Dugongidae

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Dugongidae[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Sirenia
Family: Dugongidae
Genera

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Dugongidae is a family in the order of Sirenia.

The family has one surviving species, the dugong (Dugong dugon), one recently extinct species, the Steller's Sea Cow (Hydrodamalis gigas), and a number of extinct genera known from the fossil record.

Taxonomy

  • Family DUGONGIDAE
    • Genus Anisosiren
      • Species †Anisosiren pannonica
    • Genus †Indosiren
      • Species †Indosiren javanensis
      • Species †Indosiren koeningswaldi
    • Genus †Miodugong
      • Species †Miodugong brevicranius
    • Genus †Paralitherium
      • Species †Paralitherium tarkanyense
    • Genus †Prohalicore
      • Species †Prohalicore dubaleni
    • Genus †Sirenavus
      • Species †Sirenavus hungaricus
    • Subfamily Dugonginae
      • Genus †Bharatisiren
        • Species †Bharatisiren indica
        • Species †*** Genus †Dioplotherium
        • Species †Dioplotherium allisoni
        • Species †Dioplotherium manigaulti
      • Genus Dugong
      • Genus †Nanosiren
        • Species †Nanosiren garciae
        • Species †Nanosiren sanchezi
      • Genus †Rytiodus
        • Species †Rytiodus capgrandi
      • Genus †Xenosiren
        • Species †Xenosiren yucateca
    • Subfamily †Halitheriinae
      • Genus †Caribosiren
        • Species †Caribosiren turneri
      • Genus †Eosiren
        • Species †Eosiren abeli
        • Species †Eosiren imenti
        • Species †Eosiren libyca
        • Species †Eosiren stromeri
      • Genus †Eotheroides
        • Species †Eotheroides aegyptiacum
        • Species †Eotheroides babiae
        • Species †Eotheroides majus
        • Species †Eotheroides waghapadarensis
      • Genus †Halitherium
        • Species †Halitherium alleni
        • Species †Halitherium antillense
        • Species †Halitherium christolii
        • Species †Halitherium schinzii
        • Species †Halitherium taulannense
      • Genus †Metaxytherium
        • Species †Metaxytherium aquitaniae
        • Species †Metaxytherium arctodites
        • Species †Metaxytherium collinii
        • Species †Metaxytherium crataegense
        • Species †Metaxytherium floridanum
        • Species †Metaxytherium krahuletzi
        • Species †Metaxytherium lovisati
        • Species †Metaxytherium medium
        • Species †Metaxytherium riveroi
        • Species †Metaxytherium serresii
        • Species †Metaxytherium subapenninum
      • Genus †Prototherium
        • Species †Prototherium intermedium
        • Species †Prototherium veronense
      • Genus †Thalattosiren
        • Species †Thalattosiren petersi
    • Subfamily †Hydrodamalinae
      • Genus †Dusisiren
        • Species †Dusisiren dewana
        • Species †Dusisiren jordani
        • Species †Dusisiren reinharti
      • Genus †Hydrodamalis
        • Species †Hydrodamalis cuestae
        • Species †Hydrodamalis gigas, Steller's Sea Cow

References

  1. Shoshani, J. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M, eds. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. 
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