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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.