The Sirenia (/ saɪˈriːni.ə /), commonly referred to as sea cows or sirenians, are an order of fully aquatic, herbivorous mammals that inhabit swamps, rivers, estuaries, marine wetlands, and …

2025年3月8日 · sirenian, (order Sirenia), any of four large aquatic mammalian species now living primarily in tropical waters where food plants grow. The three species of manatee (genus …

Sirenia is the order of placental mammals which comprises modern "sea cows" (manatees and the Dugong) and their extinct relatives. They are the only extant herbivorous marine mammals …

2025年2月28日 · Sirenians, also called sea cows, are peaceful aquatic mammals that constitute the order Sirenia, which includes dugongs and manatees. They are primarily found in warm, …

Sire­nia is a small order, com­posed of just two ex­tant fam­i­lies, Dugongi­dae and Trichechi­dae, with four cur­rent species. Fam­ily Trichechi­dae in­cludes three species: West In­dian man­a­tees …

2019年7月28日 · Sirenians are large, slow-moving, aquatic mammals that live in shallow marine and freshwater habitats in tropical and subtropical regions. Their preferred habitats include …

2021年1月4日 · This month, we will talk about the sirenians: manatees and dugongs. These slow and peaceful “herbivores”, also called sea cows, have elephants as their closest land relatives. …

The Sirenia, commonly referred to as sea cows or sirenians, are an order of fully aquatic, herbivorous mammals that inhabit swamps, rivers, estuaries, marine wetlands, and coastal …

The sirenians are unique among mammals and marine mammals in that they are the only fully aquatic, herbivorous marine mammals. Their complete life cycle occurs in the water as do the …

There are only four species left of the order Sirenia – one dugong and three manatees. The manatee weighs about a ton and a half when fully grown, but the last of the giant 6-ton sea …