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Florida Manatees To Remain Classified As “Threatened,” Antillean Manatees Reclassed As “Endangered”
However, the proposed rule would reclassify Antillean manatees found in Puerto Rico from "threatened" to "endangered" due to declining population trends and isolated populations. READ: Florida DOH ...
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Have Antillean Manatees Crossed the Panama Canal into the Pacific?
Guzmán, and marine biologist Candy K. Real, from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, to ask themselves: “have Antillean manatees entered the Eastern Pacific Ocean?” In other words ...
12 Surprising Facts About Manatees
Its two subspecies, the Florida manatee (T. manatus latirostris) and the Antillean manatee (T. manatus manatus) are both ...
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Florida Manatees Denied Greater Endangered Species Act Protections
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today denied endangered status for the Florida manatee and proposed to protect the Antillean manatee of Puerto Rico as endangered. A 2022 ...
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Florida Manatees to Receive Nearly 2 Million Acres of Revised Protected Habitat
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today proposed a revised critical habitat plan that would protect 1,904,191 acres of critical habitat for the Florida manatee, as well as ...
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Manatees are gentle giants
The Florida manatee is one of two subspecies of the West Indian manatee. The other subspecies is the Antillean manatee, which occurs from Brazil to Mexico. The Florida manatee is found along the ...
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Florida manatees expected to remain below endangered criteria despite Unusual Mortality Event
According to the FWS, the Florida manatee will continue to be considered threatened under the Endangered Species Act, while the Antillean manatee, which is found around the Caribbean and Puerto ...