Sirenia

Sirenia; Temporal range: Early Eocene – Holocene, 55.8–0 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Clockwise from upper left: West Indian manatee, African manatee, Steller's sea cow, dugong, Amazonian manatee
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Superorder:	Afrotheria
Clade:	Paenungulata
Clade:	Tethytheria
Order:	Sirenia; Illiger, 1811
Families
	Dugongidae; Trichechidae; †Prorastomidae; †Protosirenidae
	West Indian in green, Amazonian in red, African in orange, dugong in blue, Steller's sea cow circled (yellow)
Synonyms[1]
	List of synonyms Halobioidea Ameghino, 1889; Herbivorae Gray, 1821; Phycoceta Haeckel, 1866; Sirenoidea van Beneden, 1855; Sireniformes Kinman, 1994; Trichechiformes Hay, 1923; ;

Sirenia is an order of herbivorous mammals. In this order are the dugong and three species of manatee.

For information about the Gothic metal band, see Sirenia (band)

Taxonomy

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