Trichechus

Familia: Trichechidae
Subfamilia: Trichechinae
Genus:
Species (3): T. inunguis – T. manatus – T. senegalensis
Disputed taxa: T. pygmaeus

Trichechus Linnaeus, 1758: 34 [conserved name]

• Type species: Trichechus manatus Linnaeus, 1758, by monotypy.
• Gender: masculine.
• Placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology by Opinion 112 (1929: 19)

• Manatus Brünnich, 1772: 34
• Oxystomus Fischer von Waldheim, 1803: 353
• Trichecus Oken, 1816: 685
• Halipaedisca Gistel, 1848: 83

• Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio Decima, Reformata. Tomus I. Holmiæ (Stockholm): impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. 824 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542 BHL Reference page. 
• International Commisision on Zoological Nomenclature 1929. Opinion 112. Suspension Declined for Manatus 1772 vs. Trichechus 1758. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 73(6): 19. BHL Reference page. 

• International Commisision on Zoological Nomenclature 1925. Opinion 90. Report on Sixteen Generic Names of Mammals for Which Suspension of Rules Was Requested . Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 73(3): 34–40. BHL Reference page. 
• Vianna, J.A., Bonde, R.K., Caballero, S., Giraldo, J.P., Lima, R.P., Clark, A., Marmontel, M., Morales-Vela, B., Souza, M.J., Parr, L., Rodríguez-Lopez, M.A., Mignucci-Giannoni, A.A., Powell, J.A. & Santos, F.R. 2006. Phylogeography, phylogeny and hybridization in trichechid sirenians: implications for manatee conservation. Molecular Ecology 15(2): 433–447. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2005.02771.x Reference page. 
• Roosmalen, Marc G.M. van 2007. Unter Klammeraffen und Schamanen. Der Evolution auf der Spur. Rowohlt Verlag. 256 pp. ISBN 978-3498057770. Reference page. 

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