WoRMS taxon details
Trichechus Linnaeus, 1758
159504 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159504)
accepted
Genus
- Species Trichechus inunguis (Natterer in von Pelzeln, 1883) Thomas & Lydekker, 1897
- Species Trichechus manatus Linnaeus, 1758
- Species Trichechus senegalensis Link, 1795
- Species Trichechus dugon Müller, 1776 accepted as Dugong dugon (Müller, 1776) Palmer, 1895
- Species Trichechus dugong Gmelin, 1788 accepted as Dugong dugon (Müller, 1776) Palmer, 1895
- Species Trichechus latirostris (Harlan) Hatt, 1934 accepted as Trichechus manatus latirostris (Harlan, 1824)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors
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Nomenclature
original description
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Wilson D.E. & Reeder D.A.M. (1993). Mammals species of the world. A taxonomic and geographic reference. Second edition. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, 1206 pp. [details]

basis of record Wilson D.E. & Reeder D.A.M. (1993). Mammals species of the world. A taxonomic and geographic reference. Second edition. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, 1206 pp. [details]
Other
additional source
Domning, D. P. (1996). Bibliography and Index of the Sirenia and Desmostylia. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology.</em> (80): 1-611., available online at http://www.sil.si.edu/SmithsonianContributions/Paleobiology/sc_RecordSingle.cfm?filename=SCtP-0080 [details] 
Language | Name | |
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Dutch | lamantijn | [details] |
English | sea pigsea elephantsea cowmermaidmanatee | [details] |
Portuguese | peixe-boi | [details] |
Spanish | manatí | [details] |
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