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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[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).

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Mammalia
Order	Sirenia
Family	Dugongidae
SubFamily	Hydrodamalinae
Genus	Hydrodamalis

Hydrodamalis gigas (Zimmermann 1780)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn 2005

2005

[Manati] gigas

Zimmermann 1780: 426

1780

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