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    Definition

    “Manatees are aquatic, herbivorous animals of the order Sirenia that inhabit warm, shallow waterways. Decreasing habitat and other challenges from humans have caused all four of its species to be threatened or endangered." (Magill's Encyclopedia of Science: Animal Life)

     

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    • Should Manatees be classified as "threatened" or "endangered" by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission?

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    Reference Books

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    Encyclopedia of marine mammals
    Call Number: REF QL713.2 .E53

    Science year: the World Book science annual 2009
    Call Number: REF Q9 .S33
    "Florida's Endangered Marine Mammals"


     
     

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