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Home Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Subphylum Vertebrata Class Mammalia Order Sirenia Family Trichechidae

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dugong and sea cow Dugongidae manatees Trichechidae	manatees Trichechidae dugong and sea cow Dugongidae	Amazonian manatee Trichechus inunguis
West Indian manatee Trichechus manatus	West Indian manatee Trichechus manatus	West Indian manatee Trichechus manatus
West Indian manatee Trichechus manatus	West Indian manatee Trichechus manatus	West Indian manatee Trichechus manatus
West Indian manatee Trichechus manatus	West Indian manatee Trichechus manatus	West Indian manatee Trichechus manatus
West Indian manatee Trichechus manatus	West Indian manatee Trichechus manatus	African manatee Trichechus senegalensis

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Citation: Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2008. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed July 05, 2008 at http://animaldiversity.org.
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