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'''Steller's sea cow''' (''Hydrodamalis gigas'') an extinct relative of dugongs and manatees, was formerly an inhabitant of the coastlines of the Bering Sea. Discovered in 1741 during the explorations of the [[Russia]]n [[Vitus Bering]], Steller's sea cow has the dubious distinction of being hunted out of existence less than thirty years later, the fastest extinction of a large animal at the hands of man. | '''Steller's sea cow''' (''Hydrodamalis gigas'') an extinct relative of dugongs and manatees, was formerly an inhabitant of the coastlines of the Bering Sea. Discovered in 1741 during the explorations of the [[Russia]]n [[Vitus Bering]], Steller's sea cow has the dubious distinction of being hunted out of existence less than thirty years later, the fastest extinction of a large animal at the hands of man. | ||
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| + | ==Links== | ||
| + | *[http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/libraryscience/17/ ''De Bestiis Marinis'' (''"Beasts of the Sea"'', 1751), by Georg Wilhelm Steller] | ||
Revision as of 02:36, March 20, 2009
| Steller's sea cow | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom Information | |
| Kingdom | Animalia |
| Phylum Information | |
| Phylum | Chordata |
| Class Information | |
| Class | Mammalia |
| Order Information | |
| Order | Sirenia |
| Family Information | |
| Family | Dugongidae |
| Sub-family | Hydrodamalinae |
| Genus Information | |
| Genus | Hydrodamalis |
| Species Information | |
| Species | H. gigas |
| Population statistics | |
| Conservation status | Extinct |
Steller's sea cow (Hydrodamalis gigas) an extinct relative of dugongs and manatees, was formerly an inhabitant of the coastlines of the Bering Sea. Discovered in 1741 during the explorations of the Russian Vitus Bering, Steller's sea cow has the dubious distinction of being hunted out of existence less than thirty years later, the fastest extinction of a large animal at the hands of man.