Amazonian manatee
trichechus inunguis latin

Its validity has later been questioned, with some believing it to be an immature Amazonian manatee.

In the aquatic mammals department, visitors can watch Amazonian manatees swimming in large tanks.

Animals that live in the water include the Arapaima, and the Amazonian Manatee.

It may actually represent an immature Amazonian manatee, but it is reported to differ in proportions and colour.

"Amazonian manatee"

The Amazonian Manatee, found in the Amazon Basin of South America.

The Amazonian manatee is the second-smallest species of manatee after the recently discovered dwarf manatee.

ARKive - images and movies of the Amazonian manatee (Trichechus inunguis)

The Amazonian manatee (Trichechus inunguis) is a species of manatee of the order Sirenia.

The site protects key threatened species, including giant arapaima fish, the Amazonian manatee, the black caiman and two species of river dolphin and the jaguar.

The freshwater Amazonian manatee (T. inunguis) inhabits the Amazon River and its tributaries, and never ventures into salt water.

Both Amazonian manatees (Trichechus inunguis) and river dolphins (Inia geoffrensis) spend time in várzea areas during high water periods of the flood season.

The Amazonian manatee (Trichechus inunguis) also known as "seacow" is found in the northern Amazon River Basin and its tributaries.

In the opening programme, Fry and Carwardine travel to Manaus in Brazil in search of the Amazonian manatee, a large aquatic mammal.

Species not present in U.S. waters include the West African and Amazonian manatee, dugong, Atlantic walrus, and marine otter.

In the final order of aquatic mammals, sirenia, experiments have only exhibited USWS in the Amazonian manatee (Trichechus inunguis).

The African manatee falls under the Trichechus genus with only two other species, the Amazonian manatee and the West Indian manatee, which are also sirenians.

The West Indian manatee is a species distinct from the Amazonian manatee (T. inunguis) and the African manatee (T. senegalensis).

The book covers most of the radio episodes, but excludes the Juan Fernández Fur Seal and the Amazonian Manatee, allegedly due to Adams' notorious writing delays.

Ucayali is home to the Amazon River Dolphin, giant otter, and the Amazonian Manatee, which are abundant in Pacaya-Samiria National Reserve, close to Nauta.

Local legends also state that the dolphin is the guardian of the Amazonian manatee, and that, should one wish to find a manatee, one must first make peace with the dolphin.

On the other hand, the Amazon reserve is a critical habitat for gray and pink river dolphins, black and speckled caiman, Amazonian manatees, giant South American river turtles and saddleback tamarins.

In this ecological refuge can be found the Amazonian manatee, a threatened species unique to Latin America and protected here by the Municipal Marine Park for the Preservation of the Manatee.

Daryl Domning, a Smithsonian Institution research associate and the world's foremost experts on manatee evolution, has stated that the DNA evidence actually proves that these merely are immature Amazonian manatees.

The smaller Amazonian manatee (or cow fish) has been wiped out in many of its traditional homes in the inland river network by a combination of deliberate hunting and accidental death through being caught in fishing nets.

Amazonian Manatee (Trichechus inunguis)

ARKive - images and movies of the Amazonian manatee (Trichechus inunguis)

The Amazonian manatee (Trichechus inunguis) is a species of manatee of the order Sirenia.

The Amazonian manatee (Trichechus inunguis) also known as "seacow" is found in the northern Amazon River Basin and its tributaries.

In the final order of aquatic mammals, sirenia, experiments have only exhibited USWS in the Amazonian manatee (Trichechus inunguis).