Abdominal ultrasound in amazonian manatee (Trichechus inunguis) (Natterer, 1883) [PDF]
Morphophysiological species researches are fundamental, and diagnostic imaging is an excellent technique, already used in wild animals, with great application, not invasive and provide real-time information of each body.
U. H. A. Barreto +6 more
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Mating Behavior of Manatees Documented in Mississippi Estuarine Waters. [PDF]
This study documents the first recorded instance of mating behavior by Florida manatees (Trichechus manatus latirostris) in Mississippi estuarine waters, observed opportunistically via a drone during a routine survey at the Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve.
Muraco H +6 more
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Detecting Convergence of Amino Acid Physicochemical Properties Underlying the Organismal Adaptive Convergent Evolution. [PDF]
ABSTRACT Many studies have proposed various comparative genomic methods to probe the molecular basis for adaptive functional convergence between species, conventionally by detecting the convergence of amino acid states between orthologous protein sequences of these species or lineages.
Chen S, Zou Z.
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Karyotypes of Manatees: New Insights into Hybrid Formation (Trichechus inunguis × Trichechus m. manatus) in the Amazon Estuary. [PDF]
Great efforts have been made to preserve manatees. Recently, a hybrid zone was described between Trichechus inunguis (TIN) and the Trichechus manatus manatus (TMM) in the Amazon estuary. Cytogenetic data on these sirenians are limited, despite being fundamental to understanding the hybridization/introgression dynamics and genomic organization in ...
Noronha RCR +18 more
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Trichechus inunguis (Natterer, 1883). In Pelzeln, Verh. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien, 33:89. TYPE LOCALITY: Brazil, Amazonas, Rio Madeira, Borba. DISTRIBUTION: Amazon basin of Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, and Peru. STATUS: CITES - Appendix I; U.S. ESA - Endangered; IUCN - Vulnerable. COMMENTS: Reviewed by Husar (1977, Mammalian Species, 72).
Honacki, James H. +2 more
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Programa de solturas de peixes-bois-marinhos
Planos de ação nacional para a conservação das espécies ameaçadas de extinção são instrumentos de gestão que priorizam ações para a conservação da biodiversidade, em especial espécies ameaçadas de extinção. O peixe-boi-marinho Trichechus manatus manatus
Leandro Lazzari Ciotti +9 more
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Salmonellosis in a young Amazonian manatee (Trichechus inunguis) [PDF]
: The objective of this study was to describe a case of salmonellosis in an Amazonian manatee (Trichechus inunguis). The animal was rescued from a tributary of the Capim River, in the municipality of Goianésia do Pará, Pará, Brazil, kept in a pool, and ...
José de Jesus Correa Neto +8 more
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Potências cerebrais através do estímulo acústico (AEP) mostram a audição no peixe-boi (Sirenia: Trichechus inunguis) [PDF]
Resumo Um jovem peixe-boi da Amazônia (Trichechus inunguis) mostrou boas respostas auditivas evocadas, com a máxima sensibilidade em cerca de 3 kHz e alcançando de 200 Hz a 35 kHz. mas não a 40 kHz.
Theodore H. Bullock +2 more
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Macro-habitat preferences by the African manatee and crocodiles – ecological and conservation implications [PDF]
African manatees (<i>Trichechus senegalensis</i>) and crocodiles are threatened species in parts of their range. In West Africa, crocodiles may constitute the main predators for manatees apart from humans.
E. Politano +5 more
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El manatí (Trichechus manatus manatus Linnaeus,1758) (Sirenia) una especie sombrilla, para el Sistema Lagunar de Alvarado, Veracruz [PDF]
The most emblematic mammal in the Alvarado Lagoon System (ALS) is the West Indian manatee (Trichechus manatus manatus). In July 1975 was considered as endangered species by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Fauna and Flora ...
Daniel Rentería, Iliana del Carmen +2 more
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