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What defenses does the Amazonian Manatee have?
what issues do the amazonian manatees face
What is the name of the 2 species of a manatee?
There are 3 species of manatee. There is the West Indian manatee, the Amazonian manatee, and the Florida manatee.
What genus is the manatee in?
The manatee belongs to the genus Trichechus, which consists of three extant species: the West Indian manatee, the Amazonian manatee, and the West African manatee.
How much does the male manatee weigh?
1500
What is the manatees primary continental location?
There are for kinds of manatee: the Amazonian, West Indian, Dwarf, and African Manatee. The West Indian Manatee lives in the Caribbean (I guess you can call that North America). The African Manatee lives in Africa. But both the Amazonian and Dwarf manatees live in South America. Therefore, South America has most manatees.
How many manatees are living?
The researchers are trying to see how many there are, but won't give us an estimate. But they do think the manatee populaton is increasing.
Do manatees have fingernails?
All species of manatee have fingernails, apart from the the Amazonian manatee and the dugong, they do not have fingernails.
What is the scientific name for the sea cow?
The sea cow is also called a manatee. There are three species, Trichechus inunguis, the Amazonian manatee, Trichechus manatus, the West Indian manatee, and Trichechus senegalensis, the West African species.
Are there different breeds of manatees if so name them?
There are three manatee subspecies. The West Indian, West African, and Amazonian.
Which manatee species is listed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service?
The Manatee Species listed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services Endangered Species List, as of 01/2010, are the Amazonian Manatee, the West African Manatee, and the West Indian Manatee. There is a Dugong also listed. While the Florida Manatee is listed as endangered by The State of Florida. For more details, please see the sites listed below.
What manatee species is listed in US Fish and Wildlife Services as an endangered specie?
The Amazonian Manatee and the West Indian Manatee are both listed as "endangered", while the West African Manatee is listed as "threatened", according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Endangered Speices List. For more details, please see sites listed below.
According to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services Endangered Species List which of the Manatee species is listed as endangered?
The Manatee species listed as "endangered" by the US Fish and Wildlife Services, Endangered Species List are the following; * Amazonian manatee-- Trichechus inunguis * West Indian manatee--Trichechus manatus * Dugong--Dugong dugon For more details, please see the sites listed below.
