Antillean manatee calves in captive rehabilitation change vocal behavior in anticipation of feeding.
Zoo Biology, Volume 42, Issue 6, Page 723-729, November/December 2023., 2023 Captive animals typically develop anticipatory behaviors, actions of increased frequency done in anticipation of an event such as feeding. Anticipatory behaviors can be an indicator of an animal's welfare.
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Learning capacities and welfare in an Antillean manatee, Trichechus manatus manatus [PDF]
Comptes Rendus Biologies, 2020 Studies on the cognitive abilities of manatees are limited despite their importance for the environmental enrichment and welfare of individuals in captivity and the understanding of manatee behaviour in the wild.
Hénaut, Yann +3 more
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Occurrence of endoparasites in wild Antillean manatees (Trichechus manatus manatus) in Colombia [PDF]
International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 2018 The recognized impact of parasites in wildlife populations demands surveillance of endangered species like the Antillean manatees (Trichechus manatus manatus) in Colombia.
J. Vélez +5 more
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Bioacoustic Classification of Antillean Manatee Vocalization Spectrograms Using Deep Convolutional Neural Networks [PDF]
Applied Sciences, 2020 We evaluated the potential of using convolutional neural networks in classifying spectrograms of Antillean manatee (Trichechus manatus manatus) vocalizations. Spectrograms using binary, linear and logarithmic amplitude formats were considered.
Fernando Merchan +4 more
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Parasite fauna of wild Antillean manatees (Trichechus manatus manatus) of the Andean Region, Colombia [PDF]
Parasites & Vectors, 2019 Background Antillean manatees (Trichechus manatus manatus) are large herbivorous aquatic mammals living in limited areas of South, Central and North America.
Juan Vélez +8 more
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Blood Reference Intervals for Antillean Manatees (Trichechus manatus manatus) from Puerto Rico. [PDF]
Vet Med Int, 2022 Antillean manatees (Trichechus manatus manatus) are endangered throughout the southwestern Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean coast of Central and South America, the Greater Antilles, and the northeastern coast of South America to Brazil. Establishing blood reference intervals is essential as a tool in classifying health status, diagnosing, establishing ...
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Marine mammal science, 2022 The Antillean manatee ( Trichechus manatus manatus ; hereafter “ manatee ” ) ranges from Mexico and the Bahamas south to Brazil and is listed as Endangered by the IUCN (Self-Sullivan & Mignucci-Giannoni, 2008). Castelblanco-Martínez et al.
A. Debrot +6 more
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Mitochondrial Genetic Diversity, Population Structure and Detection of Antillean and Amazonian Manatees in Colombia: New Areas and New Techniques [PDF]
Frontiers in Genetics, 2021 The Antillean manatee (Trichechus manatus) and the Amazonian manatee (Trichechus inunguis) are distributed in rivers in the Caribbean and Amazonian region of Colombia respectively.
Susana Caballero +8 more
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Karyotypical Confirmation of Natural Hybridization between Two Manatee Species, Trichechus manatus and Trichechus inunguis [PDF]
Life, 2022 Two species of manatees are found in Northern Brazil—the Antillean manatee (Trichechus manatus), which is found along the coast from Florida to Northeastern Brazil, and the Amazonian manatee (Trichechus inunguis), endemic to the Amazon drainage basin ...
Edivaldo H. C. de Oliveira +11 more
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Accomplishments and challenges of the research on Antillean manatee: A bibliometric analysis
Latin American Journal of Aquatic Mammals, 2023 The Antillean manatee (Trichechus manatus manatus) is an endangered subspecies of the West Indian manatee inhabiting countries of South America, Meso America and the Caribbean.
N. Castelblanco‐Martínez +6 more
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