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Trichechus manatus manatus

Mammalia - Sirenia - Trichechidae

Taxonomy
Trichechus manatus manatus was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant. Its type specimen is 1.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Trichechus manatus manatus Linnaeus p. 34
1994Trichechus manatus manatus Domning p. 189
2005Trichechus manatus manatus Domning p. 686 figs. Figure 8

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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
—Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—AfrotheriaStanhope et al. 1998
—Tethytheria
orderSirenia()
familyTrichechidae()
familyTrichechinae()
genusTrichechus
speciesmanatus
subspeciesmanatus

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.

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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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Domning 1979
Collections
No collection or age range data are available