Sirenia
E721100
Sirenia is an order of fully aquatic, herbivorous mammals that includes manatees and dugongs, known for their slow-moving lifestyle in warm coastal and freshwater habitats.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
order of mammals
ⓘ
taxonomic rank ⓘ |
| bodyShape | fusiform ⓘ |
| clade | Placentalia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| closestLivingRelatives |
Hyracoidea
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Proboscidea ⓘ |
| commonName |
sea cows
ⓘ
sirenians ⓘ |
| conservationStatus | many species threatened ⓘ |
| diet | herbivorous ⓘ |
| evolutionaryOrigin | descended from terrestrial mammals ⓘ |
| feedingHabit |
browsing on aquatic vegetation
ⓘ
grazing on seagrasses ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution |
subtropical regions
ⓘ
tropical regions ⓘ |
| includesCommonName |
dugongs
ⓘ
manatees ⓘ |
| includesTaxon |
Dugongidae
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Trichechidae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| infraclass | Eutheria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| lifestyle | fully aquatic ⓘ |
| limbType | paddle-like forelimbs ⓘ |
| locomotion | tail-powered swimming ⓘ |
| movement | slow-moving ⓘ |
| notableExtinctMember | Steller's sea cow NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
dense bones for ballast
ⓘ
lack of hind limbs ⓘ thick skin ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | viviparous ⓘ |
| respiration | air-breathing ⓘ |
| sensoryAdaptation | vibrissae on snout ⓘ |
| subclass | Theria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tailType | horizontally flattened tail ⓘ |
| taxonRank | order ⓘ |
| thermoregulation | preference for warm water ⓘ |
| threat |
boat strikes
ⓘ
climate change impacts on seagrass beds ⓘ entanglement in fishing gear ⓘ habitat loss ⓘ pollution ⓘ |
| typicalHabitat |
estuaries
ⓘ
freshwater habitats ⓘ rivers ⓘ shallow marine environments ⓘ warm coastal waters ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.