Amazonian manatee

Japanese: アマゾンマナティー - あまぞんまなてぃー
Amazonian manatee

...Except for Australia, it is a protected species under the CITES Convention. There are three known species of manatee: the American manatee (illustration) (approximately 3,000 individuals), which is distributed from Florida to the Caribbean Sea and the northern coast of South America; the Amazonian manatee (approximately 2,000 individuals), which lives in the Amazon River; and the African manatee (approximately 10,000 individuals), which is found in the rivers of West Africa, especially the Niger River. The American manatee and the Amazonian manatee are protected species under the CITES Convention. ...

[Manatee]

…General term for mammals of the Manatee family in the order Manatee. There are three species: the American manatee (illustration), found in Florida, the Caribbean Sea, and the northern coast of South America; the Amazonian manatee, found in the Amazon River; and the African manatee, found in the rivers of West Africa, especially the Niger River. They prefer to eat aquatic plants such as seaweed and water hyacinth. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to the Amazonian manatee is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…オーストラリアを除いてCITES条約の保護動物である。マナティー科はフロリダからカリブ海,南アメリカ北岸に分布するアメリカマナティー(イラスト)(約3000頭),アマゾン川にいるアマゾンマナティー(約2000頭),西アフリカの河川,とくにニジェール川に多いアフリカマナティー(約1万頭)の3種が知られている。アメリカマナティーおよびアマゾンマナティーはCITES条約の保護動物。…

【マナティー】より

…カイギュウ目マナティー科の哺乳類の総称。フロリダからカリブ海,南アメリカ北岸に分布するアメリカマナティー(イラスト),アマゾン川のアマゾンマナティー,西アフリカの河川,とくにニジェール川に多いアフリカマナティーの3種がある。海草やホテイアオイなどの水草を好んで食べる。…

※「アマゾンマナティー」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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