Congenital Ocular Findings in an Antillean Manatee (Trichechus manatus manatus) [PDF]
Veterinary Medicine and ScienceThe West Indian manatee (Trichechus manatus manatus), a sirenian species critically endangered throughout its range, possesses unique ocular adaptations to aquatic life, including reduced eyes, vascularized corneas and an anteriorly displaced lens.
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Applied Sciences (Switzerland), 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.
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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.
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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.
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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 Antillean manatee calves in captive rehabilitation produced more calls before feeding than during and postfeeds. Our findings indicate they anticipate feeding events and change their vocal behavior as a result. Abstract Captive animals typically develop anticipatory behaviors, actions of increased frequency done in anticipation of an event such as ...
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Causes of Mortality for Endangered Antillean Manatees in Cuba [PDF]
Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021 The Antillean manatee is categorized as endangered by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature primarily due to its low abundance. Further declines in abundance are expected due to a group of human related threats that include illegal ...
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Environmental characterization of home range of Antillean manatees (Trichechus manatus) released in northeastern Brazil [PDF]
Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 2023 The Antillean manatee occurs discontinuously from the state of Amapá to the state of Alagoas on the coast of Brazil. There is also evidence of reintroduced manatees using the coasts of Sergipe and Bahia, with a preference for calm shallow waters.
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First abundance estimate for greater Caribbean manatees (Trichechus Manatus Manatus) in Belize [PDF]
Scientific ReportsPopulation status of the Greater Caribbean manatee (Trichechus manatus manatus) is unknown across most of its geographic range, including the western part of the Caribbean in Central America.
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Health assessment and seroepidemiologic survey of potential pathogens in wild Antillean manatees (Trichechus manatus manatus). [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 The Antillean manatee (Trichechus manatus manatus), a subspecies of the West Indian manatee, inhabits fresh, brackish, and warm coastal waters distributed along the eastern border of Central America, the northern coast of South America, and throughout ...
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Identification of alimentary components of Antillean manatee diet in the Northeast of Brazil [PDF]
Biotemas, 2008 The manatees are considered to be opportunist herbivors, consuming a great amount of alimentary items. The aim of the present study was to identify the alimentary components of the diet of Antillean manatees in free life in the northeastern region of ...
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