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Trichechus manatus

Mammalia - Sirenia - Trichechidae

Taxonomy
Trichechus manatus was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Trichechus manatus Linnaeus p. 34
1794Manatus australis Retzius
1829Manatus australis Fischer p. 501
1830Manatus australis Tilesius
1842Manatus americanus De Kay p. 123
1850Manatus australis Gray p. 139
1864Manatus australis Gray p. 247
1866Manatus australis Gray p. 358
1873Manatus americanus Scott p. 50
1885Manatus americanus Woodward p. 424
1897Manatus koellikeri Kukenthal
1902Trichechus manatus Hay p. 584
1904Trichechus koellikeri Trouessart p. 749
1904Trichechus manatus Trouessart p. 749
1904Manatus koellikeri Trouessart p. 787
1911Trichechus manatus Thomas p. 131
1952Trichechus manatus Sherman p. 98
1963Trichechus manatus Scheffer and Rice p. 4
1977Trichechus manatus Husar p. 1
1978Trichechus manatus Husar
1980Trichechus manatus Kurten and Anderson p. 341
1991Trichechus manatus Vidal p. 6
1994Trichechus manatus Domning p. 189
1996Trichechus manatus Domning p. 380
1998Trichechus manatus Rice p. 129
2014Trichechus manatus Voss p. 91 figs. Figure 3
2021Trichechus manatus Bell et al. p. 7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
RankNameAuthor
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—AfrotheriaStanhope et al. 1998
—Tethytheria
orderSirenia()
familyTrichechidae()
familyTrichechinae()
genusTrichechus
speciesmanatus

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Trichechus manatus Linnaeus 1758
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Invalid names: Manatus americanus De Kay 1842 [synonym], Manatus australis Retzius 1794 [synonym], Manatus koellikeri Trouessart 1904 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: freshwaterf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: aquaticf
Diet: herbivoref
Reproduction: viviparousf
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:10
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:41:58
Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Domning 1979

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.12900 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.012 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (Arkansas) Trichechus manatus (237885)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (Texas) Trichechus manatus (225289)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Trichechus manatus (20636 20653)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Trichechus manatus (154804)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (North Carolina) Trichechus manatus (65172)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Ohio) Trichechus manatus (237884)