Trichechus Linnaeus 1758

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Sirenia, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 92-93 : 93

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

Type Species: Trichechus manatus Linnaeus 1758

Synonyms: Halipaedisca Gistel 1848 ; Manatus Brünnich 1771 ; Oxystomus G. Fischer von Waldheim 1803 ; Trichecus Oken 1816 .

Species and subspecies: 3 species:

Species Trichechus inunguis Natterer 1883

Species Trichechus manatus Linnaeus 1758

Species Trichechus senegalensis Link 1795

Discussion: Revised by Hatt (1934 a); evolutionary history summarized by Domning (1982). See McKenna and Bell (1997); Susan Bell (pers. comm., 2002) confirmed that Brünnich, 1771 is the correct authority for Manatus .