The sea cows: the only fully aquatic, herbivorous mammals, with paddle-like forelimbs, no hind limbs, and a horizontally flattened tail used for slow, grazing swimming through seagrass beds and river vegetation. Sirenia includes manatees and the dugong.
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Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributorsQ25431, descriptionView the Source 2. Catalogue of Life
Wikidata: Sirenia
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