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What is a Florida Manatee and please tell you about it and its habitat and everything?
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The Florida Manatee is also known as a Sea Cow. The Manatee is a mammal that belongs to the Sirenia species. The Sirenia is thought to have evolved from four legged land animals over 60 million years ago, with the closest relative being an elephant. Manatees are mainly herbivores and they inhabit (warm)shallow, marshy coastal areas and rivers. The Florida manatee is able to live in fresh and salt water. Not all Manatee's are able to inhabit both fresh and salt water. Manatee's live in the Carribean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, Amazon Basin and West Africa. The Florida Manatee is on the threatend status in Florida and is endangered at the Federal level.
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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.
Were can a manatee not live?
Manatees cannot live anywhere on land, they are a water creature that lives in very shallow, warm marshy, tropical waters. The Florida Manatee lives off the coast of Florida, and the Keys, in the Gulf of Mexico. But the West Indian Manatee migrates into Florida rivers during the winter months. The Amazonian Manatee lives in the Amazon River, while the West African Manatee lives along the river systems of the west coast of Africa. For more details, please see the sites listed below.
What is the most endangered species in Florida west indian manatee or the key deer?
There are three species that are listed as "vulnerable" with populations decreasing, by the IUCN Red List. They are the South American Manatee (Amazonian), West Indian Manatee, and the West African Manatee. The US Fish and Wildlife Service Endangered Species List has the West African Manatee also listed as "threatened", and the West Indian Manatee, and the Amazonian Manatee, also known as the South American Manatee, both listed as "endangered". For more details please see sites listed below.
What is the name of a group of manatees?
There are 4 different known species of manatee, all with slightly different scientific names:The Amazonian Manatee is called the Trichechus inunguisThe West Indian Manatee is called the Trichechus manatusThe African Manatee is called the Trichechus senegalensisThe Dwarf Manatee is called the Trichechus pygmaeus(although it has been questioned whether the Dwarf Manatee is indeed a new species)
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Why why are manatees endangered?
The manatee on average, is facing several large problems. Most are habitat related, either due to a general loss of habitat, due to coast line construction and the increase in boat traffic that brings. As well, as development of the general area, which in turn brings more people to the areas they feed, and raise their young in. This creates run off, which creates problems in the water, and of course, the rivers need to be controlled so they are safe to build beside. Boat strikes are a big factor in everyday life for the manatee, and propellers do serious injury to them, even as far as amputating their tails, and flippers. They die of these injuries! When they move upriver seeking warmer waters, they face the "water control structures". Floodgates, navigational locks, flood pipes, and drainage channels, all can trap the manatee and they can drown or be crushed. These are some of the main factors, they still get caught in fishing gear, and nets, along with the effects of the red tide and algae blooms, which decrease the amount of oxygen in the water. For more information, please see sites listed below.the manatee is endangered because sometime's boat's will run into them. The boat's propeller will cause injury or even kill the manatee.There are several different reasons why the manatee is endangered. Some of which are boating accidents where the manatee came too close. Humans have been infringing on the manatees habitat as well.Manatee are endangered because in Florida the motor boats go over their backs then manatee either die or get a giant scar. The motors also cut the manatee then they die or get a scar.They are endangered, because they stay by the surface and sometimes boats with motors hit them accidentally, or not and it hurts them, sometimes can be fatal.
What do they do in their habitat?
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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.
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How much does a west Indian manatee cost to rescue Please answer soon your project is due in 2 days?
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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.
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