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Trichechus manatus Linnaeus 1758
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Trichechus manatus Linnaeus, 1758. Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1:34.
TYPE LOCALITY: West Indies.
DISTRIBUTION: S. Atlantic and Caribbean coasts from Virginia (U.S.A.) and West Indies to Sergipe (formerly to Espirito Santo), (Brazil); Orinoco and Magdalena river systems.
COMMENT: Includes latirostris; see Hatt, 1934, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 66:533-566. Range appears disjunct N. and S. of Amazon estuaries, where inunguis occurs; see Domning, 1981, Biol. Conserv., 19:85-97. Reviewed by Husar, 1978, Mamm. Species, 93:1- 5. Type locality restricted by Thomas, 1911, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1911: 132.
PROTECTED STATUS: CITES - Appendix I and U.S. ESA - Endangered.
ISIS NUMBER: 5301417002001002001.
Notes
Published as part of James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Sirenia, pp. 305-306 in Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA :Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections on pages 305-306, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353046
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- Cites
- Taxonomic treatment: 10.5281/zenodo.3919539 (DOI)
- Taxonomic treatment: http://treatment.plazi.org/id/1164EBCFEFECF9F95D28A856BB652366 (URL)
- Is part of
- Book chapter: 10.5281/zenodo.7353046 (DOI)
- Book chapter: http://publication.plazi.org/id/6F55FFBFA568FFC4163DFF80074FCA42 (URL)
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Linnaeus
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Order
- Sirenia
- Family
- Trichechidae
- Genus
- Trichechus
- Species
- manatus
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Trichechus manatus Linnaeus, 1758 sec. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl, 1982
References
- Domning, D. P. 1981. Distribution and status of manatees Trichechus spp. near the mouth of the Amazon River, Brazil. Biological Conservation, 19: 85 - 97.