Trichechidae Explained

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

Systematics

Trichechidae

• Miosireninae^[1]
  • 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

Notes and 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