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Hydrodamalis gigas (Zimmermann, 1780)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Geogr. Gesch. Mensch. Vierf. Thiere vol.2 p.426

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Mammalia
order
Sirenia
family
Dugongidae
genus
Hydrodamalis
species
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
Barkardýr in Icelandic
Borkentier in German
Bò biển Steller in Vietnamese
Dugongo de Steller in Portuguese
Dugongo-de-steller in Portuguese
Dəniz inəyi in Azerbaijani
Jūros karvė in Lithuanian
Kôrokožec bezzubý in Slovak
Rhytine de Steller in French
Riesenseekuh in German
Ritina di Steller in Italian
Sapi laut steller in Indonesian
Stelera dugongo in Esperanto
Stellar zeekoe in Dutch
Steller's Sea Cow in English
Steller's Sea Cow in English
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 English
Steller-tengeritehén in Hungarian
Stelleri meriõhv in Estonian
Stellerinmerilehmä in Finnish
Stellerova morska krava in Croatian
Stellers Seekuh in German
Stellers sjöko in Swedish
Stellers sjøku in Norwegian
Stellers søko in Danish
Stellersche Seekuh in German
Stellersche Seekuh in German
Stellersjøku in Norwegian Bokmål
Stellerzeekoe in Dutch
Vaca de mare a lui Steller in Romanian
Vaca marina de Steller in Spanish
Vaca-marinha-de-steller in Portuguese
Vache de mer in French
great northern sea cow in English
great northern sea cow in English
great northern sea cow in English
koroun bezzubý in Czech
stellerindugongi in Finnish
syrena morska in Polish
Štelerova morska krava in language.
Θαλάσσιες αγελάδες in Greek, Modern (1453-)
Марская карова in Belarusian
Морская корова in Russian
Морська корова in Ukrainian
Морська корова Стеллера in Ukrainian
Стелерова морска крава in Bulgarian

Bibliographic References

  1. Burgin, Connor J., Don E. Wilson, Russell A. Mittermeier, Anthony B. Rylands, et al., 2020: null. Illustrated Checklist of the Mammals of the World. Vol. 1. Monotremata to Rodentia. 631.
  2. 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
  3. 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.
  4. Rice, Dale W., 1998: Marine Mammals of the World: Systematics and Distribution. Special Publications of the Society for Marine Mammals, no. 4. ix + 231.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole, 2000: null. Common Names of Mammals of the World. xiv + 204.
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