This is mostly due to the variety of threats to them, including boat collisions, hunting, habitat destruction, and toxic red tides. The West Indian manatee (Trichechus manatus) and West African ...

The West Indian manatee (Trichechus manatus) inhabits the coastal waters of the Caribbean Sea. Its two subspecies, the ...

The new regulation splits the West Indian manatee into the Florida manatee ... Roff also said climate change and degradation of the manatee's habitat should be sufficient to re-classify them ...

The Florida manatee (Trichechus manatus latirsotris) is an endemic subspecies of West Indian manatee that inhabits inland and ... which may be ubiquitous throughout manatee habitat. photo by Ethan ...