Amazonian Manatee Skull Replica
$454.00
The Amazonian manatee occurs throughout the Amazon river basin as well as many of its tributaries. This species is the smallest of the sirenians, the order that includes all manatees and the dugong.
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Description
Amazonian manatee skull replica measures 12.9 x 9.4 x 12.5 inches. Trichechus inunguis skull is a museum-quality polyurethane resin cast from California Academy of Sciences specimen. 2-part skull (separate cranium and mandible). 1:1 scale. Made in USA.
Amazonian manatee is a species of manatee that lives in the Amazon Basin in Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela. It has thin, wrinkled brownish or gray colored skin, with fine hairs scattered over its body and a white chest patch.
Amazonian manatees or are large, cylindrically shaped mammals, with forelimbs modified into flippers, no free hind-limbs, and the rear of the body in the form of a flat, rounded, horizontal paddle.
The flexible flippers are used for aiding motion over the bottom, scratching, touching and even embracing other manatees, and moving food into and cleaning the mouth.
The manatee’s upper lip is modified into a large bristly surface, which is deeply divided. Amazonian manatees can move each side of the lips independently while feeding.
The general the coloration is grey, and most Amazonian manatees have a distinct white or bright pink patch on the breast.
Scientific Classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Mammalia
- Order: Sirenia
- Family: Trichechidae
- Genus: Trichechus
- Species: T. inunguis
- Binomial name: Trichechus inunguis
- Conservation status: Vulnerable
Additional information
| Weight | 11 lbs |
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| Dimensions | 12.9 × 9.4 × 12.5 in |
| International Manatee Day - Sept. 7 | Every year on Sept. 7 Manatees are recognized by the conservation, education, and research work done worldwide to protect all species and subspecies of manatees and the ecosystems they rely on. |