West Indian manatee
Trichechus manatus
At a glance
- Scientific name
- Trichechus manatus
- Class
- Mammal
- Order
- Sirenia
- Family
- Trichechidae
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Size
- Large (2–4 m)
- Active
- Day and night
- Continent
- North America, South America
- Habitat
- Ocean, Rivers and lakes, Wetlands
- Conservation status
- Vulnerable
- Difficulty in WildGuessr
- Medium
Did you know?
- A manatee can eat roughly a tenth of its body weight in water plants every day.
- New molars keep growing at the back and slowly move forward as the front teeth wear down.
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Classification, names and conservation status come from Wikidata (CC0), the photo from Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata Q40261 · All animals · All entries