Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Mammalia - (Order) Sirenia - (Family) Trichechidae

Original position

Bruta (Order) Linnaeus, 1758

Subsequent positions

Trichechidae (Family) Gill, 1872

Original entries

Trichechus manatus Linnaeus, 1758

Current position

Trichechidae (Family) Gill, 1872

Ref: J. Shoshani, 2005: 93.

Alternative positions

Bruta (Order) Linnaeus, 1758

Ref: [von] Linné, C., 1766: 49.

Historical positions

Trichechidae (Family) Gill, 1872	Ref: J. Shoshani, 2005: 93.
Trichechidae (Family) Gill, 1872	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 496-497.
Trichechidae (Family) Gill, 1872	Ref: D.E. Wilson, 1993: 365.
Trichechidae (Family) Gill, 1872	Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 123.
Chordata (Phylum) Bateson, 1885	Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1982: 239. [rough position]
Trichechidae (Family) Gill, 1872	Ref: A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1056.
Sirenia (Order) Gill, 1872	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979
Bruta (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. a Linné, 1766: 26, 49.
Bruta (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1758: 18, 34. [new spelling]

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	3s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[3s]
2005	J. Shoshani	[3s]
1993	D.E. Wilson	[3s]
1991	G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill	[3s]
1982	A.F. DeBlase	3s
1758	C. Linnaeus	[1s]