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 +5 more
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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 +1 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 +8 more
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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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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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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 +9 more
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Vocalizations of wild West Indian manatee vary across subspecies and geographic location [PDF]
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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First Description of a Satellite DNA in Manatees’ Centromeric Regions [PDF]
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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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 +11 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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