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West Indian manatee. The West Indian manatee ( Trichechus manatus ), also known as the North American manatee, is a large, aquatic mammal native to warm coastal areas of the Caribbean, from the eastern United States to northern Brazil. Living alone or in herds, it feeds on underwater plants and uses its whiskers to navigate.
The manatee's tail is paddle-shaped, and is the clearest visible difference between manatees and dugongs; a dugong tail is fluked, similar in shape to that of a whale. The manatee is unusual among mammals in having just six cervical vertebrae, [9] a number that may be due to mutations in the homeotic genes. [10]
Trichechus senegalensis. Link, 1795. African manatee range. 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. [ 3] It is the only manatee species to be found in the Old World .
Snooty (July 21, 1948 – July 23, 2017) was a male Florida manatee that resided at the Bishop Museum of Science and Nature 's Parker Manatee Aquarium in Bradenton, Florida. He was one of the first recorded captive manatee births, and at age 69, he was the oldest manatee in captivity, [1] and possibly the oldest manatee in the world.
Website. cityofbradenton .com. Bradenton ( / ˈbreɪdəntən / BRAY-dən-tən) is a city in and the county seat [ 8] of Manatee County, Florida, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city's population is 55,698, up from 49,546 at the 2010 census. It is a principal city in the North Port- Bradenton -Sarasota, Florida Metropolitan Statistical ...
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The Cross College Alliance is composed of five institutions: New College of Florida, Ringling College of Art and Design, The Ringling/FSU, State College of Florida Sarasota-Manatee, and University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee. [80] The alliance aims to foster community among these local organizations through shared resources. [80]