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Potências cerebrais através do estímulo acústico (AEP) mostram a audição no peixe-boi (Sirenia: Trichechus inunguis) [PDF]

Acta Amazonica, 1981
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, Daryl P. Domning, Robin C. Best   +2 more
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Cutaneous mycobacteriosis in a captive Amazonian manatee Trichechus inunguis [PDF]

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 2018
An adult male Amazonian manatee Trichechus inunguis under human care presented with 3 circular cutaneous lesions on the dorsal aspect of the rostrum and between the nostrils (plenum). Initially these lesions were superficial, hypopigmented, without warmth and non-painful. Microbiological cultures of skin swabs isolated Candida sp.
Reisfeld, Laura, Ikuta, C. Y., Ippolito, Laura, Silvatti, Bruna, Neto, Josè Soares Ferreira, Catão-Dias, José Luiz, Weber Rosas, Fernando Cesar, D'Affonsêca Neto, José Anselmo, Silva, Vera Maria Ferreira da   +8 more
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Wild meat trade over the last 45 years in the Peruvian Amazon

Conservation Biology, Volume 36, Issue 2, April 2022., 2022
Abstract The trade in wild meat is an important economic component of rural people's livelihoods, but it has been perceived to be among the main causes of the decline of wildlife species. Recently, the COVID‐19 pandemic has brought to light an additional concern of wildlife markets as a major human‐health challenge.
Pedro Mayor, Hani R. El Bizri, Thais Q. Morcatty, Kelly Moya, Nora Bendayán, Samantha Solis, Carlos F. A. Vasconcelos Neto, Maire Kirkland, Omar Arevalo, Tula G. Fang, Pedro E. Pérez‐Peña, Richard E. Bodmer   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Colonizadores portugueses, tartarugas e peixes-boi: uma história da busca por carne, gordura e combustível na Amazônia do século XVIII

Diálogos, 2017
Na Amazônia, os colonizadores portugueses consumiam a carne e gordura de peixes-boi (Trichechus inunguis e Trichechus manatus) e tartarugas-da-Amazônia (Podocmenis expansa).
Marlon Marcel Fiori, Christian Fausto Moraes dos Santos   +1 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Morphometric and structural analysis of Florida manatee spermatozoa

The Anatomical Record, Volume 305, Issue 2, Page 446-461, February 2022., 2022
Abstract Sperm characteristics, such as sperm morphology and sperm morphometry are important in assessing sperm quality. This is especially important for the management and conservation of endangered and exotic species, like the Florida manatee, where information of this nature is extremely limited.
Jonathan R. Cowart, Danielle M. Collins, Daniel L. Stanton, Gerhard van der Horst, Iskande V. Larkin   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Comparative examination of pinniped craniofacial musculature and its role in aquatic feeding

Journal of Anatomy, Volume 240, Issue 2, Page 226-252, February 2022., 2022
Pinnipeds (seals, sea lions, and walruses) have strong, powerful craniofacial muscles that reflect their aquatic habitat and underwater feeding strategies. Their well‐developed facial expression, mastication, tongue, and hyoid muscles allow pinnipeds to successfully capture prey in dynamic marine ecosystems across the globe.
Sarah S. Kienle, Roxanne D. Cuthbertson, Joy S. Reidenberg   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Community-based population recovery of overexploited Amazonian wildlife [PDF]

, 2017
The Amazon Basin experienced a pervasive process of resource overexploitation during the 20th-century, which induced severe population declines of many iconic vertebrate species.
Antunes, André P., Campos-Silva, João Vitor, Peres, Carlos A., Pezzuti, Juarez, Valsecchi, João   +4 more
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Infectious and Non-Infectious Diseases in Manatees in Brazil [PDF]

, 2020
Background: Antillean manatee (Trichechus manatus) and Amazonian manatee (Trichechus inunguis) are the two species of manatees that occur in Brazil, and both are endangered.
Attademo, Fernanda Loffler Niemeyer, de Sousa, Gláucia Pereira, Luna, Fábia Oliveira, Oliveira, Radan Elvis Matias de   +3 more
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Ecology, distribution, harvest, and conservation of the Amazonian manatee, Trichechus inunguis, in Ecuador [PDF]

, 1986
Recientes sumarios de la distribución de los manaties amazónicos Trichechus inunguis registran especimenes de la mayor parte de la cuenca amazónica en Brasil, el oriente de Peru, y el suroriente de Colombia, pero no de Ecuador.
Albuja V., Luis, Clauson, Barbara L., Timm, Robert M.   +2 more
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Health Assessment and Seroepidemiologic Survey of Potential Pathogens in Wild Antillean Manatees (Trichechus manatus manatus) [PDF]

, 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 ...
Aguirre, A.A. (Alonso), Auil Gomez, N. (Nicole), Bonde, R.K. (Robert), Kreuder Johnson, C. (Christine), Luttrell, M.P. (Page), Nielsen, K. (Klaus), Osterhaus, A.D.M.E. (Albert), Powell, J. (James), Sulzner, K. (Kathryn)   +8 more
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