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The Antillean Manatee in the North of Maracaibo Lake (Venezuela): Distribution, and Conservation Issues

Acta Biológica Colombiana
In Venezuela, Antillean manatees (Trichechus manatus manatus) have declined mainly due to habitat loss and degradation, but other threats to the species persist.
Adda Gabriela Manzanilla-Fuentes, Amanda Pérez de Villasmil, Nataly Castelblanco-Martínez, Jim Hernández, Andrés Eloy Seijas, Rafael Moreno-Arias   +5 more
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P-26 Preliminary Data for How Manatees (Trichechus Manatus Manatus) Locate Food in Their Natural Environments

, 2019
Manatees, which are members of the order Sirenia, are completely aquatic herbivores. How manatees find their food in their natural habitats remains unknown.
Gonzalez-Socoloske, Daniel, Moore, Amanda   +1 more
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Elementos de la dieta del manatí Trichechus manatus manatus en tres sitios importantes para la especie en México y Belice

, 2013
Manatees (Trichechus manatus manatus) are herbivorous mammals with opportunistic habits that feed on approximately 60 species of plants. The focus of this paper was to identify diet elements of the manatee by fecal analysis in two sites in Mexico (Jonuta,
Flores-Cascante, Lavinia, Auil, Nicole, Padilla-Saldívar, Janneth, Castelblanco-Martínez, Nataly, Morales Vela, Benjamín   +4 more
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Occurrence of Chiorchis fabaceus (Trematoda: Cladorchiidae) in a wild Antillean manatee (Trichechus manatus manatus): New parasitological data for this imperilled sirenian

: Parasites impact wildlife populations and ecosystem health, thereby demanding regular monitoring. As part of the national conservation effort to preserve the free-ranging sirenians in Colombia, a parasitological survey was conducted between 2011 and ...
Taubert, Anja, Hermosilla, Carlos, Uribe Soto, Manuel, Arévalo González, Katherine, Chaparro Gutiérrez, Jenny Jovana   +4 more
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Whole mitochondrial genome characterization of the brazilian antillean manatee (trichechus manatus manatus): evidence for a new biological unit [PDF]

, 2019
Biodiversity is in constant threat due to rapid changes caused by anthropogenic impact in the world landscape. In this scenario, understanding the taxonomic composition is essential to promote appropriate delimitation of species to be evaluated for ...
Furni, Fabrício Rauan Garcia
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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
Cagle LA, Stacy NI, Harvey JW, de Wit M, Adler L, Walsh M, Bonde R, Stokol T.   +7 more
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Manatees display diel trends in acoustic activity at two microhabitats in Belize. [PDF]

PLoS One, 2023
Brady B, Sarbacker C, Lasala JA, Maust-Mohl M, Collom KA, Searle L, May-Collado LJ, Ramos EA.   +7 more
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Food habitats of the Antillean manatees (Trichechus manatus manatus) in the Coswine Swamps (French Guiana, South America) [PDF]

A study was conducted to analyse the habitat of the Antillean manatee (Trichechus manatus manatus L. 1758) in the Coswine Swamps of northwest French Guiana, South America.
Spiegelberger, Thomas, Ganslosser, Udo
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Morphological analysis of the digestive tract of Antillean manatee (Trichechus manatus manatus, Linnaeus, 1758) in northeast Brazil

Morphological studies of the digestive tract are relevant to know the biology and understand the eating habits to conserve species. Our objective was to analyze macroscopically and microscopically the digestive tract of Antillean manatee (Trichechus ...
Carvalho, Vitor Luz, Silva, Flávio José Lima, Pinheiro, Rebeca Taines do Nascimento, Gavilan, Simone Almeida, Freire, Augusto Carlos da Bôaviagem, Oliveira, Radan Elvis Matias, Attademo, Fernanda Loffler Niemeyer, Luna, Fábia de Oliveira   +7 more
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Vocal individuality in a group of manatees (Trichechus manatus manatus) under human care

, 2016
The West Indian manatee is a marine mammal endemic in Central America. In manatees, vocalisations are used for social and mother-offspring communication. However, it is not clear whether vocalisations can encode information about individual identity. We collected acoustic recordings from an ex-situ group housed at Acquario di Genova.
Lapiccirella, D., Gnone, G., Biolchini, E., PESSANI, Daniela, FAVARO, LIVIO   +4 more
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