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Steller's sea cow was the largest known sirenian to have lived, and could reach lengths of 9 metres (30 ft) [41] and weight of 8 to 10 tonnes (8.8 to 11.0 short tons). [44] A dugong's brain weighs a maximum of 300 grams (11 ounces), about 0.1% of the animal's body weight. [33]
The dugong (/ ˈ d (j) uː ɡ ɒ ŋ /; Dugong dugon) is a marine mammal.It is one of four living species of the order Sirenia, which also includes three species of manatees.It is the only living representative of the once-diverse family Dugongidae; its closest modern relative, Steller's sea cow (Hydrodamalis gigas), was hunted to extinction in the 18th century.
A manatee called Wardell appears in the Animal Crossing: New Horizons video game. He is part of a paid downloadable content expansion, managing and selling furniture to the player. [96] In Rudyard Kipling's The White Seal (one of the stories in The Jungle Book), Sea Cow, about whom the story says that he has only six cervical vertebrae, is a ...
A rare fossil has provided a snapshot of what was an exceptionally unlucky day for a prehistoric sea cow. ... a manatee-like marine mammal, was swimming in the sea about 15 million years ago when ...
Steller's sea cow (Hydrodamalis gigas) is an extinct sirenian described by Georg Wilhelm Steller in 1741. At that time, it was found only around the Commander Islands in the Bering Sea between Alaska and Russia; its range extended across the North Pacific during the Pleistocene epoch, and likely contracted to such an extreme degree due to the glacial cycle.
The Cuesta sea cow (Hydrodamalis cuestae) is an extinct herbivorous marine mammal and is the direct ancestor of the Steller's sea cow (Hydrodamalis gigas).They reached up to 9 metres (30 ft) in length, making them among the biggest sirenians to have ever lived.
Bite marks on the unusual fossil unearthed in what’s now Venezuela revealed that the ancient marine mammal was killed by a croc that sank its teeth into the sea cow’s snout before pulling it ...
Hydrodamalis is a genus of extinct herbivorous sirenian marine mammals.It included the Steller's sea cow (Hydrodamalis gigas), the Cuesta sea cow (Hydrodamalis cuestae), and the Takikawa sea cow (Hydrodamalis spissa).