Manatee
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Manatees 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
Underwater photography on endangered mammal manatee
A skeleton of a manatee and calf, the Museum of Osteology, Oklahoma City
Skull of a West Indian manatee, the Museum of Osteology, Oklahoma City
Endangered Florida manatee (Trichechus manatus)
Amazonian manatee
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The Amazonian manatee, commonly referred to as cowfish in Brazil, is a species of manatee that lives in the Amazon Basin in Brazil, Peru, Colombia and Ecuador. It has thin, wrinkled brownish or gray c
Manatee
…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 4.0…
Manati amazonico en Iquitos
Brazilian stamp from 1979 illustrating an Amazonian manatee
Rehabilitation of an infant at "IBAMA" on Marajó