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Hydrodamalis gigas (Zimmermann, 1780)
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Dataset
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GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
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Rank
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SPECIES
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Published in
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Geogr. Gesch. Mensch. Vierf. Thiere vol.2 p.426
Classification
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kingdom
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Animalia
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phylum
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Chordata
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class
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Mammalia
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order
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Sirenia
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family
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Dugongidae
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genus
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Hydrodamalis
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species
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Hydrodamalis gigas
Name
- Synonyms
- Manati balaenurus (Boddaert, 1785)
- Manati gigas Zimmermann, 1780
- Manatus gigas (Zimmermann, 1780)
- Rhytina borealis Brandt, 1849
- Rhytina gigas (Zimmermann, 1780)
- Rhytina stelleri Brandt, 1849
- Rhytina stellerus Brandt, 1849
- Rytina balaenurus (Boddaert, 1785)
- Rytina cetacea Illiger, 1815
- Rytina gigas (Zimmermann, 1780)
- Homonyms
- Hydrodamalis gigas (Zimmermann, 1780)
- Common names
- Steller's Sea Cow in English
- Steller's Sea Cow in English
- Steller's Sea Cow in English
- Steller's sea cow in language.
- Steller's sea cow in language.
- Steller's sea cow in English
- Stellersche Seekuh in German
- great northern sea cow in English
- great northern sea cow in English
- Steller's Sea Cow in English
- Steller's sea cow in English
Bibliographic References
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Domning, D. P. (1996). Bibliography and Index of the Sirenia and Desmostylia. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology.</em> (80): 1-611.
10.5479/si.00810266.80.1
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Mead, J. G.; Brownell, R. L. Jr. (2005). Cetacea. <em>In Wilson, D.E. & D.M. Reeder (eds). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), Johns Hopkins University Press, 2,142 pp.</em> 723--743.
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Rice, Dale W., 1998: Marine Mammals of the World: Systematics and Distribution. Special Publications of the Society for Marine Mammals, no. 4. ix + 231.
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Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 1992: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. xviii + 1207.
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Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 2005: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2. 2142.
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Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole, 2000: null. Common Names of Mammals of the World. xiv + 204.