Trichechus hesperamazonicus Perini et al., 2020
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: Late Pleistocene
Distribution
Rondônia, Brazil (western)
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Perini, Fernando A. et al. (2020). A new species of Trichechus Linnaeus, 1758 (Sirenia, Trichechidae), from the upper Pleistocene of southwestern Amazonia, and the evolution of Amazonian manatees. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 39(5): e1697882. [Abstract]