What do they prey on? Water lettuce, hyacinth
What do they eat? Herbivores
Average litter size? 1
How much do they weigh? 749-837 lb (340-380 kg)
How long are they? 90-105 in (230-267 cm)
How tall are they? N/A
What do they look like? Egg-shaped head, flat tail, flippers, fine scattered body hair, and a white chest patch
Skin Type Gray/brownish wrinkled skin with scattered body hair
What were their main threats? Humans
What is their conservation status? Vulnerable
Where you’ll find them? Lagoons, Backwater Lakes, Oxbows
Locations Brazil, Peru, Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia, Colombia
Kingdom Animalia
Genus Trichechus
Class Mammalia
Family Trichechidae
What do they prey on? Water lettuce, hyacinth
What do they eat? Herbivores
Average litter size? 1
How much do they weigh? 749-837 lb (340-380 kg)
How long are they? 90-105 in (230-267 cm)
How tall are they? N/A
What do they look like? Egg-shaped head, flat tail, flippers, fine scattered body hair, and a white chest patch
Skin Type Gray/brownish wrinkled skin with scattered body hair
What were their main threats? Humans
What is their conservation status? Vulnerable
Where you’ll find them? Lagoons, Backwater Lakes, Oxbows
Locations Brazil, Peru, Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia, Colombia
Kingdom Animalia
Genus Trichechus
Class Mammalia
Family Trichechidae
What do they prey on? Water lettuce, hyacinth
What do they eat? Herbivores
Average litter size? 1
How much do they weigh? 749-837 lb (340-380 kg)
How long are they? 90-105 in (230-267 cm)
How tall are they? N/A
What do they look like? Egg-shaped head, flat tail, flippers, fine scattered body hair, and a white chest patch
Skin Type Gray/brownish wrinkled skin with scattered body hair
What were their main threats? Humans
What is their conservation status? Vulnerable
What do they prey on?
Water lettuce, hyacinth
What do they eat?
Herbivores
Average litter size?
1
How much do they weigh?
749-837 lb (340-380 kg)
How long are they?
90-105 in (230-267 cm)
How tall are they?
N/A
What do they look like?
Egg-shaped head, flat tail, flippers, fine scattered body hair, and a white chest patch
Skin Type
Gray/brownish wrinkled skin with scattered body hair
What were their main threats?
Humans
What is their conservation status?
Vulnerable
Where you’ll find them? Lagoons, Backwater Lakes, Oxbows
Locations Brazil, Peru, Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia, Colombia
Kingdom Animalia
Genus Trichechus
Class Mammalia
Family Trichechidae
Where you’ll find them?
Lagoons, Backwater Lakes, Oxbows
Locations
Brazil, Peru, Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia, Colombia
Kingdom Animalia
Genus Trichechus
Kingdom
Animalia
Genus
Trichechus
Class Mammalia
Family Trichechidae
