Trichechidae
Family of mammals From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Trichechidae is a family of sirenians that includes all living manatees and several extinct genera.
| Trichechidae Temporal range: Late Oligocene – Recent | |
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| West Indian manatee (Trichechus manatus) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Sirenia |
| Family: | Trichechidae Gill 1872 |
| Genera | |
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Systematics
Trichechidae
- †Miosireninae[1]
- †Anomotherium
- †Anomotherium langewieschei
- †Miosiren
- †Miosiren canhami
- †Miosiren kocki
- †Anomotherium
- Trichechinae
- Trichechus
- Trichechus inunguis - Amazonian Manatee
- Trichechus manatus - West Indian Manatee
- Trichechus senegalensis - African Manatee
- †Trichechus hesperamazonicus
- †Potamosiren
- †Potamosiren magdalensis
- †Ribodon
- †Ribodon limbatus
- Trichechus
References
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