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The presence of ovarian cysts in a captive Antillean manatee (Trichechus manatus manatus L. 1758) [PDF]
BMC Veterinary Research, 2017 Background Several pathological changes associated with reproductive systems of marine mammals have been reported in primary literature. However, no such records exist regarding ovarian cysts in the Antillean manatee (Trichechus manatus manatus L. 1758).
Karolina Goździewska-Harłajczuk +2 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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First abundance estimate for greater Caribbean manatees (Trichechus Manatus Manatus) in Belize [PDF]
Scientific ReportsPopulation status of the Greater Caribbean manatee (Trichechus manatus manatus) is unknown across most of its geographic range, including the western part of the Caribbean in Central America.
Holly H. Edwards +7 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 +8 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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First Description of a Satellite DNA in Manatees’ Centromeric Regions
Frontiers in Genetics, 2021 Trichechus manatus and Trichechus inunguis are the two Sirenia species that occur in the Americas. Despite their increasing extinction risk, many aspects of their biology remain understudied, including the repetitive DNA fraction of their genomes.
Mirela Pelizaro Valeri +7 more
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Vocalizations of wild West Indian manatee vary across subspecies and geographic location
Scientific Reports, 2023 Geographic variation in the vocal behavior of manatees has been reported but is largely unexplored. Vocalizations of wild West Indian manatees (Trichechus manatus) were recorded with hydrophones in Florida from Florida manatees (Trichechus manatus ...
Jessica D. Reyes-Arias +14 more
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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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Frontiers in Genetics, 2021 The Antillean manatee (Trichechus manatus) and the Amazonian manatee (Trichechus inunguis) are distributed in rivers in the Caribbean and Amazonian region of Colombia respectively.
Susana Caballero +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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