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Amazonian manatee
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The Amazonian manatee (Trichechus inunguis) is a species of manatee that lives in the Amazon Basin in Brazil, Peru, Colombia and Ecuador.[2] It has thin, wrinkled brownish or gray colored skin, with fine hairs scattered over its body and a white chest patch.[4][5] It is the smallest of the three extant species of manatee.[6]
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Amazonian manatee[1] | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Sirenia |
Family: | Trichechidae |
Genus: | Trichechus |
Species: | T. inunguis |
Binomial name | |
Trichechus inunguis (Natterer, 1883) | |
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