Sirenians

= Sirenians: = Mammals are in the order sirenia. The species in this order are manatees and dugongs, also known as sea cows. They have two forelimbs and a flattened tail. There are only four species of sirenia living on earth today, three manatees and one dugongs. A fifth species, Steller's sea cow, was hinted to extinction by explorers. The other four species are endangered because of habit loss and other negative impacts related to human population growth and coastal development. These species are the only marine life that are herbivores; they only eat sea grass and vegetation. They have no tolerance for cold water so they are forced to stay in warm shallow coastal waters. They are totally aquatic mammals; they don’t even leave the water to give birth like some aquatic life.




 * Kingdom: || Animalia ||
 * Phylum: || Chordata ||
 * Class: || Mammalia ||
 * Clade: || Paenungulata ||
 * Order: || Sirenia ||

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