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Étude ethno-zoologique et formes d’utilisation de Trichechus senegalensis au Sud Bénin [PDF]
Revue Marocaine des Sciences Agronomiques et Vétérinaires, 2020 Le lamantin Africain (Trichechus senegalensis) est une espèce fortement utilisée par les communautés riveraines du sud-Bénin. L’objectif de cette étude est de recenser les importances ethno-zoologiques et les formes d’usage de l’espèce.
Hermann AWO +5 more
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Mammalogy NotesWe report new records for the Greater Caribbean Manatee (Trichechus manatus manatus), for the Magdalena Department (e.g. state) based on direct and indirect observations and the reports of rescued stranded individuals.
Julieth A. Prieto-Rodriguez +1 more
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Food Plants Eaten by Amazonian Manatees (Trichechus inunguis, Mammalia : Sirenia)
Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology, 2002 To determine the feeding habits of the Amazonian manatee Trichechus inunguis in some Central Amazonian rivers and lakes, we compared plant epidermis found in the stomach contents and/or faeces of animals with a reference collection of plants present in ...
Ioni G. Colares, Elton P. Colares
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Programa de solturas de peixes-bois-marinhos
Biodiversidade Brasileira, 2023 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]
Ciência Rural, 2020 : 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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The evolutionary history of manatees told by their mitogenomes
Scientific Reports, 2021 The manatee family encompasses three extant congeneric species: Trichechus senegalensis (African manatee), T. inunguis (Amazonian manatee), and T. manatus (West Indian manatee).
Érica Martinha Silva de Souza +11 more
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Color Vision in the Manatee (Trichechus manatus)
Vision Research, 1996 Four manatees were trained to discriminate between a colored stimulus and a shade of gray in a two-fold simultaneous choice situation. The colors blue, green, red and blue-green were tested against shades of gray varying from low to high relative brightness. The animals distinguished both blue and green from a series of grays but failed to discriminate
GRIEBEL, ULRIKE, SCHMID, AXEL
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Manatíes y delfines en sitios arqueológicos precolombinos de Cuba
Novitates Caribaea, 2015 Se revisa el registro de los mamíferos acuáticos hallados en sitios arqueológicos precolombinos de Cuba, el cual incluye mayormente el manatí (Trichechus manatus) y en muy escasa frecuencia al delfín nariz de botella (Turciops truncatus) y otro cetáceo ...
Osvaldo Jiménez Vázquez
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TLR4 and TLR8 variability in Amazonian and West Indian manatee species from Brazil [PDF]
Genetics and Molecular BiologyAmazonian (Trichechus inunguis) and West Indian (Trichechus manatus) manatees are aquatic mammals vulnerable to extinction found in the Amazon basin and the coastal western Atlantic.
Tatiana Maia de Oliveira +10 more
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Florida manatees Trichechus manatus latirostris actively consume the sponge Chondrilla caribensis [PDF]
PeerJ, 2020 The Florida manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris Linnaeus 1758) actively selects and consumes the “chicken-liver” sponge Chondrilla caribensis. Manatees ate over 10% of C.
William Fitt
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