Concept information
Preferred term
Sirenia
Type
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Topical Descriptor
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
Scope note
- An order of heavy-bodied, slow-moving, completely aquatic, herbivorous mammals. The body is fusiform, plump, and hairless, except for bristles on the snout. Hindlimbs are absent, the forelimbs are modified to flippers, and the tail is a horizontal fluke. (From Scott, Concise Encyclopedia Biology, 1996)
History note
- 99; 63-97; use MAMMALS 1998; use SIRENIA 1963-67
In other languages
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Finnish
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seireenieläinten lahko
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Sirenia
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Swedish
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Sirendjur
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D020453
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