Dugongidae
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Dugongidae is a family in the order of Sirenia. The family has one surviving species, the dugong, one recently extinct species, Steller's sea cow, and a number of extinct genera known from fossil reco
Dugong Marsa Alam
Dugong skeleton displayed at Philippine National Museum
Dusisiren jordani life restoration
Steller's sea cow
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Steller's sea cow is an extinct sirenian described by Georg Wilhelm Steller in 1741. At that time, it was found only around the Commander Islands in the Bering Sea between Alaska and Russia; its range
Dugongidae
…Dugongidae is a family in the order of Sirenia. The family has one surviving species, the dugong (Dugong dugon), one recently extinct species, Steller's sea cow (Hydrodamalis gigas), and a number of extinct genera known from fossil records. Family Dugongidae Genus †Anisosiren Genus †Caribosiren Genus †Indosiren…
Hydrodamalis gigas skeleton Finnish Museum of Natural History DSC04529
The skull of a Steller's sea cow, Natural History Museum of London
Model in the Natural History Museum, London
Metacarpal bone of H. cf. gigas from Japan under study