Lamantin vs. Manatee — What's the Difference?

The manatee.

Manatees (family Trichechidae, genus Trichechus) are large, fully aquatic, mostly herbivorous marine mammals sometimes known as sea cows. There are three accepted living species of Trichechidae, representing three of the four living species in the order Sirenia: the Amazonian manatee (Trichechus inunguis), the West Indian manatee (Trichechus manatus), and the West African manatee (Trichechus senegalensis).

The manatee.

Any of various herbivorous aquatic mammals of the genus Trichechus, having paddlelike front flippers and a horizontally flattened tail and found in warm coastal waters and rivers in Florida, northern South America, West Africa, and the Caribbean.

Any of several plant-eating marine mammals, of family Trichechidae, found in tropical regions.

Any species of Trichechus, a genus of sirenians; - called also sea cow.

Sirenian mammal of tropical coastal waters of America; the flat tail is rounded