Sirenia
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Sirenia Fossil range: Early Eocene - Recent |
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West Indian Manatees (Trichechus manatus)
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- For information about the Gothic metal band, see Sirenia (band)
Sirenia is a order of herbivorous mammals. In this order are the Dugong and three species of Manatees.
[change] Taxonomy
- Order Sirenia
- Family Dugongidae
- Dugong, Dugong dugon
- Steller's Sea Cow, Hydrodamlis gigas†
- Family Trichechidae
- West Indian Manatee, Trichechus manatus
- African Manatee, Trichechus senegalensis
- Amazonian Manatee, Trichechus inunguis
- Family Dugongidae
[change] See also