Amazonian manatee [SEP] IUCN conservation status
-bodies during the dry season
Natural predators include jaguars, sharks, and crocodiles.
Conservation.
The IUCN red list ranks the Amazonian manatee as vulnerable. Population declines are primarily a result of hunting, as well as calf mortality, climate change, and habitat loss. However, due to their murky water habitat it is difficult to gain accurate population estimates.
There are no national management plans for the Amazonian Manatee, except in Colombia. As of 2008, the INPA takes care of 34 captive manatees and
under IUCN protected area category Ia, with a total area of of which was marine.
It is part of the Amapá Biodiversity Corridor, created in 2003.
The conservation unit is supported by the Amazon Region Protected Areas Program.
The main objective is to protect the flora and fauna of the Amazon ecosystem in its transition into the lagoon zone.
Protected species are jaguar (Panthera onca), giant otter (Pteronura brasiliensis) and Amazonian manatee (Trichechus inunguis).