Dwarf Manatee?

Hey guys, I'm the author of the blog post you originally linked too.

I just wanted to add that the discoverer, Van Roosmalen, believes the dwarf manatee to be a new species (which he called trichechus bernhardi) due to the the differences cited in the article (size, diet, habitat), but that the dwarf manatee has not been confirmed as a seperate species and some scientists believe it might just be a variant of the trichechus ingunius, the other manatee species found in the Amazon.

I don't think I made that clear when I wrote the post.

Anyway, thanks for the link,
Meeg
 
Hey guys, I'm the author of the blog post you originally linked too.

I just wanted to add that the discoverer, Van Roosmalen, believes the dwarf manatee to be a new species (which he called trichechus bernhardi) due to the the differences cited in the article (size, diet, habitat), but that the dwarf manatee has not been confirmed as a seperate species and some scientists believe it might just be a variant of the trichechus ingunius, the other manatee species found in the Amazon.

I don't think I made that clear when I wrote the post.

Anyway, thanks for the link,
Meeg

Hello Meeg and welcome to zoobeat!

I don't think an author to a blog I've linked has ever replied here on Zoobeat. Especially that fast.:D

Anyways...I hope it does become a seperate species. At first I thought it was a baby, but then read more about it and was surprised that they think it may be a new specie.
 
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