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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 [[dugong]]s and [[manatee]]s, 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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