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Karyotypical Confirmation of Natural Hybridization between Two Manatee Species, Trichechus manatus and Trichechus inunguis [PDF]

Life, 2022
Two species of manatees are found in Northern Brazil—the Antillean manatee (Trichechus manatus), which is found along the coast from Florida to Northeastern Brazil, and the Amazonian manatee (Trichechus inunguis), endemic to the Amazon drainage basin ...
Edivaldo H. C. de Oliveira, Anderson J. B. Gomes, Alexandra F. Costa, Renata Emin-Lima, Cibele R. Bonvicino, Maria C. Viana, Laura M. A. Reis, Marcelo D. Vidal, Mirella V. G. Cavalcanti, Fernanda L. N. Attademo, Fábia O. Luna, Salvatore Siciliano   +11 more
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Health assessment and seroepidemiologic survey of potential pathogens in wild Antillean manatees (Trichechus manatus manatus). [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 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 ...
Kathryn Sulzner, Christine Kreuder Johnson, Robert K Bonde, Nicole Auil Gomez, James Powell, Klaus Nielsen, M Page Luttrell, A D M E Osterhaus, A Alonso Aguirre   +8 more
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Cytochemical staining of leukocytes and platelets in the Florida manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris): identification of a bilobed monocyte similar to other members of the Paenungulata. [PDF]

Front Vet Sci, 2023
Manatees (Antillean-, Amazonian, and African-) and dugongs belong to the Order Sirenia, and when combined with elephants and rock hyraxes, form the Paenungulata. A bilobed mononuclear cell has previously been identified in elephants and rock hyraxes, but
Cagle LA, Stacy NI, Harvey JW, de Wit M, Adler L, Walsh M, Bonde R, Stokol T.   +7 more
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Complete mitochondrial genome of the Florida manatee (Trichechus manatus latirotris, Sirenia) [PDF]

Genetics and Molecular Biology, 2020
The Florida manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris) is an endangered subspecies of the West Indian manatee (T. manatus), which inhabits inland and marine waters of southeastern United States.
Sibelle T. Vilaça, Fabricio R. Santos
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Blood Reference Intervals for Antillean Manatees (Trichechus manatus manatus) from Puerto Rico [PDF]

Veterinary Medicine International, 2022
Antillean manatees (Trichechus manatus manatus) are endangered throughout the southwestern Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean coast of Central and South America, the Greater Antilles, and the northeastern coast of South America to Brazil.
Antonio A. Mignucci-Giannoni, Mayela M. Alsina-Guerrero   +1 more
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Neonatal Abandonment and Hydrocephalus in Antillean Manatees (Trichechus manatus manatus): Is There a Causal Relationship? [PDF]

Animals (Basel)
Simple Summary Antillean manatees are among the most endangered marine animals, and there is a paucity of data on free-living animals’ behavior in the northern region of Brazil, where they occur in sympatry with the Amazonian manatee.
Santos TFS, Moura MAO, Tavares GSF, Siqueira JS, Sarmento NMFP, Prado RGS, Costa AF, Amaral TMMM, Emin-Lima R, Sousa MEM, Moreira Júnior RHM, Bezerra Júnior PS, Riet-Correa G, Cerqueira VD.   +13 more
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Nematode epibionts on skin of the Florida manatee, Trichechus manatus latirostris. [PDF]

Sci Rep, 2021
A survey for the presence of nematodes on the skin of the native Florida manatee, Trichechus manatus latirostris from Crystal River, Florida was conducted during annual manatee health assessments.
Gonzalez R, Kanzaki N, Beck C, Kern WH, Giblin-Davis RM.   +4 more
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Occurrence of endoparasites in wild Antillean manatees (Trichechus manatus manatus) in Colombia [PDF]

International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 2018
The recognized impact of parasites in wildlife populations demands surveillance of endangered species like the Antillean manatees (Trichechus manatus manatus) in Colombia.
J. Vélez, J. Hirzmann, M.K. Lange, J.J. Chaparro-Gutiérrez, A. Taubert, C. Hermosilla   +5 more
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Ancestral chromosomal signatures of Paenungulata (Afroteria) reveal the karyotype of Amazonian manatee (Trichechus inunguis, Sirenia: Trichechidae) as the oldest among American manatees [PDF]

BMC Genomics, 2023
Background Chromosomal painting in manatees has clarified questions about the rapid evolution of sirenians within the Paenungulata clade. Further cytogenetic studies in Afrotherian species may provide information about their evolutionary dynamics ...
Flávia dos Santos Tavares, Willam Oliveira da Silva, Malcolm Andrew Ferguson-Smith, Alex Garcia Cavalleiro de Macedo Klautau, Jairo Moura Oliveira, Angélica Lúcia Figueiredo Rodrigues, Gabriel Melo-Santos, Julio Cesar Pieczarka, Cleusa Yoshiko Nagamachi, Renata Coelho Rodrigues Noronha   +9 more
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Parasite fauna of wild Antillean manatees (Trichechus manatus manatus) of the Andean Region, Colombia [PDF]

Parasites & Vectors, 2019
Background Antillean manatees (Trichechus manatus manatus) are large herbivorous aquatic mammals living in limited areas of South, Central and North America.
Juan Vélez, Jörg Hirzmann, Katerin Arévalo-González, Malin K. Lange, Anika Seipp, Ulrich Gärtner, Anja Taubert, Susana Caballero, Carlos Hermosilla   +8 more
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