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NRLD - 65371 | Trichechus manatus

Assessment ID
65371
Taxon name
Trichechus manatus
Linnaeus, 1758
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National Red List Database
Taxonomic information
Scientific name
Trichechus manatus
Linnaeus, 1758
Common name(s)
Spanish: Manati del Caribe, Manati de las Antillas
Assessed taxon level
Species
Higher level taxonomic groupings
Vertebrates
Mammals
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
chordata
Class
mammalia
Order
sirenia
Family
trichechidae
Genus
Trichechus
Species
manatus
Species authority
Linnaeus, 1758
Location and scope
Specific locality or subnational name or regional name
Colombia
Scope (of the Assessment)
National
Countries included within the scope of the assessment
Colombia
Country ISO code(s)
COL
Does the assessment cover a marine EEZ area(s)?
Not_assigned
Conservation Status
Assessed as
Endangered
Abbreviated status
EN
Qualifying criteria (if given)
Criteria unknown
Criteria system used
IUCN

(see Assessment details)

Assessment details
Year assessed
2006
Assessors/contributors/reviewers listed
Lista de mamíferos amenazados de Colombia (Resolucion 0572 de 2005 del Ministerio de Ambiente Vivienda y Desarrollo Territorial)
Criteria system used
IUCN
Reference for methods given
IUCN (2001) IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria: version 3.1. IUCN Species Survival Commission. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. ii+30pp
Further information
Endemism (according to assessment)
Endemic to region
No
Is there a map available in assessment?
Not_assigned
Habitat and systems
Ecological system type
Terrestrial
Not_assigned
Freshwater
Not_assigned
Marine
Not_assigned
Threats and conservation measures listed
Threats listed in assessment
No information available
Publication
Libro Rojo de los mamiferos de Colombia
Rodríguez, J.V., M. Alberico, F. Trujillo, and J. Jorgenson. 2006. Libro Rojo de los mamiferos de Colombia. Conservación Internacional Colombia.