Trichechidae is a family of sirenians that includes all living manatees and several extinct genera.

Systematics

TRICHECHIDAE *MiosireninaeM. Voss. 2014. On the invalidity of Halitherium schinzii Kaup, 1838 (Mammalia, Sirenia), with comments on systematic consequences. Zoosystematics and Evolution 90(1):87-93 **''

Anomotherium ''Anomotherium'' is an extinct genus of manatee that lived in the shallow seas of what is now northern Germany. Its closest relative is ''Miosiren''. Fossils of the genus have been found in the Bohlen and Doberg Formations of Germany. Ecology L ...

'' ***''Anomotherium langewieschei'' **''

Miosiren ''Miosiren'' is an extinct genus of manatee from the Early Miocene of southeastern England (Suffolk) and Antwerp, Belgium. Two species are recognized, ''M. canhami'' and ''M. kocki''. Phylogeny A 2014 cladistic analysis of extinct sirenians re ...

'' ***''Miosiren canhami'' ***''Miosiren kocki'' *Trichechinae **''

Trichechus Manatees (family Trichechidae, genus ''Trichechus'') are large, fully aquatic, mostly herbivorous marine mammals sometimes known as sea cows. There are three accepted living species of Trichechidae, representing three of the four living species ...

'' ***''Trichechus inunguis'' -

Amazonian Manatee The Amazonian manatee (''Trichechus inunguis'') is a species of manatee that lives in the Amazon Basin in Brazil, Peru, Colombia and Ecuador. It has thin, wrinkled brownish or gray colored skin, with fine hairs scattered over its body and a wh ...

***''Trichechus manatus'' - West Indian Manatee ***''Trichechus senegalensis'' -

African Manatee The African manatee (''Trichechus senegalensis''), also known as the West African manatee, is a species of manatee that inhabits much of the western region of Africa – from Senegal to Angola. It is the only manatee species to be found in the O ...

***'' Trichechus hesperamazonicus'' **''

Potamosiren ''Potamosiren'' is an extinct genus of manatee from the Middle Miocene (Laventan) Honda Group of Colombia. Phylogeny A 2014 cladistic analysis of extinct sirenians recovers ''Potamosiren'' as a close relative of modern manatees.M. Voss. 2014. ...

'' ***''Potamosiren magdalensis'' **''

Ribodon ''Ribodon'' is an extinct genus of manatee that lived around South America (Ituzaingó Formation, then described as Entrerriana Formation, Argentina, Solimões Formation, Brazil and Urumaco Formation, Urumaco, Venezuela) during the Tortonian (M ...

'' ***''Ribodon limbatus''

References

Mammal families Taxa named by Theodore Gill Sirenians {{Mammal-stub