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FAMILY Trichechidae

Author:Gill, 1872.
Citation:Smithson. Misc. Coll., 11(1): 14.
Comments:See Domning (1996). McKenna and Bell (1997:496) listed "Giebel, 1847" as the author and year for Trichechidae; Susan Bell (pers. comm., 2002) confirmed that Gill, 1872 is the correct entry.
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GENUS Trichechus

SPECIES inunguis

SPECIES manatus

SPECIES senegalensis

Synonyms:

    Manatida Haeckel, 1866
    Manatidae Gray, 1821
    Manatina C. L. Bonaparte, 1837
    Manatoidea Gill, 1872
    Trichechoidea Giebel, 1847
    Trichecida Haeckel, 1866

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