Hydrodamalinae
Sign in to saveHydrodamalinae is a recently extinct subfamily of the sirenian family Dugongidae. The Steller's sea cow (Hydrodamalis gigas) was hunted to extinction by 1768, while the genus Dusisiren is known from fossils dating from the middle Miocene to early Pliocene.
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Subfamily
- PhylumChordata
- ClassMammalia
- OrderSirenia
- FamilyDugongidae
Habitatmarine
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Hydrodamalinae is a recently extinct subfamily of the sirenian family Dugongidae. The Steller's sea cow (Hydrodamalis gigas) was hunted to extinction by 1768, while the genus Dusisiren is known from fossils dating from the middle Miocene to early Pliocene.
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Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hydrodamalinae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.