Ān cynn (Trichechus senegalensis) ƿunaþ in ƿesternum sǣlande þæs African; ōðer cynn (T. inunguis) ƿunaþ in ēasternum sǣlande þæs Sūþan American, and þridde cynn (T. manatus) ƿunaþ in þǣm Ƿestindium in þǣm Caribiscan Sǣ. Sum menn ȝelīefaþ þā Florida sǣcū bēo sƿeotolliċ cynd, ac þæt ITIS and mǣst taxonomistas sæȝaþ þe hēo bēo undercynd þǣm T. manatus. Hire lengþu cann 15 fōta (4.5 metra) bēon, and hēo ƿunaþ in swēteƿætere and sealtwætere. Man huntode hīe for ele and flǣsce, ac hēo is nū ǣƿlisc ȝeƿered.