Sirenia
Translingual
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Etymology
Named for the legendary siren, originating in Greek mythology.
Proper noun
Sirenia
Hypernyms
- (order): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria - subclass; Eutheria - infraclass; Epitheria - magnorder; Afrotheria - superorder; Paenungulata - clade
Hyponyms
- (order): Dugongidae, Trichechidae - families
References
Sirenia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Sirenia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Category:Sirenia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Sirenia in Mammal Species of the World[1] at Bucknell.
- Sirenia at the Tree of Life Web Project
- Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. PMID 25923521, →DOI