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West Indian ManateeEducational resources on West Indian ManateeWest Indian Manatee or Trichechus manatus is listed on the IUCN Red list (1996) as Vulnerable due to A2d. IUCN Profile of the West Indian Manatee ADW: Trichechus manatus: Information The West Indian manatee or sea cow (Trichechus manatus) is commonly found in shallow coastal areas, but can also be found in shallow rivers, estuaries, and canals. animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Trichechus_manatus.html West Indian Manatee (Trichechus manatus) West Indian Manatee Order Sirenia: Family Trichechidae : Trichechus manatus Linnaeus. Description. A large, grayish, nearly hairless, aquatic mammal without www.nsrl.ttu.edu/tmot1/tricmana.htm Endangered Status Why are they endangered? The West Indian Manatee is a gentle animal with no known enemy. Unfortunately, most of their problems and deaths are due to humans. bioweb.uwlax.edu/bio203/s2007/carlson_kath/Endangered%20Species.htm ADW: Trichechus manatus: Classification Trichechus manatus (West Indian manatee) ... animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/classification/Trichechus_manatus.html Florida Museum of Natural History Ichthyology Department WEST INDIAN MANATEE Order - Sirenia Family - Trichechidae Genus - Trichecus Species - manatus Taxonomy. The manatee population in the United States is concentrated in Florida. www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/southflorida/seagrass/manatee.html West Indian Manatee Conservation- Draft #1 These are the tropical field pre-course presentation outlines and papers for 2007 Tropical Marine Ecology of the Bahamas and Tropical Ecosystems of Costa Rica. jrscience.wcp.muohio.edu/fieldcourses07/OutlinemarineecologyArticles/WestIndianManateeCon... ADW: Trichechus manatus: Pictures West Indian manatee Trichechus manatus: West Indian manatee Trichechus manatus: West Indian manatee Trichechus manatus : West Indian manatee Trichechus manatus animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/pictures/Trichechus_manatus.html Report Template The West Indian Manatee (Trichechus manatus) in Florida: A Summary and Analysis of Biological, Ecological, and Administrative www.sms.si.edu/IRLSpec/Trichec_manatu.htm Saving the West Indian Manatees Endangered: In the the Wild: Oceans - Florida (West Indian) Manatee, edited 7/2/1996. Finney, Dee. Save the Endangered Manatee. Compilation by Dee Finney jrscience.wcp.muohio.edu/fieldcourses04/PapersMarineEcologyArticles/SavingtheWestIndian... TAXONOMY OF MANATEES TAXONOMY OF MANATEES. Order: Sirenia. Family: Trichechidae. West Indian manatee (Trichechus manatus) Florida subspecies (T www.bio.davidson.edu/people/midorcas/animalphysiology/websites/2003/Harshaw/page2.htm
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