Life
Mammalia
Sirenia
Trichechidae
- Trichechus Linnaeus, 1758
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Trichechus Linnaeus, 1758; Syst. Nat. (edn. 10) 1: 34, TS: Trichechus manatus Linnaeus
Manatus Brunwich, 1772
Amazon Basin. See [About maps]
inunguis (Natterer, 1883); in Pelzeln, Verh. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien, 33: 89, TL: Brazil, Amazona, Borba (on lower Rio Madeira)
Trichechus exunquis Natterer, 1839; (nom. obl.)
Lower reaches of rivers in West Indies and NE. South America
Manatee
Trichechus manatus Linnaeus, 1758; Syst. Nat. (edn. 10) 1: 34, TL: West Indies
Manatus latirostis Harlan, 1823; Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 3: pt. 1, p. 394, TL: Near the capes of East Florida
Senegal - Angola (Quanza River), Niger-Benu Basin. See [About maps]
Trichechus senegalensis Link, 1795; Beyträge zur Naturgeschichte 1 (2): 109, TL: Senegal
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