Propuesta de un plan de recuperación para la población del manatí Trichechus manatus de México

Abstract

MEXICO MAY BE CONSIDERED ONE OF THE COUNTRIES WITHIN THE RANGE OF TRICHECHUS MANATUS WITH A GREAT NUMBER OF POTENTIAL HABITATS. HOWEVER, AT PRESENT ITS DISTRIBUTION AND ESTIMATED NUMBER HAVE NOTABLY BEEN REDUCED. FOR THIS REASON, THE STATUS OF THE MANATEE IS CONSIDERED THREATENED. THIS STATUS JUSTIFIED THE FORMULATION OF A RECOVERY PLAN FOR THE MEXICAN POPULATIONS, WHICH IS PROPOSED AS IMMEDIAT ACTION TO EVALUATE AND MINIMIZE ITS MORTALITY AND ALTERNATION OF ITS HABITATS. IN CONCLUSION, THIS RECOVERY PLAN COULD MODIFY ITS CURRENT STATUS AND PREVENT EXTINCTION IN A NEAR FUTURE.