Trichechus Linnaeus, 1758

Dataset

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Rank

GENUS

Published in

Linnæus, Carolus. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae. Vol. Tomus I, Editio decima, reformata: i-ii, 1-824.

Classification

kingdom

Animalia

phylum

Chordata

class

Mammalia

order

Sirenia

family

Trichechidae

genus

Trichechus

Name

Synonyms

Erichechus de Blainville, 1841

Halipaedisca Gistl, 1847

Irochus Fischer-Waldheim, 1840

Nemodermus Rafinesque, 1815

Neodermus Rafinesque, 1815

Oxystomus Fischer de Waldheim, 1803

Thrichechus Zimmermann, 1870

Trichecus Müller, 1773

Trichecus Oken, 1816

Homonyms

Trichechus Linnaeus, 1758

Common names

Manatees in language.

manatee in English

manatees in English

manatees in English

lamantijn in Dutch

manatee in English

manatí in Spanish

mermaid in English

peixe-boi in Portuguese

sea cow in English

sea elephant in English

sea pig in English

Bibliographic References

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3. Ellerman, J. R., and T. C. S. Morrison-Scott, 1966: null. Checklist of Palaearctic and Indian Mammals 1758 to 1946, 2nd edition. 810.
4. International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Direction 24 Completion of the entries relating to the names of certain genera in the class Mammalia made on the Ojficial List of Generic Names in Zoology in the period up to the end of 1936.Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1C(C.15), 219-246 (1955)
5. International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 112 Suspension declined for Manatus 1772 vs. Trlchechus 1758.Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 73(6), 19 (1929)
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