Hydrodamalis gigas

(E. A. W. von Zimmermann, 1780)

Steller's Sea Cow

Side view of skeleton except for part of tail
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Location:USA, DC, Washington, National Museum of Natural HistoryDate taken:1 January 1990Description:Side view of skeleton except for part of tail

Distribution :

extinct; Known only from the Commander Isls, Bering Sea.

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Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Placentalia
Magnorder: Atlantogenata
Superorder: Afrotheria
Order: Sirenia
Family: Dugongidae
Subfamily: Hydrodamalinae
Genus: Hydrodamalis

Species status

Extinct
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Zimmermann, E.A.W. von. 1780. Geographische Geschichte des Menschen, und der vierfüßigen Thiere. Zweiter Band. Weygandsche Buchhandlung, Leipzig, 432 pp.

Authority publication link

https://publikationsserver.tu-braunschweig.de/receive/dbbs_mods_00021827

Original name as described

Manati gigas

Type material

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Type locality

Bering I, Commander Is, Bering Sea.

Biogeographic realm

Marine

Country distribution

Russia · United States?

Subregion distribution

USA(AK?)

IUCN Red List status

Extinct

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000530

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 20 names and synonyms.

Manati gigas

E. A. W. von Zimmermann, 1780

Family

Dugongidae

Root name

gigas

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Original type locality

Bewohnt den russischen Archipel, die Küsten von Kamtschatka und den Kurilen.

Type locality

Russia: Kamchatka Krai.

Authority page

426

Authority publication

Leipzig

Manati Balænurus

Boddaert, 1785

Family

Dugongidae

Root name

balaenura

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Original type locality

Habitat in ultimis arcticis terminis ad Insulas alieuticas

Type locality

Russia: Kamchatka Krai.

Authority page

173

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28230137

Authority publication

Rotterdam

Name usages

Boddaert (1785:173, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28230137) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35384)
Bechstein (1801:215, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30309320) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60397)
Shoshani (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9710)

Trichechus Manatus borealis

J. F. Gmelin, 1788

Family

Dugongidae

Root name

borealis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Original type locality

Habitat ad littus Americae occidentale, et insularum inter Americam et Kamschatkam positarum, frequentissime quoque ostia fluviorum intrans

Type locality

Russia: Kamchatka Krai.

Authority page

61

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25751281

Authority publication

Leipzig

Name usages

Gmelin (1788:61, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25751281) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35943)
Kerr (1792:120, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664142) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36283)
Illiger (1811:141, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48453846) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36105)
Shoshani (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9710)

Hydrodamalis Stelleri

Retzius, 1794

Family

Dugongidae

Root name

stelleri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Original type locality

Habitat in ultimis arcticis terminis ad Insulas alieuticas

Type locality

Russia: Kamchatka Krai.

Authority page

292

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46955009

Authority publication

Kongl. Vetenskaps Academiens Nya Handlingar

Name usages

Retzius (1794:292, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46955009) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69297)
Trouessart (1905:752, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423633) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59290)
Shoshani (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9710)

Sirene borealis:

André, 1795

Family

Dugongidae

Root name

borealis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

115

Authority publication

Eisenach

Name usages

André (1795:115) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37443)

Manatus borealis:

Link, 1795

Family

Dugongidae

Root name

borealis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

110

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46272986

Authority publication

Rostock

Name usages

Link (1795:110, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46272986) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35635)
Daudin (1802:193, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033443) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64044)
Muirhead (1819:474) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69481)
Hemprich (1820:45) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69417)
Eichwald (1831:341, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35753004) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67585)
S.D.W. (1836:70, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2508317) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/43690)
Blainville (1844:123, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57982391) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/56210)

Trichechus Borealis:

G. K. Shaw, 1800

Family

Dugongidae

Root name

borealis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

240

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41150979

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Shaw (1800:240, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41150979) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37615)

Trichecus borealis:

Treviranus, 1802

Family

Dugongidae

Root name

borealis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

218

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11026084

Authority publication

Göttingen

Name usages

Treviranus (1802:218, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11026084) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72409)

Trichecus manatus borealis:

Sonnini de Manoncourt, 1803

Family

Dugongidae

Root name

borealis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

501

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57287317

Authority publication

Nouveau Dictionnaire d'Histoire Naturelle

Name usages

Sonnini de Manoncourt (1803:501, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57287317) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67523)

Trichechus orientalis

Pallas, 1811

Family

Dugongidae

Root name

orientalis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

5

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29113938

Authority publication

Saint Petersburg

Name usages

Pallas (1811:5, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29113938) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37182)

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