African manatee  (Trichechus senegalensis)

Range

Occurs in rivers, estuaries and coastal regions of West Africa, from Senegal, to Gabon and Angola (2).

View a distribution map for this species at UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre.

Habitat

The African manatee inhabits shallow coastal waters and rivers (2), moving freely between salt and freshwater (1), but seems to prefer large, shallow estuaries and weedy swamps (2).

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