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Order Sirenia (organism)

Known as: Sirenia 
An order of heavy-bodied, slow-moving, completely aquatic, herbivorous mammals. The body is fusiform, plump, and hairless, except for bristles on the… 
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Dugong dugonTrichechusTrichechus manatus
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Mammals

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2013
2013
FOOD OF THE RED SEA DUGONG (MAMMALIA: SIRENIA) FROM SINAI
ABSTRACT Stomach contents of four Dugong dugon were examined. Three animals were from the Gulf of Elat, and one from the western… 
2011
2011
Fossil middle triassic “sea cows” – placodont reptiles as macroalgae feeders along the north-western Tethys coastline with Pangaea and in the Germanic basin
The descriptions of fossil Triassic marine pla- codonts as durophagous reptiles are revised through comparisons with the sirenia… 
2003
2003
New records of Metaxytherium (Mammalia: Sirenia) from the late Miocene of Cisterna quarry (Apulia, southern Italy)
1987
1987
Distribucion del manati antillano, trichechus manatus (mammalia : sirenia), en cuba. I. Region occidental
1987
1987
The Sirenia of the Swiss molasse : with a descriptive catalogue of the fossil Sirenia preserved in Swiss collections
1986
1986
809. DUSISIREN DEWANA, N. SP. (MAMMALIA : SIRENIA), A NEW ANCESTOR OF STELLER'S SEA COW FROM THE UPPER MIOCENE OF YAMAGATA PREFECTURE, NORTHEASTERN JAPAN
1982
1982
A note on the duodenum of the West Indian manatee (Trichechus manatus), with emphasis on the duodenal glands.
The anatomy of the duodenum of the West Indian manatee has both macroscopic and microscopic features that are unusual when… 
1975
1975
Studies on the vocalisation of the sea cowDugong dugon in captivity
The voice of the sea cow, Dugong dugon, is recorded for the first time, which is a chirp-squeak of frequency 3 kHz. The sound is… 
1975
1975
Morphology of The Sirenia: A Macroscopic and X-Ray Atlas of the Osteology of Recent Species
1973
1973
Morphology of the Sirenia: A Macroscopic and X-Ray Atlas of the Osteology of Recent Species
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