Trichechus senegalensis Link, 1795

James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Sirenia, Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA: Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections, pp. 305-306 : 306

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Trichechus senegalensis Link, 1795 View in CoL . 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.