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Topic: Amazonian Manatee

	Manatee information Amazonian Manatee at Animal Corner
		The Amazonian Manatee Trichechus inunguis is a species of manatee that lives in the freshwater habitats of the Amazon River and its tributaries.
		Amazonian manatees do most of their feeding during the wet season, when they eat new vegetation in seasonally flooded backwaters.
		The Amazonian manatee is a herbivore that feeds on aquatic vegetation near lake edges, such as aquatic grasses, and floating vegetation such as water lilies.
	www.animalcorner.co.uk /marine/manatees/manatee_amazonian.html (714 words)

	Manatee - MSN Encarta
		Manatee, common name for each of three species of a large water mammal, popularly called a sea cow because it grazes on marine grasses and other water plants.
		This is especially important for Amazonian manatees when waters recede after floods, confining some for extended periods in shallow waters away from plants on river banks.
		The Amazonian manatee is classified as Trichechus inunguis, the West African manatee as Trichechus senegalensis, and West Indian manatee as Trichechus manatus.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761575938/Manatee.html (433 words)

	Manatee Facts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The manatee's closest land relatives are the elephant and the hyrax, a small, gopher-sized mammal.
		Manatees are believed to have evolved from a wading, plant-eating animal.
		The West Indian manatee is related to the West African manatee, the Amazonian manatee, the dugong, and to the Steller's sea cow, which was hunted to extinction in 1768.
	www.savethemanatee.org /manfcts.htm (712 words)

	Amazon Animals mammals - manatee natural history (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Amazonian manatee is the smallest of the sirenians, the family of mammals to which they belong.
		For the manatee mealtime is "feast or famine." During the flood season, they retreat to backwaters in areas of dense aquatic vegetation.
		Manatees' molar (chewing) teeth are unique among mammals, being replaced throughout life as they are worn out, which is quite quickly considering the coarse plants upon which they feed.
	www.junglephotos.com /amazon/amanimals/ammammals/manateenathist.shtml (1323 words)

	Bagheera: An Endangered Species and Endangered Animal Online Education Resource
		The manatee is a large, bulky aquatic mammal with flippered forelimbs and a spatula-shaped tail.
		Manatees are one of four living species in the Order Sirenia, which also includes the West African manatee, the Amazonian manatee, and the dugong.
		Manatees are slow, near-surface swimmers, and the number of collisions with motorboats is increasing at an alarming rate.
	www.bagheera.com /inthewild/van_anim_manatee.htm (1129 words)

	Manatee information at Animal Corner
		Manatees are a greyish-brown colour, however, Amazonian manatees usually have white or pink patches on the belly and chest.
		Manatees have two small pectoral flippers on their upper body which are used for steering.
		Manatee flippers have five digits that are covered by a thick layer of skin.
	www.animalcorner.co.uk /marine/manatees/manatee_about.html (385 words)

	Gale Schools - Environment - Endangered Species - Manatee (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The manatee has rough, wrinkled skin that is brownish gray in color, while the dugong has smooth skin that is dark gray on the topside and light gray on the underside.
		Another special manatee adaptation, related to their diet of fibrous grasses and plants, was the subject of a paper published by Daryl Domning when this world-renowned expert was studying Amazonian manatees in 1975.
		Manatees, which at the time were not known in Europe, might have been a new sight to Columbus's men, but the natives who lived on the islands were well acquainted with this animal, which they hunted for both its meat and its hide.
	www.galeschools.com /environment/endangered/manatee.htm (2309 words)

	Manatees
		Amazonian manatees usually have white or pink patches on the belly and chest.
		Some Amazonian manatees living in deep bodies of water apparently fast during dry seasons (November and December) when water levels drop as much as 9 to 15 m (30-50 ft.), eliminating their access to vegetation.
		Manatees feed on seagrass beds in shallow water where there is little time or room to dive to the bottom to avoid oncoming boats.
	www.solcomhouse.com /manatee.htm (2539 words)

	Manatee Background Information
		Manatees are large mammals that live their entire lives in the water.
		Manatees have an acute ability to hear and squeals are often used to keep contact between a mother and calf.
		Manatees mostly eat in the water but they use high tides to reach feeding grounds and shoreline vegetation that are inaccessible at low tides.
	www.virtualexplorers.org /belize/belize_bkgd.htm (1334 words)

	Sirenians of the World (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Antillean manatees are found in the coastal and inland waterways of eastern Mexico, Central America, the Greater Antilles, and along the northern and eastern coasts of South America.
		Amazonian manatees are found in the waters of the Amazon River and its tributaries in South America.
		The West African manatee is very similar in size and appearance to the West Indian manatee and lives in similar habitat.
	www.savethemanatee.org /sirenian.htm (452 words)

	Manatee - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Manatees are also vulnerable to red tides, blooms of algae which leach oxygen from the water.
		Manatees were commonly hunted for their meat by natives of the Caribbean, although this is much less common today.
		Manatees are herbivores and eat over 60 different plant species such as mangrove leaves, turtle grass, and types of algae, using their divided upper lip.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Manatee (1059 words)

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		The manatees only teeth are molars, which are used to chew the vegetation that they consume (approximately 4% - 8% of their body weight in wet vegetation daily).
		The population of the manatee are very hard to determine for the West Indian and Amazonian, but for the Florida manatee, there are approximately 1900.
		Manatee are considered semi-social, with the main social unit being the cow and her calf.
	hometown.aol.com /wildlifeadvoc8/Manatee.htm (666 words)

	Manatee Summary
		The life span of manatees is long, greater than 30 years, but their reproductive rate is low, with gestation being 13 months and females giving birth to one calf every two years.
		Manatees (family Trichechidae, genus Trichechus) are large aquatic mammals sometimes known as sea cows.
		Manatees inhabit the shallow, marshy coastal areas of North, Central, and South America, and the Caribbean Sea.
	www.bookrags.com /Manatee (979 words)

	Animal Info - Amazonian Manatee
		Manatees are large, cylindrically shaped mammals, with forelimbs modified into flippers, no free hindlimbs, and the rear of the body in the form of a flat, rounded, horizontal paddle.
		The general coloration is gray, and most Amazonian manatees have a distinct white or bright pink patch on the breast.
		The American manatee and the West African manatee are all gray and do not have the distinct white or bright pink patch on the breast characteristic of most Amazonian manatees.
	www.animalinfo.org /species/tricinun.htm (1406 words)

	manatee
		The Amazonian manatee is restricted to the freshwater Amazon basin.
		Florida manatees are highly susceptible to cold; it’s not unusual for them to die during extremely cold weather.
		The bones are found in a cartilage tissue area of the body in the vicinity of the reproductive organs and the urinary bladder.
	www.geocities.com /scrunchk/manatee.html (949 words)

	Amazonian manatee
		Amazonian manatee distribution is restricted to the fresh waters of the Amazon River Basin and its tributaries in South America -- these animals never venture out into salt water.
		Many Amazonian manatees are found in Brazil where limited funding is available for research, but their habitat also reaches into Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru where more research is needed.
		Amazonian manatee behavior is highly influenced by the annual wet-dry cycle.
	www.sirenian.org /amazonian.html (400 words)

	ANIMAL BYTES - Manatee
		The Amazonian manatee is the smallest of the manatees.
		Male manatees (bulls) are sexually mature by about nine to ten years, although some have produced viable sperm at two to three years of age.
		Manatees are nonaggressive, nonterritorial herbivores that spend most of their time feeding (six to eight hours per day) and resting (two to twelve hours per day).
	www.seaworld.org /animal-info/animal-bytes/animalia/eumetazoa/coelomates/deuterostomes/chordata/craniata/mammalia/sirenia/manatees.htm (1575 words)

	What is a manatee?
		Florida manatees, a subspecies of the West Indian manatee, dine on manatee grass, turtle grass, and water hyacinth.
		Manatees are mostly solitary creatures, but they sometimes gather in unorganized groups of a dozen or more.
		Manatees can renew about 90% of the air in their lungs in a single breath (humans renew only about 10%).
	www.seaworld.org /animal-info/info-books/manatee/what-is-a-manatee.htm (583 words)

	Animal Info - American Manatee
		The order that includes manatees, Sirenia, is named for these legendary female "sirens." It is supposed that the three "mermaids" that Columbus reported in his ships' logs were American manatees, the first record of the species in literature.
		On the other hand, both the American and West African manatees can easily be distinguished from the Amazonian manatee, because they lack the distinctive white markings on the abdomen or chest which are characteristic of the latter species.
		Most manatees appear to be nomadic and to move hundreds of kilometers, pausing for days, weeks, months, or seasons in estuaries and rivers that supply their needs.
	www.animalinfo.org /species/tricmana.htm (3106 words)

	Homosassa Springs Wildlife Park Wildlife - Manatee Facts
		Manatees are concentrated in Florida in the winter, but can be found as far west as Louisiana and as far north as Virginia and the Carolinas in the summer months.
		Manatees breed year round in Florida, however most of the calf's are born in the spring and summer months.
		Most amazonian manatees are born in February and May. At birth the calf measures about 4 to 4.5ft and weighs about 60-70 pounds.
	www.manateecam.com /wildfacts.html (610 words)

	Citrus: Manatee facts
		The manatee's closest relatives are the elephant and the hyrax (a small furry animal that resembles a rodent).
		The West Indian manatee is related to the West African manatee, the Amazonian manatee, the dugong and Stellar's sea cow, which was hunted to extinction in 1768.
		Within the United States, West Indian manatees are concentrated in Florida in the winter, but can be found in summer months as far west as Alabama and as far north as Virginia and the Carolinas.
	www.sptimes.com /2002/01/11/news_pf/Citrus/Manatee_facts.shtml (548 words)

	The Amazonian Manatee (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Amazonian manatee is found in the lagoons and rivers that flow off of the Amazon River though such countries as Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Guyana, and Ecuador.
		Unlike the other species of manatee, the Amazonian manatee lives only in fresh water and does not have nails on its flippers, The flippers are very flexible and are used for maneuvering in the eater.
		The Amazonian manatee migrates with the rise and fall of the water level of the river, In the dry season (usually November) Amazonian manatees migrate from the rivers to the deeper lakes.
	grid2.cr.usgs.gov /cepnet/kids/cb06.html (176 words)

	Manatees in Florida
		Manatees are a large, slow-moving marine mammal that inhabit warm tropical and subtropical waters of North and South America and Africa.
		Manatees eat by using their divided upper lip, which is very flexible, to grasp and take in sea grass and floating freshwater plants.
		Manatees are completely herbivorous and can eat 10-15% of their body weight daily, or 100 to 150 pounds of vegetation for a 1,000-pound manatee.
	www.realestatesarasota.net /manatee (1098 words)

	DRC - Manatee Conservation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The West Indian and Amazonian manatee are both endangered, and the West African manatee is threatened, according to the Endangered Species Act.
		Up to eighty-five percent of all manatees that have been identified in Florida are recognized by their scar patterns The large majority of watercraft collisions involve recreational vessels.
		Manatees are difficult to see floating in the water, and most drivers, unaware of their presence, unknowingly run these animals over.
	www.dolphins.org /Learn/lmm-mcon.htm (659 words)

	Manatee Fact Sheet
		Manatees are believed to have evolved from a wading, plant-eating animal, and share a common ancestor with the elephant.
		The reproductive rate for manatees is slow, with females reaching sexual maturity between 5 to 9 years and males not until 9 years old.
		Manatees are slow-moving and are often unable to avoid collisions.
	www.fiu.edu /~fuentes/manfact_F.htm (735 words)

	Manatees (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Manatees, also known as sea cows, are an gentle endangered species.
		Manatees are also one of the few species of aquatic mammals.
		Manatees have become endangered because of hunting for their hides, meat, and blubber oil.
	worldkids.net /critters/endangered/manatee.htm (201 words)

	VIA Online Florida's Manatee
		West Indian manatees are related to the Amazonian manatee, the West African manatee, and the South Pacific dugong.
		About 43 percent of manatee deaths from 1976 through 1996 were human-related—boating accidents mostly, and ingestion of fishhooks, litter, and monofilament line.
		Manatee tank and exhibit, licensed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to rescue and medically treat manatees.
	www.viamagazine.com /top_stories/articles/manatee98.asp (523 words)

	Airuwé, Orphaned Amazonian Manatee in Colombia
		On February 8th 2002 Airuwe, an Amazonian manatee aged 3 years 8 months, was returned to the wild by the Omacha Foundation and the community of Puerto Nariño.
		"Enclosed are pix of Airuwé, the manatee calf.
		Many thanks -- if you would like to add that the manatee calf is gaining weight adequately, and receives 4 to 5 bottle feeds a day, trying to vary the person feeding so that he does not develop individual human attachments which could impede his eventual return to a wild manatee group.
	www.sirenian.org /airuwe.html (1001 words)

	West Indian Manatee
		The manatee, whose closest relative is the elephant, defied evolutionary trends by crawling back into the sea.
		The manatee is a herbivore, and the three other surviving members of the manatee species: the Amazonian manatee of South America, the West African Manatee, and the dugong of Australia and the Indian Ocean are the only herbivorous marine mammals alive today.
		Manatees are sighted singly, and in pods, traversing the warm gulf water off South Walton as they travel from one range to another.
	www.beachtobay.org /html/west_indian_manatee.htm (212 words)

	Amazon Manatee (Trichechus inunguis)
		The Amazonian Manatee is the largest aquatic mammal in the Amazon Basin.
		The manatee's closest relative is the elephant and hyrax
		Manatees are completely herbivorous and consume up to 15% of their body weight daily in vegetation.
	www.yaqupacha.de /enmanati.htm (88 words)

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