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x Montgomery, G. Gene; Gale, N. B.; Murdoch, W. P., Jr.
  1982
Have manatee entered the eastern Pacific Ocean?
Mammalia 46(2): 257-258. 1 fig.
–Reports that T. manatus, originally introduced into the Panama Canal in 1963 (see MacLaren, 1967), have increased in numbers to about 25 and have been seen in Miraflores Lake, only one lock away from the Pacific; hence if they have not entered the Pacific yet, they soon could.

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Accidental Death or Injury
(SEE ALSO: Conservation; Hunting and Capture; Natural Death or Injury)
x  1982Montgomery et al. (TM; Panama Canal; blasting, ship propeller; 257.)
Manatus nasutus Wyman in Perkins, 1848
x  1982Kleinschmidt, A. (syn. of Trichechus senegalensis; 382.)
Manatus oweni Du Chaillu, 1861
x  1982Kleinschmidt, A. (syn. of Trichechus senegalensis; 382.)
Pacific Ocean
(SEE ALSO: East Indies; Palau; circumpacific regions)
x  1982Montgomery et al. (TMM; potential entry via Panama Canal; 257-258.)
Panama
(SEE ALSO: Central America)
x *1982Montgomery et al. (TMM; Panama Canal; possible entry of Pacific; 257-258.)
Trichechus aequatorialis (Lacépède, 1799) Hatt, 1934
x  1982Kleinschmidt, A. (syn. of T. senegalensis; 382.)
Trichechus inunguis (Natterer in von Pelzeln, 1883) Thomas and Lydekker, 1897
x  1982Montgomery et al. (introduction of one individual into Panama Canal; m257.)
Trichechus manatus australis Gmelin, 1788
x  1982Kleinschmidt, A. (syn. of T. senegalensis; 382.)
Trichechus manatus Linnaeus, 1758
x  1982Montgomery et al. (Panama Canal; possible entry into Pacific Ocean; 257-258.)
Trichechus, Manatus, africanus Oken, 1816
x  1982Kleinschmidt, A. (syn. of T. senegalensis; 382.)