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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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| Offspring: 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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