Hydrodamalis Retzius, 1794 . Kongl. Svenska Vet.-Akad. Handl. Stockholm, 15, p. 292.

REVIEWED BY: R. S. Hoffmann (RSH).

COMMENT: Placed in family Dugongidae by Corbet and Hill, 1980:114, and other authors; but in the monotypic family Hydrodamalidae by some; see Heptner and Naumov, eds., 1967, [Mammals of the Soviet Union], 2(1):25. Includes Rytina (= Rhytina, a later spelling) liliger, 1811, a junior synonym.