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Trichechus manatus Linnaeus, 1758

Dataset
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Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.
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Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Mammalia
order
Sirenia
family
Trichechidae
genus
Trichechus
species
Trichechus manatus

Name

Synonyms
Manatus americanus De Kay, 1842
Manatus australis Retzius, 1794
Manatus koellikeri (Trouessart, 1904)
Trichechus koellikeri (Trouessart, 1904)
Trichecus manatus Linnaeus, 1758
Homonyms
Trichechus manatus Linnaeus, 1758
Common names
Caribbean manatee in English
Caribbean manatee in English
Manatí del Caribe in Spanish
Manatí del Caribe in Spanish
Nagel-Manati in German
West Indian Manatee in English
West Indian Manatee in English
West Indian Manatee in English
West Indian Manatee in English
West Indian Manatee in English
West Indian manatee in language.
manatee in English
manatee in English
American Manatee in English
Caribische lamantijn in Dutch
Lamantin in French
Manati in Spanish
Peixi-boi in Portuguese
West Indian Manatee in English
West Indian manatee in English
karayip deniz inegi in Turkish

Bibliographic References

  1. Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner, 1987: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. Resource Publication, no. 166. 79.
  2. CAICEDO-HERRERA D, F TRUJILLO, M RIVERA y C RODRÍGUEZ. 2005. Programa Nacional de Manejo y Conservación de Manatíes en Colombia. Ministerio de Ambiente, Vivienda y Desarrollo Territorial, Fundación OMACHA, Bogotá D.C., Colombia, 176 pp. ref_scmas0242
  3. CUERVO DÍAZ A, JI HERNÁNDEZ-CAMACHO y A CADENA. 1986. Lista actualizada de los mamíferos de Colombia: anotaciones sobre su distribución. Caldasia 15:471-501. ref_scmas0303
  4. Domning, D. P. (1996). Bibliography and Index of the Sirenia and Desmostylia. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology.</em> (80): 1-611. 10.5479/si.00810266.80.1
  5. Domning, Daryl P., 2005: Fossil Sirenia of the West Atlantic and Caribbean region. VII. Pleistocene Trichechus manatus Linnaeus, 1758. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, vol. 25, no. 3. 685-701.
  6. International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Direction 13 Addition of the generic name Manatus Br?nnich, 1771 (class Mammalia) to the Official List of Rejected and invalid generic names in Zoology (Direction supplementary to Opinion 112).Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1C(C4), 57-66 (1955)
  7. Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em>
  8. Rice, Dale W., 1998: Marine Mammals of the World: Systematics and Distribution. Special Publications of the Society for Marine Mammals, no. 4. ix + 231.
  9. Schmidly, D. J. and B. Würsig. 2009. Mammals (Vertebrata: Mammalia) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1343–1352 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
  10. TRUJILLO F, D CAICEDO, N CASTELBLANCO, S KENDALL y V HOLGUIN. 2006b. Manatí del Caribe Trichechus manatus Pp: 161-166, en: Libro Rojo de los Mamíferos de Colombia (JV Rodríguez-Mahecha, M Alberico, F Trujillo y J Jorgenson, eds.). Serie Libros Rojos de Especies Amenazadas de Colombia, Conservación Internacional Colombia, Ministerio de Ambiente, Vivienda y Desarrollo Territorial, Bogotá D.C., Colombia. ref_scmas1210
  11. Wilson D.E. & Reeder D.A.M. (1993). Mammals species of the world. A taxonomic and geographic reference. Second edition. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, 1206 pp.
  12. Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 1992: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. xviii + 1207.
  13. Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 2005: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2. 2142.
  14. Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole, 2000: null. Common Names of Mammals of the World. xiv + 204.
  15. Wilson, Don E., and Sue Ruff, eds., 1999: null. The Smithsonian Book of North American Mammals. xxv + 750.
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