Sirenia

Sirenia Temporal range: Early Eocene-Holocene, 55.8–0 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
West Indian manatees (Trichechus manatus)
Scientific classification
Kinrick:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Cless:	Mammalia
Superorder:	Afrotheria
Clade:	Paenungulata
Clade:	Tethytheria
Order:	Sirenia Illiger, 1811
Faimilies
Dugongidae Trichechidae †Prorastomidae †Protosirenidae
Synonyms
Leet o synonyms Halobioidea Ameghino, 1889 Herbivorae Gray, 1821 Phycoceta Haeckel, 1866 Sirenoidea van Beneden, 1855 Sireniformes Kinman, 1994 Trichechiformes Hay, 1923

Sirenia is an order o fully aquatic, yerbivorous mammals that dwell in swamps, rivers, estuaries, marine wetlands, an coastal marine watters.

References

Citit soorces

• Shoshani, J. (2005). Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 92–93. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.