Hydrodamalis gigas (Zimmermann 1780)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Sirenia, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 92-93 : 92

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Hydrodamalis gigas (Zimmermann 1780)
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Hydrodamalis gigas (Zimmermann 1780)

[Manati] gigas Zimmermann 1780 , Geogr. Gesch. Mensch. Vierf. Thiere, 2: 426.

Type Locality: Bering Sea, Commander Isls, Bering Isl.

Vernacular Names: Steller's Sea Cow.

Synonyms: Hydrodamalis balaenurus ( Boddaert 1785) ; Hydrodamalis borealis (Gmelin 1788) ; Hydrodamalis stelleri Retzius 1794 .

Distribution: Known only from the Commander Isls, Bering Sea.

Conservation: IUCN – Extinct.

Discussion: See Forsten and Youngman (1982, Mammalian Species, 165), Domning (1978, 1996).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Sirenia

Family

Dugongidae

Genus

Hydrodamalis

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Hydrodamalis gigas (Zimmermann 1780)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn 2005
2005
Loc

[Manati] gigas

Zimmermann 1780: 426
1780
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