Trichechus hesperamazonicus
Extinct species of manatee / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Trichechus hesperamazonicus, the western Amazonian manatee, is an extinct species of manatee that lived about 40 thousand years ago in the Madeira River, in the Brazilian state of Rondonia.[1][2] It is known from this single locality, with possible occurrences in the Brazilian state of Acre.[1]
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Trichechus hesperamazonicus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Sirenia |
Family: | Trichechidae |
Genus: | Trichechus |
Species: | †T. hesperamazonicus |
Binomial name | |
†Trichechus hesperamazonicus Perini, Nascimento & Cozzuol 2020 | |
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