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Trichechus manatus latirostris

Mammalia - Sirenia - Trichechidae

Taxonomy
Manatus latirostris was named by Harlan (1824). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Trichechus manatus by Hay (1902) and Trouessart (1904); it was recombined as Trichechus latirostris by Hay (1930); it was recombined as Trichechus manatus latirostris by Sherman (1952) and Domning (1996).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1824Manatus latirostris Harlan
1829Manatus latirostris Fischer p. 502
1885Manatus latirostris Woodward p. 424
1930Trichechus latirostris Hay p. 659
1952Trichechus manatus latirostris Sherman p. 98
1996Trichechus manatus latirostris Domning

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
AfrotheriaStanhope et al. 1998
Tethytheria
orderSirenia()
familyTrichechidae()
familyTrichechinae()
genusTrichechus
speciesmanatus
subspecieslatirostris()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: freshwaterf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: aquaticf
Diet: herbivoref
Reproduction: viviparousf
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:10
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:41:58
Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Domning 1978, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991
Collections
No collection or age range data are available