Given the limited amount of information available for the Antillean manatee, could the Service choose to not reclassify that subspecies?
A15: The West Indian manatee is the listed species and is inclusive of both the Florida and Antillean subspecies. The Service would have to go through a rulemaking process in order to split the two subspecies into individually listed species and reclassify one but not the other. Based on the data and information analyzed during the review, such a process is not currently justified. Further genetics research is recommended.
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