Trichechus manatus Linnaeus, 1758

Don E. Wilson, 1993, Order Sirenia, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 365-366 : 365-366

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Trichechus manatus Linnaeus, 1758
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Trichechus manatus Linnaeus, 1758 View in CoL . Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1:34 View Cited Treatment .

TYPE LOCALITY: "Mari Americano"; restricted by Thomas (1911a) to "West Indies."

DISTRIBUTION: Caribbean coastal areas and river systems from Virginia, USA to Espirito Santo, Brazil, including Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, French Guiana, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Suriname, Venezuela, and the West Indies including the Bahamas, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, and formerly the Virgin Isis.

STATUS: CITES - Appendix I; U.S. ESA - Endangered; IUCN - Vulnerable.

SYNONYMS: amazonius, americanus, antillarum, atlanticus, clusii, guyannensis, koellikeri, latirostris, minor, oronocensis, trichechus.

COMMENTS: See Domning (1981); reviewed by Husar (1978c, Mammalian Species, 93).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Sirenia

Family

Trichechidae

Genus

Trichechus

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Trichechus manatus Linnaeus, 1758

Don E. Wilson 1993
1993
Loc

Trichechus manatus

Linnaeus 1758: 34
1758
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