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: 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.
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Trichechus manatus Linnaeus, 1758
| James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl 1982 |