Manatees are large, fully aquatic, mostly herbivorous marine mammals sometimes known as
sea cows. There are three accepted living species of Trichechidae, representing three of the four living species in the order Sirenia: the Amazonian manatee (
Trichechus inunguis), the West Indian manatee (
Trichechus manatus), and the West African manatee (
Trichechus senegalensis). They measure up to 4.0 m long, weigh as much as 590 kg and have paddle-like flippers. The name
manatí comes from the Taíno, a pre-Columbian people of the Caribbean, meaning "breast"
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