African Manatee
(Trichechus senegalensis)[] | |
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| Species ID: | 3-54-368-4513-15058 |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Sirenia |
| Family: | Trichechidae |
| Genus: | Trichechus |
| Conservation status: | VU - Vulnerable |
| Systems: | Freshwater / Marine |
| Links: | IUCN Red List |
Other names[]
- West African manatee
- Sea cow
Diet[]
- Mangroves
- Emergent plants
- Grasses
- Clams
- Molluscs
- Fish
Biomes[]
- Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests
- Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands
- Flooded grasslands and savannas
- Montane grasslands and shrublands
- Mangroves
Locations[]
Ecoregion range
Ecozones[]
Ecoregions[]
- AT0102 Atlantic Equatorial coastal forests
- AT0106 Cross-Niger transition forests
- AT0107 Cross-Sanaga-Bioko coastal forests
- AT0111 Eastern Guinean forests
- AT0122 Niger Delta swamp forests
- AT0123 Nigerian lowland forests
- AT0130 Western Guinean lowland forests
- AT0707 Guinean forest-savanna mosaic
- AT0903 Inner Niger Delta flooded savanna
- AT1002 Angolan Scarp savanna and woodlands
- AT1401 Central African mangroves
- AT1403 Guinean mangroves