Order Sirenia Author James H. Honacki Author Kenneth E. Kinman Author James W. Koeppl text 1982 Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections Lawrence, Kansas, USA Editor James H. Honacki Editor Kenneth E. Kinman Editor James W. Koeppl Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition) 305 306 book chapter http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7353046 0-89327-235-3 7353046 Trichechus manatus Linnaeus, 1758 . Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1:34 . TYPE LOCALITY: West Indies . DISTRIBUTION: S. Atlantic and Caribbean coasts from Virginia ( U.S.A. ) and West Indies to Sergipe (formerly to Espirito Santo ), ( Brazil ); Orinoco and Magdalena river systems. COMMENT: Includes latirostris; see Hatt, 1934, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 66:533-566. Range appears disjunct N. and S. of Amazon estuaries, where inunguis occurs; see Domning, 1981 , Biol. Conserv., 19:85-97. Reviewed by Husar, 1978, Mamm. Species, 93:1- 5. Type locality restricted by Thomas, 1911, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1911: 132. PROTECTED STATUS: CITES - Appendix I and U.S. ESA - Endangered. ISIS NUMBER: 5301417002001002001.