WoRMS taxon details
Trichechus inunguis (Natterer in von Pelzeln, 1883) Thomas & Lydekker, 1897
255026 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:255026)
accepted
Species
Manatus australis Retzius, 1794 · unaccepted
Manatus exunguis Natterer in von Pelzeln, 1883 · unaccepted
recent + fossil
(of Manatus exunguis Natterer in von Pelzeln, 1883) Pelzeln, A. V. (1883). Brasilianische Säugethiere, Resultate von Joh. Natterer's Reisen in den Jahren 1817-1835. <em>Verh. k.k. zool.-botan. Ges. 33, Beiheft.</em> [details]
Distribution South America in freshwater (Amazon River drainige, possibly also in Orinoco)
Distribution South America in freshwater (Amazon River drainige, possibly also in Orinoco) [details]
WoRMS (2025). Trichechus inunguis (Natterer in von Pelzeln, 1883) Thomas & Lydekker, 1897. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=255026 on 2025-06-22
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Manatus exunguis Natterer in von Pelzeln, 1883) Pelzeln, A. V. (1883). Brasilianische Säugethiere, Resultate von Joh. Natterer's Reisen in den Jahren 1817-1835. <em>Verh. k.k. zool.-botan. Ges. 33, Beiheft.</em> [details]
original description (of Manatus australis Retzius, 1794) Retzius, A. J. (1794). Anmärkningar vid Genus Trichechi. <em>Kongl. Vetenskaps Academiens nya handlingar.</em> 2(15): 286-300. [details]
basis of record Mead, J. G.; Brownell, R. L. Jr. (2005). Cetacea. <em>In Wilson, D.E. & D.M. Reeder (eds). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), Johns Hopkins University Press, 2,142 pp.</em> 723--743., available online at http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/ [details]
original description (of Manatus australis Retzius, 1794) Retzius, A. J. (1794). Anmärkningar vid Genus Trichechi. <em>Kongl. Vetenskaps Academiens nya handlingar.</em> 2(15): 286-300. [details]
basis of record Mead, J. G.; Brownell, R. L. Jr. (2005). Cetacea. <em>In Wilson, D.E. & D.M. Reeder (eds). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), Johns Hopkins University Press, 2,142 pp.</em> 723--743., available online at http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/ [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
additional source
Domning, D. P. (1996). Bibliography and Index of the Sirenia and Desmostylia. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology.</em> (80): 1-611., available online at http://www.sil.si.edu/SmithsonianContributions/Paleobiology/sc_RecordSingle.cfm?filename=SCtP-0080 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Distribution South America in freshwater (Amazon River drainige, possibly also in Orinoco) [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Dutch | Amazonelamantijn | [details] |
| English | Amazonian manatee | [details] |
| Portuguese | peixe-boi | [details] |
| Spanish | manatí del Amazonas | [details] |
| Turkish | Amazon denizinegi | [details] |
