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Griebel, Ulrike; Schmid, Axel (detail)
   
1996
Color vision in the manatee (Trichechus manatus).
Vision Res. 36(17): 2747-2757. 4 tabs. 3 figs. Sept. 1996.
–Antillean manatees at the Nuremberg Zoo showed the ability, in air, to distinguish blue and green from a series of grays, but failed to distinguish red and blue-green from certain shades of gray, and could not tell UV-reflecting from UV-absorbing white targets. This shows that they possess color vision that is most likely dichromatic, in agreement with the known presence of two types of cone cells in the manatee retina.

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Behavior, Investigative, and Sense Perception
(SEE ALSO: Sense Organs; Sound Production)
  x * 1996 Griebel & Schmid (TMM; in capt.; color vision; 2747-2757.)

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(SEE ALSO: Hunting and Capture; Weed Control)
  x 1996 Griebel & Schmid (TMM; Nuremberg; color vision experiments; 2748, 2750-2751.)

Sense Organs
(SEE ALSO: Behavior, Investigative, and Sense Perception; Brain and Nervous System; Digestive System; Skeleton; Sound Production)
  x 1996 Griebel & Schmid (TMM; eye & color vision; 2747.)

Trichechus manatus Linnaeus, 1758
  x 1996 Griebel & Schmid (in capt., Nuremberg; color vision; 2747-2757.)


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