Sirenia
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Sirenia is an order of herbivorous mammals. In this order are the dugong and three species of manatee.
| Sirenia Temporal range: Early Eocene – Holocene,
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| Clockwise from upper left: West Indian manatee, African manatee, Steller's sea cow, dugong, Amazonian manatee | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Superorder: | Afrotheria |
| Clade: | Paenungulata |
| Clade: | Tethytheria |
| Order: | Sirenia Illiger, 1811 |
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| West Indian in green, Amazonian in red, African in orange, dugong in blue, Steller's sea cow circled (yellow) | |
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List of synonyms
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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
Sirenia Media
Dugong skeleton displayed at Philippine National Museum
Aardvark2 (PSF) colourised
Rhynchocyon chrysopygus-J Smit white background
The animal kingdom, arranged according to its organization, serving as a foundation for the natural history of animals (Pl. 18) (Chrysochloris asiatica)
Potamogale velox illustration
Brehms Thierleben - Allgemeine Kunde des Thierreichs (1876) (Tenrec ecaudatus)
DendrohyraxEminiSmit white background
Elephas africanus - 1700-1880 - Print - Iconographia Zoologica - (white background)
Dugong dugon Hardwicke white background
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References
Other websites
Data related to Sirenia at Wikispecies
Media related to Sirenia at Wikimedia Commons