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Aquatic mammal fossils in Latin America – a review of records, advances and challenges in research in the last 30 years [PDF]

, 2023
Records of aquatic mammal fossils (e.g. cetaceans, pinnipeds, sirenians, mustelids, and desmostylians) from Latin America (Mexico to Tierra del Fuego, including Antartica) span since the mid-1800s.
Velez-Juarbe, Jorge; https://orcid.org/, Viglino, Mariana, Cozzuol, Mario A, Loch, Carolina, Aguirre- Fernández, Gabriel, Hernández-Cisneros, Atzcalli Ehécatl, Buono, Mónica R, Gutstein, Carolina Simon; https://orcid.org/, Valenzuela-Toro, Ana M, Benites-Palomino, Aldo; https://orcid.org/   +9 more
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Long-term spatiotemporal distribution, abundance, and priority areas for manatees and calves (Trichechus manatus Sirenia: Trichechidae) in Guatemala

Revista de Biología Tropical, 2023
Introduction: The Antillean manatee (Trichechus manatus manatus) is an endangered species found throughout the Caribbean, and the coastal waters of Central and northeastern South America. Their low numbers are the result of a variety of human-related pressures.
Ester Quintana-Rizzo, Oscar Machuca-Coronado, Heidy Amely Garcia   +2 more
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Conservation of Amazonian manatee (Sirenia: Trichechidae): the case of Extractive Reserve Verde para Sempre, Brazil

Ethnobiology and Conservation, 2020
The Amazonian manatee (Trichechus inunguis) is the largest aquatic freshwater mammal in South America found in the main rivers of the Amazon Basin. The main objective of this work was to describe the ecological knowledge and use of the Amazonian manatee in the Extractive Reserve Verde para Sempre (RESEX), located in Porto de Moz, Pará, Brazilian Amazon.
Cinthia Hoffmann, Samantha Da Silva, Angélica Rodrigues, Pedro Baía-junior, Yvonnick Le Pendu, Diva Anelie Guimarães   +5 more
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Distribution of South American manatees, Trichechus manatus Linnaeus, 1758 and T. inunguis (Natterer, 1883) (Sirenia: Trichechidae)

Boletim do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi - Ciências Naturais, 2020
South America is unique as it is home of two species of manatees: the West Indian manatee, Trichechus manatus, and the Amazonian manatee, T. inunguis. These species are easily identified by the belly skin coloration, the first is entirely gray whereas T. inunguis has a white mark pattern in the belly, and presence of nails in T.
Salvatore Siciliano, Maura Elisabeth Moraes de Sousa, José De Sousa e Silva Junior, Renata Emin, Edivaldo H. C. de Oliveira, Maria Carolina Viana, Cibele Rodrigues Bonvicino   +6 more
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Heat loss or heat uptake? Skin temperature in Antillean manatees (Trichechus manatus manatus, Sirenia: Trichechidae) in Belize

Revista de Biología Tropical, 2023
Introduction: The two subspecies of the West Indian manatee (Trichechus manatus), Florida manatees (T. m. latirostris) and Antillean manatees (T. m. manatus), face different environmental challenges. While Florida manatees have to cope with winter water temperatures below their lower critical temperature of ~ 20 °C and air temperatures below freezing ...
Nicola Erdsack, Jamal A. Galves, James E. Powell   +2 more
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PEIXE-BOI-MARINHO: AS SEREIAS REAIS DO FILME NOVO DA ARIEL

, 2023
A presença do peixe-boi-marinho em A Pequena Sereia, filme de live action lançado em 2023, pode ser um instrumento de divulgação científica, especialmente com vistas à popularização dos sirênios e preservação das espécies do grupo.
Elidiomar Ribeiro Da-Silva
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Diversidad haplotípica en el manatí Trichechus manatus en Cuba: Resultados preliminares.

Revista de Investigaciones Marinas, 2023
El objetivo del presente trabajo fue obtener información preliminar acerca de la composición de haplotipos del ADN mitocóndrico (ADNmt) del manatí (Trichechus manatus) que habita en el archipiélago cubano.
Damir Hernández Martínez, Anmari Álvarez-Alemán, Robert K. Bonde, James A. Powell, Erik García-Machado   +4 more
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Identificação de novo e caracterização de DNAs satélites em macacos-de-cheiro (Saimiri, Cebidae, Platyrrhini) e peixes-boi (Trichechus, Trichechidae, Sirenia) [PDF]

, 2022
Repetitive DNA sequences are present in most eukaryotic genomes. A fraction of the repetitive portion is composed of satellite DNA (satDNAs), long arrays of tandemly repeated sequences that even without encoding proteins display important biological ...
Mirela Pelizaro Valeri
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A new species of Trichechus Linnaeus, 1758 (Sirenia, Trichechidae), from the upper Pleistocene of southwestern Amazonia, and the evolution of Amazonian manatees

, 2020
The genus Trichechus (Mammalia, Sirenia, Trichechidae) harbors a modest diversity, comprising only three living species of manatees, and no species currently recognized as fossil.
Fernando A. Perini (3683245), Ednair Rodrigues Nascimento (8321949), Mario Alberto Cozzuol (3288030)   +2 more
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SITUACIÓN DE UNA POBLACIÓN AISLADA DE MANATÍES Trichechus manatus (Mammalia: Sirenia: Trichechidae) Y CONOCIMIENTO DE LA GENTE, EN UNA LAGUNA URBANA, EN TABASCO, MÉXICO

Ecosistemas y Recursos Agropecuarios, 2014
El manatí del Caribe (Trichechus manatus, Linnaeus 1758) se considera en peligro de extinción en México y a nivel internacional, debido a la fuerte disminución de sus poblaciones en el pasado y a la modificación de su hábitat.
N Pablo-Rodríguez, LD Olivera-Gómez
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