Sirenia

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Trichechus manatus

[edit] Taxonavigation

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Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Theria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Ordo: Sirenia
Familiae: Dugongidae - †Prorastomidae - †Protosirenidae - Trichechidae

[edit] Name

Sirenia Illiger, 1811

[edit] Synonyms

• Halobioidea Ameghino, 1889
• Herbivorae Gray, 1821
• Phycoceta Haeckel, 1866
• Sirenoidea van Beneden, 1855
• Sireniformes Kinman, 1994
• Trichechiformes Hay, 1923

[edit] Vernacular names

[edit] References

• Sirenia on Mammal Species of the World.
  Don E. Wilson & DeeAnn M. Reeder (editors). 2005. Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed).
• Mammal Species of the World, A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd edition, 2005 ISBN 0801882214

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