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 Contreras Fleury, Mario; Anguiano Garcia, Andrea Isabel; Arenas Fragoso, Miztli Daniel (detail)
   
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Estado de conservacion del Manati antillano en Mexico.
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–ABSTRACT: The antillean manatee (T. manatus: member of the order Sirenia, is a unique feature in the world by the peculiarity that it involves the only remnant marine mammals with pure herbivorous feeding habits, being called seacows because of that characteristics. This order, which evolution has been unique since its origin, 50 million years ago, has today all his living species in a vulnerable state of conservation according to the IUCN. This is why it is important to know the conservation status of this species in Mexico, country where lives one of the most important populations of T. manatus, and to know what to do for contributing in their conservation.
 RESUMEN: El manatí antillano forma parte del orden Sirenia, único en el mundo debido a la peculiaridad de albergar a los únicos mamíferos marinos existentes de hábito puramente herbívoro, de ahí que se les nombre vacas marinas. Este orden, cuya evolución ha sido única y cuyo origen se remonta a 50 millones de años atrás, tiene hoy en estado vulnerable a todos sus representantes según la UICN. Por esto, es importante conocer el estado de conservación de T. manatus en México, país donde sólo se distribuye esta especie de sirénido, y con ello proponer medidas para contribuir a su conservación.
Daryl P. Domning, Research Associate, Department of Paleobiology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. 20560, and Laboratory of Evolutionary Biology, Department of Anatomy, College of Medicine, Howard University, Washington, D.C. 20059.
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