htm ADW: Trichechus senegalensis: Information Nishiwaki, M. 1984. Current Status of the African Manatee. Acta Zoologica Fennica, 172:135-136. animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Trichechus_senegalensis.html ADW: Trichechus_senegalensis.jpg What's in a Scientific Name? Authority Lists: Where We Get Our Names Name, Rank ... Trichechus senegalensis (African manatee) animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/resources/Grzimek_mammals/Trichechidae/Trichechus... ASK Archive 2003: Manatee origins ...which is found in the U.S. and along the coastal and inland waterways of Central American and along the northern coast of South America, is related to the West African manatee, the whale.wheelock.edu/archives/ask03/0158.html ASK Archive 2001: Manatee, life span and distribution The Amazonian manatee is found in South America, and the West African manatee is found in Africa. Manatees are also related to the dugong, which whale.wheelock.edu/archives/ask01/0086.html Mammals Anatomy - Clipart ETC Clipart images anatomical views of mammals, including skeletal and bone ... African Manatee "Skull of African Manatee (Manatus senegatensis)." —The Encyclopedia Britannica etc.usf.edu/clipart/galleries/animals/mammals_anatomy.php Mammal Species of the World - Browse: senegalensis Mammal Species of the World: Information on senegalensis ... Author: Link, 1795. Citation: Beitr. Naturgesch., 1(2): 209. Common Name: African Manatee www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?id=11600013 Low-Frequency Sound and Marine Mammals: Current Knowledge and Research ... The West African manatee is apparently most abundant in the Niger River and its tributaries (Nishiwaki et al., 1982), although there are areas of dense manatee population along the www.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=4557&page=73 Ecomorphology & Comparative Physiology Laboratory > Videos Amazonian manatee Trichechus inunguis : West Indian manatee Trichechus manatus : African manatee Trichechus senegalensis www.marinebiology.edu/Marshall/video.htm Manatee Fact Sheet They are related to the West African manatee, Amazonian manatee, dugong, and Stellar's sea cow (extinct). There are a minimum of 1800 West Indian manatees left in the US, but www.fiu.edu/~fuentes/manfact_F.htm
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