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feet are placed at the shoulders; and beneath the 
skin are bones for five complete toes, and exter- 
nally are three or four nails^ flat and rounded : near 
the base of each leg, in the female, is a small 
teat. The flesh of this animal is said to resemble 
veal : it is, however, chiefly killed by the negroes 
for the sake of the blubber or fat. 
GUIANA TRICHECHUS. 
Trichechus Manatus. T, subpilosusy dentibus laniariis nulliSi cauda 
horizontali loco pedum posteriorum. 
Slightly hairy Trichechus, without tusks, and with a horizontal 
tail in place of hind feet. 
Traichechus Manatus. Lin. Syst. Nat. GmeL p. 60. 
Guiana Manati. Pennant ^adr. 2. p. 2<^y. 
This is a native of Guiana, inhabiting the larger 
rivers as well as the sea, and grows to the length 
of sixteen or eighteen feet : the skin is of a dark 
brov/n, with scattered hairs on it. The head 
hangs downward: the feet have five toes: the 
body continues of nearly the same thickness al- 
most to the tail, where it suddenly narrows r the 
tail is flat, and of the shape of a spatula ; thickest 
in the middle, and thinner towards the edges. 
