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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.
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.
How much does an amazonian manatee weigh?
The Amazonian manatee typically weighs between 440 to 1,100 pounds (200 to 500 kilograms). Adult males and females can vary in size, with females generally being larger than males. These gentle aquatic mammals are the largest freshwater species of manatee and are primarily found in the rivers and lakes of the Amazon Basin.
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.
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.
