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GENUS Trichechus
Author: | Linnaeus, 1758. | Citation: | Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1: 34. | Type Species: | Trichechus manatus Linnaeus, 1758. | Comments: | Revised by Hatt (1934a); evolutionary history summarized by Domning (1982). See McKenna and Bell (1997); Susan Bell (pers. comm., 2002) confirmed that Brünnich, 1771 is the correct authority for Manatus. |
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| Offspring: SPECIES inunguis SPECIES manatus SPECIES senegalensis | Synonyms:
Halipaedisca Gistel, 1848 Manatus Brünnich, 1771 Oxystomus G. Fischer von Waldheim, 1803 Trichecus Oken, 1816
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