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  2. West Indian manatee - Wikipedia

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    The official notice of the reclassification made clear that, even with the downlisting, all federal protections for the West Indian manatee under the Endangered Species Act would remain in place. [12] The West Indian manatee is also protected by the Florida Manatee Sanctuary Act of 1978 [74] and the U.S. Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972.

  3. Manatee - Wikipedia

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    Manatees (/ ˈ m æ n ə t iː z /, family Trichechidae, genus Trichechus) are large, fully aquatic, mostly herbivorous marine mammals sometimes known as sea cows.There are three accepted living species of Trichechidae, representing three of the four living species in the order Sirenia: the Amazonian manatee (Trichechus inunguis), the West Indian manatee (Trichechus manatus), and the West ...

  4. Sirenia - Wikipedia

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    West Indian manatees in a conservation project in Brazil. The three extant manatee species (family Trichechidae) and the dugong (family Dugongidae) are rated as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. All four are vulnerable to extinction from habitat loss and other negative impacts related to human population growth and coastal ...

  5. Evolution of sirenians - Wikipedia

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    Amazonian manatee Dugong West Indian manatee. Sirenians, along with Proboscidea (elephants), group together with the extinct Desmostylia and likely the extinct Embrithopoda to form the Tethytheria. Tethytheria is thought to have evolved from primitive hoofed mammals ("condylarths") along the shores of the ancient Tethys Ocean.

  6. Will Florida manatees be listed as an endangered species ...

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    The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in the coming months will round up manatee data and decide whether the West Indian manatee species should be given bolstered ...

  7. List of mammals of South America - Wikipedia

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    West Indian manatee. Sirenia is an order of fully aquatic, herbivorous mammals that inhabit rivers, estuaries, coastal marine waters, swamps, and marine wetlands. All four species are endangered. They evolved about 50 million years ago, and their closest living relatives are elephants. The manatees are the only extant afrotherians in the

  8. Columbus Zoo gets three orphaned manatees after two of its ...

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    Including the two manatees who recently departed, the Columbus Zoo has returned 39 manatees to Florida. West Indian manatees, which include Florida manatees, are considered a threatened species ...

  9. Dugong - Wikipedia

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    The dugong (/ ˈ d (j) uː ɡ ɒ ŋ /; Dugong dugon) is a marine mammal.It is one of four living species of the order Sirenia, which also includes three species of manatees.It is the only living representative of the once-diverse family Dugongidae; its closest modern relative, Steller's sea cow (Hydrodamalis gigas), was hunted to extinction in the 18th century.