Sea cow | Extinct Marine Mammal, Arctic Habitat | Britannica
Aug 25, 2024 · sea cow, (Hydrodamalis gigas), very large aquatic mammal, now extinct, that once inhabited nearshore areas of the Komandor Islands in the Bering Sea. Steller’s sea cows were wiped out by hunters in the 18th century less than 30 years after they were first discovered by Arctic explorers.
Sirenia - Wikipedia
The Sirenia (/ saɪˈriːni.ə /), commonly referred to as sea cows or sirenians, are an order of fully aquatic, herbivorous mammals that inhabit swamps, rivers, estuaries, marine wetlands, and coastal marine waters.
Manatee - Wikipedia
Manatees (/ ˈ m æ n ə t iː z /, family Trichechidae, genus Trichechus) are large, fully aquatic, mostly herbivorous marine mammals sometimes known as sea cows.
Steller's sea cow - Wikipedia
Steller's sea cow (Hydrodamalis gigas) is an extinct sirenian described by Georg Wilhelm Steller in 1741.
Manatees: what is a sea cow? - Natural History Museum
Manatees look a bit like walruses or chunky porpoises and are sometimes referred to as sea cows, but they're actually much more closely related to elephants.
What Happened to Steller's Sea Cows? - The Atlantic
Apr 19, 2017 · Unlike the other long-lived megafauna, Steller’s sea cows, one of the last of the Pleistocene survivors to die out, found their refuge in a remote scrape of the ocean instead of on land. The...
Steller's sea cow: the first historical extinction of a marine mammal ...
Within just 27 years of being formally described, humans had completely eradicated a marine mammal unlike anything seen today. Steller's sea cows were extraordinary creatures. Their closest living relatives are the dugong and manatees, known collectively as the sirenians.
Sirenian | Manatees, Dugongs & Sea Cows | Britannica
Steller’s sea cow was the largest sirenian and one of the few sirenians to occupy cold water. The term sea cow is now sometimes used to refer collectively to sirenians. Natural history
Sea Otters, Hunters, and Steller’s Sea Cows – Replaying a Recent Extinction
Jun 24, 2010 · Within three decades of its discovery the largest sea cow to have ever lived was wiped out, but what was the most important factor in its quick extinction?
The Dugong, a Huggable, Seagrass-Loving Sea Cow, Has a New …
Along with their manatee cousins, these marine mammals have earned the nickname “sea cows” thanks to their grazing habits, consuming up to 85 pounds of seagrass a day. Seagrass, in turn, depends...