Sirenia

Translingual

Trichechus manatus

Etymology

Named for the legendary siren, originating in Greek mythology.

Proper noun

Sirenia

A taxonomic order within the class Mammalia – the sirenians or sea cows: dugongs and manatees.

Hypernyms

(order): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Deuterostomia - infrakingdom; Chordata - phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Tetrapoda - superclass; Mammalia - class; Theria - subclass; Eutheria - infraclass; Epitheria - magnorder; Afrotheria - superorder; Paenungulata - clade

Hyponyms

(order): Dugongidae, Trichechidae - families

References

Sirenia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Sirenia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Sirenia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Sirenia in Mammal Species of the World at Bucknell.
Sirenia at the Tree of Life Web Project
Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521

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