Manatees refer to animals in Mammalia, Sirenia, and Sirenidae, and there are three species in total.From the point of view of living environment, most manatees live in the ocean and adapt to the marine environment.They can live in the ocean, which is also an important reason for their name with "sea", they are marine mammals.From the depth of distribution, manatees are basically distributed in shallow water areas, basically not in deep water areas.Manatees breathe with their lungs, and after swimming in the sea for a period of time, they have to come out of the water to breathe, and can't go too deep in the water.From the latitude of distribution, manatees are more distributed in low latitudes where the sea water is warmer.However, not all manatees can only live in seawater, some manatees themselves live in freshwater.
Specifically, three different kinds of manatees are distributed in different places.American manatee is mainly distributed in the Caribbean Sea and some areas of the Gulf of Mexico coast of North America, belonging to a kind of manatee distributed in the ocean, but they sometimes go to freshwater basins.Amazon manatee is a kind of manatee distributed in South America, which lives in the Amazon River and Orinoco River and other freshwater basins, belonging to freshwater manatees.The African manatee is distributed in the Atlantic basin along the coast of West Africa and has a good adaptability to seawater.
As mentioned above, most manatees live in the ocean and adapt to the salt water environment, so they are called "manatees".However, not all manatees live in salt water, such as the Amazon manatee, which lives in the Amazon River Basin, belongs to a freshwater manatee and can live in fresh water.In addition, manatees that live in salt water sometimes move to fresh water, such as the American manatee mentioned above.
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