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Trichechus manatus

VU

Status

Vulnerable

Population

Data not assessed

Trend

?Unknown

Group

Mammals

Family

TRICHECHIDAE

Data Source

iucn-redlist-2025

AI Species Profile

Claude-generated profile pending enrichment

Threats (19)

Housing & urban areas

Code: 1.1

Ongoing

Habitat shifting & alteration

Code: 11.1

Ongoing

Storms & flooding

Code: 11.4

Ongoing

Annual & perennial non-timber crops

Code: 2.1

Ongoing

Livestock farming & ranching

Code: 2.3

Ongoing

Oil & gas drilling

Code: 3.1

Ongoing

Shipping lanes

Code: 4.3

Ongoing

Hunting & trapping terrestrial animals

Code: 5.1

Ongoing

Logging & wood harvesting

Code: 5.3

Ongoing

Recreational activities

Code: 6.1

Ongoing

Dams & water management/use

Code: 7.2

Ongoing

Other ecosystem modifications

Code: 7.3

Ongoing

Invasive non-native/alien species/diseases

Code: 8.1

Ongoing

Problematic native species/diseases

Code: 8.2

Ongoing

Domestic & urban waste water

Code: 9.1

Ongoing

Industrial & military effluents

Code: 9.2

Ongoing

Agricultural & forestry effluents

Code: 9.3

Ongoing

Type Unknown/Unrecorded (pollution)

Code: 9.3.4

Ongoing

Garbage & solid waste

Code: 9.4

Ongoing
Habitats (7)

FRESHWATER

Code: gbif-0 · Suitable · Major importance

MARINE

Code: gbif-1 · Suitable · Major importance

Marine coastal/supratidal

Code: iucn-13 · Suitable · Major importance

Wetlands (inland)

Code: iucn-5 · Suitable · Major importance

Wetlands (inland) - Permanent rivers/streams

Code: iucn-5.1 · Suitable · Major importance

Wetlands (inland) - Bogs, marshes, swamps, fens

Code: iucn-5.4 · Suitable · Major importance

Marine neritic

Code: iucn-9 · Suitable · Major importance

Countries (33)
AWArubaBSBahamasBZBelizeBRBrazilVGBritish Virgin IslandsBQCaribbean NetherlandsKYCayman IslandsCOColombiaCRCosta RicaCUCubaCWCuraçaoDODominican RepublicGFFrench GuianaGDGrenadaGPGuadeloupeGTGuatemalaGYGuyanaHTHaitiHNHondurasJMJamaicaMQMartiniqueMXMexicoNINicaraguaPAPanamaPEPeruPRPuerto RicoSXSint MaartenSRSurinameTTTrinidad & TobagoTCTurks & Caicos IslandsVIU.S. Virgin IslandsUSUnited StatesVEVenezuela
Conservation Actions (10)

Site/area protection

Code: 1.1

Resource & habitat protection

Code: 1.2

Habitat & natural process restoration

Code: 2.3

Species management

Code: 3.1

Species recovery

Code: 3.2

Ex-situ conservation

Code: 3.4

Awareness & communications

Code: 4.3

Legislation

Code: 5.1

Policies and regulations

Code: 5.2

Compliance and enforcement

Code: 5.4

Taxonomy

Kingdom

ANIMALIA

Phylum

CHORDATA

Class

MAMMALIA

Order

SIRENIA

Family

TRICHECHIDAE

Genus

Trichechus