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Sirenia

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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 Count
4 1
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Order 1
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Sirenia 1
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Mammalia, Taxa
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1. Catalogue of Life
Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of LifeView the Source
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