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Behavior

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Perception Channels: tactile ; chemical

bibliographic citation: Myers, P. 2001. "Trichechidae" (On-line), Animal Diversity Web. Accessed April 27, 2013 at http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Trichechidae.html
author: Phil Myers, Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

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Other Physical Features: endothermic ; bilateral symmetry

bibliographic citation: Myers, P. 2001. "Trichechidae" (On-line), Animal Diversity Web. Accessed April 27, 2013 at http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Trichechidae.html
author: Phil Myers, Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

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Key Reproductive Features: gonochoric/gonochoristic/dioecious (sexes separate); sexual

bibliographic citation: Myers, P. 2001. "Trichechidae" (On-line), Animal Diversity Web. Accessed April 27, 2013 at http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Trichechidae.html
author: Phil Myers, Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

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Trichechidae is a family of sirenians that includes all living manatees and several extinct genera.

TRICHECHIDAE

^ 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

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Trichechidae is a family of sirenians that includes all living manatees and several extinct genera.