Sirenia

Trichechus manatus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Sirenia

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Metopophora Cladus: Haptodontiformes Cladus: Sphenacomorpha Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Pantherapsida Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Eutheriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Epicynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliamorpha Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Cladus: Boreosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Superordo: Afrotheria Cladus: Paenungulata Cladus: Tethytheria Ordo: Sirenia

‎Classis: Mammalia
Cladus: Tethytheria
Ordo: Sirenia
Familiae (4): Dugongidae – Trichechidae – †Prorastomidae – †Protosirenidae
Genera incerta sedis: †Sobrarbesiren

Name

Sirenia Illiger, 1811: 140

References

Primary references

• Illiger, J.K.W. 1811. Prodromus systematis mammalium et avium additis terminis zoographicis utriusque classis, eorumque versione germanica. C. Salfield: Berolini. xviii + 302 pp. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Shoshani, J. 2005. Order Sirenia. Pp. 92–93 in Wilson, D.E. & Reeder, D.M. (eds.) . Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. 3rd edition. The Johns Hopkins University Press: Baltimore. 2 volumes. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

беларуская: Сірэны
čeština: Sirény
Deutsch: Seekühe
Ελληνικά: Σηρεινοεδή
English: Sea cow
español: Sirénidos
suomi: Sireenieläimet
Nordfriisk: Siaki
français: Siréniens
magyar: Tengeritehenek
日本語: ジュゴン目
ქართული: სირენები
македонски: Морски крави
Nederlands: Zeekoeien
norsk: Sjøkyr
polski: syreny
português: Sirênios/Sirénios/Sirenídeos
svenska: Sirendjur (sjökor)
українська: Сирени

For more multimedia, look at Sirenia on Wikimedia Commons.