Species
Mammifères

cd_nom

443799

West Indian Manatee (English)

Trichechus manatus Linnaeus, 1758

Classification
Autres mammifères
Chordata > Mammalia > Sirenia > Trichechidae
Autres mammifères
Species / Sub Species

sub species

Trichechus manatus manatus

Habitats

habitats

marine and freshwater

Domains and territories

Continental

Overseas

Marine

Overseas

Assessment, protection and threat status

Assessed species

evaluated

Protected species

protected

Threatened species

endangered

World

Vulnerable

Red list

ZNIEFF determined species

ZNIEFF determined species

Status in the territories

Territory

Type of presence

France red list

Guadeloupe

Taxon that is no longer present in the wild in the geographical area under consideration but is not globally extinct.

extirpated

Species extirpated from the region considered

Martinique

Taxon that is no longer present in the wild in the geographical area under consideration but is not globally extinct.

extirpated

Species extirpated from the region considered

Guyane française

Indigenous or undetermined. Taxon present in a broad sense in the geographical area under consideration, i.e., native taxon or taxon not known to belong to one of the other categories. The lack of knowledge thus benefits the indigenous. Indigenous means: taxon that originated in the geographical area under consideration and that has developed naturally there without human contribution, or taxon that arrived there without human intervention (intentional or not) from an area in which it is indigenous. (NB: excluded hybrids of which at least one of the parents is introduced in the considered area). All taxa categorized as

present

In danger

Saint-Barthélemy

Taxon that is no longer present in the wild in the geographical area under consideration but is not globally extinct.

extirpated

Not evaluated, not present in a national Red List

Saint-Martin

Taxon that is no longer present in the wild in the geographical area under consideration but is not globally extinct.

extirpated

Not evaluated, not present in a national Red List
Maps
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Citation
MNHN & OFB [Ed]. 2003-2025. Sheet of Trichechus manatus Linnaeus, 1758. Inventaire national du patrimoine naturel (INPN).
Website: https://inpn.mnhn.fr/espece/cd_nom/443799 - June 20, 2025