Manatee and Sea Turtle
by Terri Mills
Title
Manatee and Sea Turtle
Artist
Terri Mills
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
Taken in the underground aquarium at the Lowry Park Zoo
Copyright Terri Mills All Rights Reserved
Manatee ... description taken from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Antillean manatee
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Sirenia
Family: Trichechidae
Gill, 1872
Genus: Trichechus
Linnaeus, 1758
Species
Trichechus inunguis
Trichechus manatus
Trichechus senegalensis
Trichechus "pygmaeus" (validity questionable)
Manatees (family Trichechidae, genus Trichechus) are large, fully aquatic, mostly herbivorous marine mammals sometimes known as sea cows. They are noted for their friendly nature, their large size (up to 3.6 metres (12 ft)), and paddle-like flippers. The name manat� comes from the Ta�no, a pre-Columbian people of the Caribbean, meaning "breast".
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June 26th, 2010
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