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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 |
Sirenia is an order of herbivorous mammals. In this order are the dugong and three species of manatee.
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
Images for kids
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Cladogram showing the estimated times of divergence between sirenian taxons
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Anatomical changes of sirenian lineages
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Dugongs sift through the seafloor in search of seagrasses.
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West Indian manatees in a conservation project in Brazil
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Rehabilitation of an Amazonian manatee calf by the Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (IBAMA)