Editing African manatee (section)

{{Short description|Species of mammal}}
{{Speciesbox
| name = African manatee
| status = VU
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name="IUCN" />
| status2 = CITES_A1 
 | status2_system = CITES 
 | status2_ref = <ref>{{Cite web|title=Appendices {{!}} CITES|url=https://cites.org/eng/app/appendices.php|access-date=2022-01-14|website=cites.org}}</ref>
| image = African manatee at Coex Aquarium, South Korea.jpg
| image_caption = African manatee at [[COEX Aquarium]]
| taxon = Trichechus senegalensis
| authority = [[Heinrich Friedrich Link|Link]], 1795
| range_map = African Manatee area.png
| range_map_caption = African manatee range
| range_map_alt = Map of Africa showing highlighted range along the western coast from Mali south to Angola and in portions of river systems
}}

The '''African manatee''' ('''''Trichechus senegalensis'''''), also known as the '''West African manatee''', is a [[species]] of [[manatee]] that inhabits much of [[Western Africa]] – from [[Senegal]] to [[Angola]].<ref name="SeaWorld">{{cite web | title = Manatee | publisher = Sea World | date = December 30, 2011 | url = http://www.seaworld.org/animal-info/animal-bytes/animalia/eumetazoa/coelomates/deuterostomes/chordata/craniata/mammalia/sirenia/manatees.htm | access-date = December 30, 2011 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120118065736/http://www.seaworld.org/animal-info/animal-bytes/animalia/eumetazoa/coelomates/deuterostomes/chordata/craniata/mammalia/sirenia/manatees.htm | archive-date = January 18, 2012 | df = mdy-all }}</ref>  It is the only manatee species to be found in the [[Old World]].