West Indian manatee  (Trichechus manatus)

Facts

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Sirenia
Family Trichechidae
Genus Trichechus (1)
Size Length: up to 4 m (2)
Weight up to 1,500 kg (2)

Status

Classified as Vulnerable (VU) on the IUCN Red List 2007 (1). Listed on Appendix I of CITES (3) and Appendix I of the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS or Bonn Convention) (4). Subspecies: Florida manatee (T. m. latirostris) classified as Endangered (EN), Antillean manatee (T. m. manatus) classified as Endangered (EN) (1).