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The Amazonian Manatee (Trichechus inunguis) is a species of manatee that lives in the freshwater habitats of the Amazon basin. Amazonian manatees are aquatic animals. They come from the Sirenia order and are also known as "seacows". Their color is brownish gray and they've thick, wrinkled skin, often with coarse hair, or "whiskers." It lacks significant predation, other than being occasionally hunted by humans. The manatees, and the closely related Dugong, are unique in that they're the only plant-eating marine mammals in modern times.
   A somewhat unique feature (amongst mammals) of the manatee is the constant replacement of molar teeth; new teeth enter at the back of the jaw and replace old and worn teeth at the front. Thought to be their close cousins, the elephants also have teeth that get replaced, but they've a limited set of these replacement teeth.
   Amazonian manatees may reach a length of 2,8 m (9 ft), and a weight of 480 kg (1060 lb), making them the smallest of all generally accepted species of sirenians. They also lack the hooves found on the end of most sirenians' flippers.
   Recently, a closely related but far smaller species, the Dwarf Manatee (Trichechus bernhardi), has been described from Brazil by Dr Marc van Roosmalen. Called the peixe-boi anão in Brazilian Portuguese, it's about 130 cm (4,2 ft) long and lives in fast-flowing streams. Its validity has later been questioned, with some believing it's an immature Amazonian Manatee.

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