Published on 21 March was a review of the literature and overview of the contemporary use of aquatic megafauna (cetaceans, sirenians, chelonians, and crocodylians) in the global tropics and subtropics, for 37 species listed on the Appendices of the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS).
Trichechus senegalensis
| CMS Instruments | CMS, Western African Aquatic Mammals |
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| IUCN Status | Vulnerable |
| Date of entry in Appendix I | 2009 |
| Date of entry in Appendix II | 2002 |
| Countries | Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Congo (Brazzaville), Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo (Kinshasa), Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo |
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| English | West African Manatee |
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| French | Lamantin Ouest-Africain |
| Spanish | Manati de africa occidental |
| German | Afrikanischer manati |
| Class | Mammalia |
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| Order | Sirenia |
| Family | Trichechidae |
| Scientific name | Trichechus senegalensis |