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Manatee counts are highly variable without an accurate way to estimate numbers. In Florida in 1996, a winter survey found 2,639 manatees; in 1997, a January survey found 2,229, and a February survey found 1,706. [18] A statewide synoptic survey in January 2010 found 5,067 manatees living in Florida, the highest number recorded to that time. [41]
The range-wide minimum known population is estimated to be at least 13,000 manatees, with more than 6,300 in Florida. When aerial surveys began in 1991, there were only an estimated 1,267 manatees in Florida, meaning that the last 25 years has seen a 400 percent increase in the species population in that state. [13] [14]
West Indian manatee. The West Indian manatee (Trichechus manatus), also known as the North American manatee, is a large, aquatic mammal native to warm coastal areas of the Caribbean, from the Eastern United States to northern Brazil. Living alone or in herds, it feeds on underwater plants and uses its whiskers to navigate.
“Manatee twins are rare, born 1.4 to 4 percent of the time in Florida manatees,” according to a 2016 post on the Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium in Sarasota website.
In Florida, manatees are protected by the Florida Manatee Sanctuary Act of 1978, which implements actions such as the prohibition of watercraft or limits on their speeds where manatees exist. [102] Marine mammal rehabilitation programs have been underway and regulated in the United States for more than 40 years.
Manatee River with DeSoto Bridge in the background. The Manatee River is a 36-mile-long (58 km) [ 1 ] river in Manatee County, Florida. [ 2 ] The river forms in the northeastern corner of Manatee County and flows into the Gulf of Mexico at the southern edge of Tampa Bay. Wildlife in and around the river includes alligators, herons, manatees ...
Binomial name. Trichechus senegalensis. Link, 1795. African manatee range. The African manatee (Trichechus senegalensis), also known as the West African manatee, is a species of manatee that inhabits much of Western Africa – from Senegal to Angola. [3] It is the only manatee species to be found in the Old World.
Amazonian manatee. The Amazonian manatee (Trichechus inunguis) is a species of manatee that lives in the Amazon Basin in Brazil, Peru, Colombia and Ecuador. [2] It has thin, wrinkled brownish or gray colored skin, with fine hairs scattered over its body and a white chest patch. [4][5] It is the smallest of the three extant species of manatee.