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x Estrada, Alberto R.; Ferrer, Lourdes T.
  1987
Distribución del manatí antillano, Trichechus manatus (Mammalia: Sirenia), en Cuba. I. Región occidental.
Poeyana (Inst. Zool. Acad. Cienc. Cuba) No. 354: 1-12. 4 tabs. 2 figs. Apr. 24, 1987.
–Engl. summ. A questionnaire survey of fishermen identified several areas in western Cuba where manatees were abundant, having seemingly increased in numbers as a result of the prohibition of hunting. Their habits and habitats resemble those reported elsewhere in the Caribbean.

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Accidental Death or Injury
(SEE ALSO: Conservation; Hunting and Capture; Natural Death or Injury)
x  1987Estrada & Ferrer (TM; Cuba; nets, boats, blasting for seismic surveys; 10.)
Behavior, Aggregative
(SEE ALSO: Aerial Surveys of Distribution)
x  1987Estrada & Ferrer (TM; western Cuba; group sizes; 3-4.)
Cuba
x *1987Estrada & Ferrer (TM; western Cuba; distr. & status; 1-12.)
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x  1987Estrada & Ferrer (Cuba; 9.)
Food Plants: Thalassia testudinum
x  1987Estrada & Ferrer (Cuba; 9.)
Migration and Movements
(SEE ALSO: Behavior, Aggregative; Behavior, Shelter-seeking; Locomotion; Temperature, Effects of)
x  1987Estrada & Ferrer (TMM; abundance in western Cuba not seasonal; 4.)
Trichechus manatus Linnaeus, 1758
x  1987Estrada & Ferrer (western Cuba; distr. & status; 1-12.)