Order IV. Sireiiia. Sirenians. 



Family I. Trieheeliiclte. 



Genus 33. Tricliechus. 



Trichechus Linn., Syst. Nat., i, 1758, p. 34. Type Trichechus 

 manaUis Linnaeus. 

 Manatus Briinn., Zool. Fund., 1772, pp. 34, 38, 39. 

 Halipaedisca Gistel, Naturg. Thierr. f. hohere Schul., 1848, p. 83. 



46. Trichechus manatus Linnaeus. 



Trichechus manatus Linn., Syst. Nat., i, 1758, p. 34. Elliot, 



Mamm. Middle Amer. & AV. Indies, F. C. M. Pub., iv, Pt. i, 



1904, p. 37, fig. XIV, pis. IV, V. Zool. Ser. Id. Check-L. Mamm. 



N. Amer. Cont. & W. Indies, F. C. M. Pub., vi, 1905, p. 14. 



Zool. Ser. 

 Manatus latirostris Harl., Journ. Acad. Nat. Scien. Phil., 1824, 



p. III. Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. Pub., 11, 1901, 



p. 6, pi. III. Zool. Ser. 

 Manatus australis Tilesius, Jahrb. Naturg., i, 1802, p. 23. 



Fig. VI. Trichechus manatus. Manatee. 

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