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, 2009 Family Trichechidae Trichechus inunguis (IUCN: VU, Biodiversitas: VU) Chiorchis fabaceus Heterocheilus tunicatus Trichechus manatus (IUCN: VU, Biodiversitas: CR) Chiorchis fabaceus Pulmonicola ...
Muniz-Pereira, Luís C. +2 more
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, 2014 Family TRICHECHIDAE (MANATELES) • Medium to large sirenians with pectoral flippers, no external hindlimbs, and spatulate (spoon-shaped) tail flukes. • 250-390 cm. • Nearctic, Neotropical, and Afrotropical Regions. • ‘Tropical and subtropical shallow Atlantic coastal waters, lagoons, estuaries, large rivers and tributaries where passage permits.
Russell A. Mittermeier, Don E. Wilson
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, 1982 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.
Honacki, James H. +2 more
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Revista de Biología Tropical, 2007 A 12-year old, adult male, West indian Manatee, Trichechus manatus, which stranded in Ponce, Puerto Rico 26 August 1992, died from cardiac failure. Suppurative epicarditis, myocarditis and endocarditis with mild to moderate degeneration and necrosis was caused by an unidentified infectious agent.
Moore, D. P. +5 more
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, 1993 Published as part of Don E. Wilson, 1993, Order Sirenia, pp. 365-366 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 365, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo ...
Don E. Wilson
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Antillean manatee Trichechus manatus manatus (Sirenia: Trichechidae) as a motile ecosystem of epibiont fauna in the Caribbean Sea, Mexico [PDF]
Therya, 2017 The study of epibionts allows inferring ecological, biogeographic and health aspects of the host species (basibiont), and their study on marine mammals is scarce. The aim of this work was to characterize the epibiont fauna associated with the skin of captive individuals of the West Indian manatee in three sites from the Mexican Caribbean.
MARCO VIOLANTE-HUERTA +2 more
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Levantamento das áreas de ocorrência de peixe-boi-marinho (Trichechus manatus manatus) no interior da Reserva Extrativista Marinha de Cururupu/MA e região de entorno [PDF]
Biodiversidade BrasileiraNo Brasil existem duas espécies de sirênios pertencentes à  família Trichechidae: o peixe-boi-marinho-das-Antilhas (Trichechus manatus manatus) e o peixe-boi-amazônico (Trichechus inunguis).
Paloma Pinheiro Reis +8 more
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Osteological Associations With Unique Tooth Development in Manatees (Trichechidae, Sirenia): A Detailed Look at Modern Trichechus and a Review of the Fossil Record [PDF]
The Anatomical Record, 2012 AbstractModern manatees have a unique type of tooth development, continually forming identical new molars in the posterior end of each quadrant of their mouths, and then progressively moving teeth anteriorly, only to reabsorb roots and spit out worn crowns.
Brian Lee, Beatty +3 more
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Ecology and Evolution, 2021 The present study aimed to investigate the diet of African manatees in Cameroon to better inform conservation decisions within protected areas. A large knowledge gap on diet and seasonal changes in forage availability limits the ability to develop ...
Aristide Takoukam Kamla +6 more
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Revista de Biología Tropical, 2023 Introduction: Marine mammal strandings can be used to determine the impacts of anthropogenic activity on the species survival, population health, and levels of environmental pollution in ecosystems. In addition, these data can help design conservation and management strategies as well as identify priority areas for the species. The West Indian manatee (
Oscar Machuca-Coronado +4 more
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