for an average adult manatee) of their body weight in wet vegetation daily. Habitat and Range.

They inhabit the Amazon Basin, mostly in Brazil. Most of their time is spent eating, resting, and traveling. Manatees in Florida feed on more than 60 species of plants including turtle grass, manatee grass, shoal grass, mangrove leaves, various algae, water hyacinth, acorns, and hydrilla. They are uncommon or close to extinction in Peru, Ecuador, and Colombia; Habitat. 153rd Court, Cedar Key, Florida 32625 2 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Red Bluff Fish and Wildlife Office, 10950 … Manatees consume about 4% to 9% (15 to 49 kg or 32 to 108 lbs. Manatees can be found in shallow, slow-moving rivers, estuaries, saltwater bays, canals, and coastal areas — particularly where seagrass beds or freshwater vegetation flourish.

A New Method to Describe Seagrass Habitat Sampled During Fisheries-Independent Monitoring JERED B. JACKSON1,* and DOUGLAS J. NEMETH2 1 Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Fish and Wildlife Research Institute, Senator George G. Kirkpatrick Marine Lab, 11350 S.W. Amazonian manatees are the only species of manatee confined to fresh water.