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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
  • †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

v t e Sirenian genera
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Superorder: Afrotheria Clade: Paenungulata
Sirenia	†Eosiren †Eotheroides †Prototherium †Sobrarbesiren †Prorastomidae Pezosiren Prorastomus †Protosirenidae Ashokia Libysiren Protosiren Trichechidae †Miosireninae Anomotherium Miosiren Trichechinae †Potamosiren †Ribodon Trichechus Dugongidae †Anisosiren †Caribosiren †Halitherium †Indosiren †Lentiarenium †Kaupitherium †Metaxytherium †Paralitherium †Priscosiren †Prohalicore †Stegosiren †Sirenavus †Hydrodamalinae Dusisiren Hydrodamalis Dugonginae †Bharatisiren †Callistosiren †Crenatosiren †Corystosiren †Culebratherium †Dioplotherium †Domningia Dugong †Italosiren †Kutchisiren †Nanosiren †Norosiren †Rytiodus †Xenosiren

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