African manatee

African manatee - The African manatee (Trichechus senegalensis), also known as the West African manatee, is a species of manatee that inhabits much of the western region of Africa – from Senegal to Angola. It is the only manatee species to be found in the Old World.. This taxon is the 5694^th most popular in the global Wikipedia ranking of taxon. Article “African manatee” in English Wikipedia has 65.7 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 46 references and 11 sections.

In this language version of Wikipedia the article has the best quality. Also, this article is the most popular in that (English) language version.

In June 2025 the article “African manatee” was edited by 1 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 6 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “African manatee”, its content was written by 143 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 519 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

African manatee is on the 5694^th place in global ranking of taxon on Wikipedia in all the time.

The article is cited 112 times in English Wikipedia and cited 566 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #33969 in December 2019
• Global: #10218 in January 2012

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #191343 in January 2021
• Global: #150290 in April 2015

There are 33 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2025 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	English (en) African manatee		65.7498
2	Polish (pl) Manat afrykański		60.2402
3	Finnish (fi) Afrikanmanaatti		40.6304
4	Estonian (et) Lamantiin		33.12
5	Russian (ru) Африканский ламантин		31.9282
6	Swedish (sv) Senegalmanat		30.6429
7	Azerbaijani (az) Afrika lamantini		29.4056
8	Norwegian (no) Senegalmanat		29.2035
9	Ukrainian (uk) Ламантин африканський		28.5038
10	Thai (th) แมนนาทีแอฟริกา		27.9076

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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

The most popular language versions of the article "African manatee" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) African manatee		675 688
2	Polish (pl) Manat afrykański		209 548
3	Russian (ru) Африканский ламантин		123 957
4	German (de) Afrikanischer Manati		97 751
5	Spanish (es) Trichechus senegalensis		80 949
6	Portuguese (pt) Peixe-boi-africano		47 510
7	Italian (it) Trichechus senegalensis		44 614
8	French (fr) Trichechus senegalensis		33 465
9	Czech (cs) Kapustňák senegalský		25 196
10	Chinese (zh) 西非海牛		21 034

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

The most popular language versions of the article "African manatee" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) African manatee		4 098
2	Russian (ru) Африканский ламантин		745
3	German (de) Afrikanischer Manati		472
4	Spanish (es) Trichechus senegalensis		422
5	Japanese (ja) アフリカマナティー		385
6	Polish (pl) Manat afrykański		325
7	French (fr) Trichechus senegalensis		312
8	Italian (it) Trichechus senegalensis		254
9	Portuguese (pt) Peixe-boi-africano		212
10	Chinese (zh) 西非海牛		200

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

Language versions of the article "African manatee" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) African manatee		143
2	German (de) Afrikanischer Manati		43
3	Russian (ru) Африканский ламантин		43
4	Italian (it) Trichechus senegalensis		39
5	Polish (pl) Manat afrykański		38
6	Hungarian (hu) Afrikai manátusz		23
7	Ukrainian (uk) Ламантин африканський		23
8	Spanish (es) Trichechus senegalensis		19
9	Finnish (fi) Afrikanmanaatti		18
10	Portuguese (pt) Peixe-boi-africano		15

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

Language versions of the article "African manatee" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Catalan (ca) Manatí africà		1
2	English (en) African manatee		1
3	Spanish (es) Trichechus senegalensis		1
4	Korean (ko) 아프리카매너티		1
5	Polish (pl) Manat afrykański		1
6	Russian (ru) Африканский ламантин		1
7	Arabic (ar) خروف البحر السنغالي		0
8	Azerbaijani (az) Afrika lamantini		0
9	Bulgarian (bg) Африкански ламантин		0
10	Czech (cs) Kapustňák senegalský		0

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

Language versions of the article "African manatee" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) African manatee		112
2	French (fr) Trichechus senegalensis		42
3	Hebrew (he) תחש נהרות אפריקני		38
4	Spanish (es) Trichechus senegalensis		33
5	German (de) Afrikanischer Manati		32
6	Russian (ru) Африканский ламантин		31
7	Ukrainian (uk) Ламантин африканський		28
8	Italian (it) Trichechus senegalensis		21
9	Dutch (nl) West-Afrikaanse lamantijn		18
10	Catalan (ca) Manatí africà		17

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic خروف البحر السنغالي
az	Azerbaijani Afrika lamantini
bg	Bulgarian Африкански ламантин
ca	Catalan Manatí africà
cs	Czech Kapustňák senegalský
de	German Afrikanischer Manati
en	English African manatee
es	Spanish Trichechus senegalensis
et	Estonian Lamantiin
eu	Basque Trichechus senegalensis
fa	Persian گاو دریایی آفریقایی
fi	Finnish Afrikanmanaatti
fr	French Trichechus senegalensis
he	Hebrew תחש נהרות אפריקני
hr	Croatian Zapadnoafrička morska krava
hu	Hungarian Afrikai manátusz
id	Indonesian Lembu laut afrika
it	Italian Trichechus senegalensis
ja	Japanese アフリカマナティー
ko	Korean 아프리카매너티
lt	Lithuanian Afrikinis lamantinas
nl	Dutch West-Afrikaanse lamantijn
no	Norwegian Senegalmanat
pl	Polish Manat afrykański
pt	Portuguese Peixe-boi-africano
ru	Russian Африканский ламантин
sh	Serbo-Croatian Zapadnoafrička morska krava
sv	Swedish Senegalmanat
th	Thai แมนนาทีแอฟริกา
tr	Turkish Trichechus senegalensis
uk	Ukrainian Ламантин африканський
vi	Vietnamese Lợn biển Tây Phi
zh	Chinese 西非海牛

Best Rank

English: #191343 01.2021

Global: #150290 04.2015

Best Rank

English: #33969 12.2019

Global: #10218 01.2012

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