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Trichechus
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Manatees (, family Trichechidae, genus Trichechus) are large, fully aquatic, mostly herbivorous marine mammals sometimes known as sea cows. There are three accepted living species of Trichechidae, representing three of the four living species in the order Sirenia: the Amazonian manatee (Trichechus inunguis), the West Indian manatee (Trichechus manatus), and the West African manatee (Trichechus senegalensis). They measure up to long, weigh as much as , and have paddle-like tails.
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Trichechus is a genus of mammals within the family Trichechidae and the order Sirenia. It belongs to the class Mammalia, phylum Chordata, and kingdom Animalia. The taxon was described by Linnaeus in 1758 and is currently accepted. Common names for this group include lamantin and manatee. The genus has existed for about 3 million years.
Species in this genus inhabit marine, brackish, and freshwater environments. Biological records for Trichechus are held by institutions including USNM, NCSM, LACM, ROM, and UF, with specimens primarily from the United States. The taxon is documented in the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition.
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Species
manatee
Trichechus
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassMammalia
- OrderSirenia
- FamilyTrichechidae
Kopf eines Manatis Die Rundschwanzseekühe (Trichechidae), abgeleitet von der karibisch-spanischen Bezeichnung Manatí auch Manatis genannt, sind eine Familie aquatisch lebender Säugetiere. Zusammen mit den Gabelschwanzseekühen oder Dugongs (Dugongidae) bilden sie die Ordnung der Seekühe (Sirenia). Die Familie umfasst drei Arten, die alle in einer Gattung, Trichechus, eingeordnet werden: den Karibik-Manati (T. manatus), den Amazonas-Manati (T. inunguis) und den Afrikanischen Manati (T. senegalensis).
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 241
- With media
- 7
- Family
- Trichechidae
- Collections
- USNM, NCSM, LACM, ROM, UF
- Recorded in
- United States
Research
397 papers- Gross and microanatomic description of the dental pads of the Florida manatee, Trichechus manatus latirostris, and their importance to mastication.ReviewArchives of oral biology · 2024Barboza M, Kallaway KDOI: 10.1016/j.archoralbio.2023.105871
- As, Cr, Hg, Pb, and Cd Concentrations and Bioaccumulation in the Dugong Dugong dugon and Manatee Trichechus manatus: A Review of Body Burdens and Distribution.ReviewInternational journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Núñez-Nogueira G, Pérez-López A, Santos-Córdova JMDOI: 10.3390/ijerph16030404
- Disseminated Histiocytic Sarcoma in Two Free-Living Florida Manatees (Trichechus manatus latirostris).Journal of wildlife diseases · 2022Rotstein DS, Stacy NI, Kinsel MJ et al.DOI: 10.7589/JWD-D-21-00138
- Estimating Florida manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris) abundance using passive acoustic methods.JASA express letters · 2022Rycyk AM, Berchem C, Marques TADOI: 10.1121/10.0010495
- Fecal microbiota of captive Antillean manatee Trichechus manatus manatus.FEMS microbiology letters · 2019Suzuki A, Ueda K, Segawa T et al.DOI: 10.1093/femsle/fnz134
- Brevetoxicosis in manatees (Trichechus manatus latirostris) from the 1996 epizootic: gross, histologic, and immunohistochemical features.ReviewToxicologic pathology · 1998Bossart GD, Baden DG, Ewing RY et al.DOI: 10.1177/019262339802600214
- The genome of African manatee Trichechus senegalensis reveals secondary adaptation to the aquatic environment.iScience · 2024Huang X, Dong G, Fan H et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2024.110394
- Antillean manatee (Trichechus manatus manatus Linnaeus, 1758) Tongue Morphology and Adaptive Herbivorous Implications.Microscopy and microanalysis : the official journal of Microscopy Society of America, Microbeam Analysis Society, Microscopical Society of Canada · 2024Melo LIDS, Matias de Oliveira RE, Freitas Caetano de Sousa AC et al.DOI: 10.1093/micmic/ozad135
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Trichechidae
- Image
- Endangered Florida manatee (Trichechus manatus) (7636816484).jpg
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- Trichechus
- start time
- 2500000-00
- taxon name
- Trichechus
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- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Trichechus
- taxon common name
- lamantin
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Encyclopedic overview
32 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Taxonomy
- Description
- Evolution
- Behavior
- Locomotion
- Intelligence and learning
- Reproduction
- Communication
- Diet
- Feeding behavior
- Dentition
- Ecology
- Range and habitat
- West Indian
- Amazonian
- West African
- Predation
- Relation to humans
- Threats
- Ship strikes
- Red tide
- Starvation
- Additional threats
- Conservation
- Captivity
- Guyana
- Culture
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Manatees (, family Trichechidae, genus Trichechus) are large, fully aquatic, mostly herbivorous marine mammals sometimes known as sea cows. There are three accepted living species of Trichechidae, representing three of the four living species in the order Sirenia: the Amazonian manatee (Trichechus inunguis), the West Indian manatee (Trichechus manatus), and the West African manatee (Trichechus senegalensis). They measure up to long, weigh as much as , and have paddle-like tails.
Manatees are herbivores and eat over 60 different freshwater and saltwater plants. Manatees inhabit the shallow, marshy coastal areas and rivers of the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico, the Amazon basin, and West Africa.
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