Trichechidae

Trichechidae Temporal range: Late Oligocene – Recent
West Indian manatee (Trichechus manatus)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Sirenia
Family:	Trichechidae Gill 1872
Genera
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Trichechidae is a family of sirenians that includes all living manatees and several extinct genera.

Systematics

Trichechidae

• †Miosireninae[1]
  • †Anomotherium
    • †Anomotherium langewieschei
  • †Miosiren
    • †Miosiren canhami
    • †Miosiren kocki
• Trichechinae
  • Trichechus
    • Trichechus inunguis - Amazonian Manatee
    • Trichechus manatus - West Indian Manatee
    • Trichechus senegalensis - African Manatee
    • †Trichechus hesperamazonicus
  • †Potamosiren
    • †Potamosiren magdalensis
  • †Ribodon
    • †Ribodon limbatus

References

1. M. Voss. 2014. On the invalidity of Halitherium schinzii Kaup, 1838 (Mammalia, Sirenia), with comments on systematic consequences. Zoosystematics and Evolution 90(1):87-93