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order

dugongs and manatees
Sirenia Illiger, 1811

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Chordata - chordates »  class Mammalia - mammals »  superorder Afrotheria

Other names

= Sea-cows
= Sirenians

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Temporal range:Tertiary > Paleogene > Eocene > Middle Eocene – recent
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Images

Dugong dugon - Dugong

Dugong dugon - Dugong

Author: B. Kao

Trichechus manatus - West Indian Manatee

Trichechus manatus - West Indian Manatee

Author: Reid, Jim P.

Trichechus senegalensis - West African Manatee

Trichechus senegalensis - West African Manatee

Author: B. Kao

Functions restricted to taxon Sirenia

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Included taxa

Number of records: 2

family Dugongidae - dugongs and sea cows
family Trichechidae - manatees

Links and literature

CZ Savci (Mammalia) [sireny]

Bryl M., Matyáštík T.: Savci (Mammalia) [http://savci.upol.cz]
EN Tree of Life [Sirenia]

Tree of Life [http://tolweb.org/tree]
EN Australian Faunal Directory [8c2c62d9-471c-4164-a88d-dfdaa139a4d6]

ABRS (2009-2019): Australian Faunal Directory [https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/home], Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra [as Sirenia]
Data retrieved on: 8 February 2015
EN The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [10878]

Rees, T. (compiler): The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [https://www.irmng.org] [as Sirenia]
Data retrieved on: 7 February 2020
DE Zootier-Lexikon [5938:seekuehe-allgemeines&Itemid=597]

Dollinger P.: Zootier-Lexikon
Data retrieved on: 21 November 2018
CZ Anděra M. (1999): České názvy živočichů II. Savci (Mammalia), Národní muzeum, (zoologické odd.), Praha, 147 pp. [as Sirenia]
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