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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Member Species/Taxa CountApproximate described-species (or, for a genus, described-taxon) count; continually revised as species are newly described, reclassified or synonymized. Taxonomic Rank Scientific Name Sirenia
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