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 Kikuchi, Mumi; Silva, Vera Maria Ferreira da; Rosas, Fernando César Weber; Souza, Diogo; Miyazaki, Nobuyuki (detail)
   
2012
The implications of turning behaviour performed by Amazonian manatees after release into the wild.
Journal of Ethology 30(1): 187-190. 1 tab. 2 figs. DOI:10.1007/s10164-011-0290-0. Jan. 2012.
–ABSTRACT: Sirenians have dichromatic colour vision and tactile hairs but have not developed underwater echolocation. Amazonian manatees (Trichechus inunguis) live in turbid water and it has been unclear how they understand their surroundings. In this study, we recorded the 3D movements of two captive-raised Amazonian manatees. The results revealed that the manatees always swam in a circular pattern. Both animals used slower, narrower turning motions as they approached the flooded forests, which are abundant in aquatic vegetation. Therefore, we suggest that these two manatees swam in a circular pattern to detect all directions of their surroundings especially using sensitive facial bristles.
 
 
 Silva, Vera Maria Ferreira da; Souza, Diogo Alexandre de; d'Affonseca, Anselmo; Amaral, Rodrigo de Souza; Romero, Ricardo (detail)
   
2019
Mamíferos Aquáticos da Amazônia. Aquatic mammals of the Amazon.
Manaus, Editora INPA: 1-120. Illus.
–Text in both Portuguese and English. Richly illustrated history and description of the Aquatic Mammals Program at the National Institute of Amazonian Research (INPA), Manaus, Brazil. Preface by D. Domning, pp. 6-7. The Amazonian Manatee Project is covered mainly on pp. 32-41, but numerous other photographs of T. inunguis are scattered throughout.
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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