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Trichechus inunguis (Amazonian manatee)

Osteichthyes - Sirenia - Trichechidae

Taxonomy
Manatus inunguis was named by Natterer (1883). It is extant.

It was recombined as Trichechus inunguis by Trouessart (1904), Scheffer and Rice (1963), Husar (1977), Domning (1994), Rice (1998), Voss (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1883Manatus inunguis Natterer p. 89
1898Manatus inunguis Trouessart p. 1000
1904Trichechus inunguis Trouessart p. 749
1963Trichechus inunguis Scheffer and Rice p. 4
1977Trichechus inunguis Husar p. 1
1994Trichechus inunguis Domning p. 189
1998Trichechus inunguis Rice p. 131
2014Trichechus inunguis Voss p. 91 figs. Figure 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
superorderAfrotheria
Paenungulatomorpha
superorderPaenungulata
Tethytheria
orderSirenia()
familyTrichechidae()
familyTrichechinae()
genusTrichechus
speciesinunguis(Natterer 1883)

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 inunguis Natterer 1883 [Amazonian manatee]
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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: Holocene or 0.01170 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Liberia Trichechus inunguis (168589)