West Indian Manatee
The West Indian manatee (or Trichechus manatus) is a large marine mammal found in shallow coastal waters, rivers, and estuaries throughout the southeastern United States, the Caribbean, and parts of Central and South America. It prefers warm, calm environments with abundant aquatic vegetation.
West Indian manatees have a rounded, seal-like body covered in tough, grey-brown skin, with small eyes, a broad, paddle-shaped tail, and flipper-like forelimbs.
Adult West Indian manatees typically measure between 2.7m to 4m in length and weigh 350kg to 600kg. Females are larger than males.
Trichechus manatus
Habitat needs
Space is stored as a minimum plus an amount per additional adult; the game's help adds that juveniles don't count. Plan a mixed habitat in the habitat planner.
Dislikes snow.
Terrain
| Terrain | Minimum | Maximum |
|---|---|---|
| Sand | 30% | 100% |
| Soil | 0% | 50% |
| Rock | 0% | 30% |
Share of the habitat's terrain.
Barriers with resistance grade 2 or higher 14
- 1-Way Glass grade 2 · $1
- Chain Link grade 2 · $1 · climbable
- Corrugated grade 2 · $1
- Rope Netting grade 2 · $2 · climbable
- Glass grade 3 · $2
- Wire Netting grade 3 · $2 · climbable
- Wood Logs grade 3 · $2 · climbable
- Acrylic grade 4 · $3
- Steel Mesh grade 4 · $3 · climbable
- Thick Glass grade 4 · $3
- Brick grade 5 · $4
- Concrete grade 5 · $4
- Gabion grade 5 · $4 · climbable
- Electric grade 6 · $0.80
At least 1 m high. No water barrier. Grades are the ones the game's barrier tooltips state.
Enrichment it uses 6
- Rubber Duck Toy · score 50 · $100
- Submarine Buoy Toy · score 50 · $150
- Water Hoop Toy · score 100 · $100
- Bubble Blower - Airstone Toy · score 100 · $100
- Lattice Ball Toy · score 50 · $100
- Square Float Toy · score 100 · $100
Enrichment target: toys 100 + 60 per additional adult; feeders 5 + 3 per additional adult.
Food, life and breeding
- Food
- Leafy Greens and Vegetables + Hay
- Food / drink amount
- 5 / 10
- Food cost, grade 1 / 2 / 3
- $539 / $757 / $757
- Feeders
- Aquatic Feeder - Plant, Veggie Bundle, Veggie Mat Feeder
- Lifespan
- 30–50 yr
- Mature / prime / old / elderly
- 7 yr / 12 yr / 20 yr / 40 yr
- Gestation / between births
- 1.083 yr / 1.917 yr
- Litter
- 1–1
- Fertility
- 0.3
- Mating system
- Promiscuous
- Breeds in
- Summer
- Dominance
- Older males are dominant in mating herds
- Wild population
- 8,197 - 11,328 (estimated)
- Guests flee if it escapes
- No
Manatees are semi-social. They are likely to gather in groups for feeding and mating, and will interact with others when they meet them, but generally males are solitary and females live alongside their most recent single calf.
Overview
- Scientific name
- Trichechus manatus
- Class
- Mammalia
- Conservation status
- Vulnerable
- Biome
- Wetlands, Estuarine, Lakes and Rivers, Open Sea, Mangrove
- Continent
- North America, South America
- Content
- Base game