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Endangered Ocean: Manatees | Ocean Today While manatees don't have any true natural predators, they have still become endangered There are three manatee species worldwide – West Indian, West African, and Amazonian All three are listed as vulnerable to extinction So what has caused manatees to become endangered?
Action Plan for the Conservation of the West African Manatee However, despite a general lack of information, there is a growing body of evidence documenting the decline of the species, due mainly to habitat loss, accidental captures in fishing nets and hunting
Protecting the Manatees - Marine Conservation Institute There are three manatee species (West Indian, West African, and Amazonian), and all are vulnerable to extinction Predominantly, the threats to manatees’ survival are a loss of habitat and their primary food source (seagrasses), collisions with boats, and harmful algal blooms (“red tide”)
Manatee - Wikipedia Manatees ( ˈmænətiːz , family Trichechidae, genus Trichechus) are large, fully aquatic, mostly herbivorous marine mammals sometimes known as sea cows There are three accepted living species of Trichechidae, representing three of the four living species in the order Sirenia: the Amazonian manatee (Trichechus inunguis), the West Indian manatee (Trichechus manatus), and the West African
Protection of the West African Manatee | CPAG Tools The West African Manatee, Trichechus senegalensis, listed as ‘Vulnerable’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, inhabits shallow coastal waters, wetland systems and rivers from Senegal to Angola
West African Manatee: Is This Animal Endangered? The West African Manatee (Trichechus senegalensis) is a critically endangered species found in the coastal waters of Benin, Nigeria, and Togo These animals are often killed by fishermen who mistake them for sharks, and they are also threatened by habitat loss and pollution
The struggle to save the last mermaids of Africa Although the capture, sale and consumption of the West African manatee has been officially banned since 2013, the fact is that there is a flourishing black market in manatee meat, skin and