Sirenia
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| Sirenia Temporal range: Early Eocene – Recent |
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| West Indian Manatees (Trichechus manatus) | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Eutheria |
| Superorder: | Afrotheria |
| Order: | Sirenia Illiger, 1811 |
- 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.
Taxonomy [change]
- 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
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