Biology:Trichechidae
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Short description: Family of mammals
| Trichechidae Temporal range: Late Oligocene – Recent
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| West Indian manatee (Trichechus manatus) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Sirenia |
| Family: | Trichechidae Gill 1872 |
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Trichechidae is a family of sirenians that includes all living manatees and several extinct genera.
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
- ↑ M. Voss. 2014. On the invalidity of Halitherium schinzii Kaup, 1838 (Mammalia, Sirenia), with comments on systematic consequences. Zoosystematics and Evolution 90(1):87-93
Wikidata ☰ Q10827895 entry
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