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Trichechus senegalensis

VU

Status

Vulnerable

Population

Data not assessed

Trend

?Unknown

Group

Mammals

Family

TRICHECHIDAE

Data Source

iucn-redlist-2025

AI Species Profile

Claude-generated profile pending enrichment

Threats (8)

Housing & urban areas

Code: 1.1

Ongoing

Droughts

Code: 11.2

Ongoing

Annual & perennial non-timber crops

Code: 2.1

Ongoing

Renewable energy

Code: 3.3

Ongoing

Shipping lanes

Code: 4.3

Ongoing

Hunting & trapping terrestrial animals

Code: 5.1

Ongoing

Fishing & harvesting aquatic resources

Code: 5.4

Ongoing

Dams & water management/use

Code: 7.2

Ongoing
Habitats (9)

FRESHWATER

Code: gbif-0 · Suitable · Major importance

MARINE

Code: gbif-1 · Suitable · Major importance

Forest - Subtropical/tropical mangrove vegetation

Code: iucn-1.7 · Suitable · Major importance

Marine intertidal

Code: iucn-12 · Suitable · Major importance

Marine coastal/supratidal

Code: iucn-13 · Suitable · Major importance

Wetlands (inland)

Code: iucn-5 · Suitable · Major importance

Wetlands (inland) - Permanent rivers/streams

Code: iucn-5.1 · Suitable · Major importance

Wetlands (inland) - Bogs, marshes, swamps, fens

Code: iucn-5.4 · Suitable · Major importance

Marine neritic

Code: iucn-9 · Suitable · Major importance

Countries (17)
AOAngolaBJBeninCMCameroonCGCongo - BrazzavilleCDCongo - KinshasaCICôte d’IvoireGQEquatorial GuineaGAGabonGMGambiaGHGhanaGWGuinea-BissauLRLiberiaMRMauritaniaNGNigeriaSNSenegalSLSierra LeoneTGTogo
Conservation Actions (6)

Site/area protection

Code: 1.1

Species recovery

Code: 3.2

Awareness & communications

Code: 4.3

Legislation

Code: 5.1

Compliance and enforcement

Code: 5.4

Linked enterprises & livelihood alternatives

Code: 6.1

Taxonomy

Kingdom

ANIMALIA

Phylum

CHORDATA

Class

MAMMALIA

Order

SIRENIA

Family

TRICHECHIDAE

Genus

Trichechus