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Monotypic taxon: Genus Hydrodamalis Retzius, 1794 - Steller's sea cow, great northern sea cow (mammal)
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Authorship

Original name:  Retzius, 1794:292.
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Types

Type of: Hydrodamalinae (Subfamily) Palmer, 1895
Type, by synonymy: Hydrodamalis gigas (Zimmermann, 1780)

Variants

Different spelling: Hydromalis (Genus) Allen, 1880 Ref: S.A. Neave (ed.), [2005]: [19 Dec 2008].

Synonyms

Synonymous name: Dystomus (Genus) Fischer-Waldheim, 1813 Ref: PBDB: 27 Oct 2013.
Synonymous name: †Haligyna (Genus) Billberg, 1827 Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name: Manati (Genus) Zimmermann, 1780 Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name: Nepus (Genus) Fischer, 1814 Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name: †Rhytina (Genus) Berthold, 1827 Ref: Grzimek, 1974
Synonymous name: †Rhytine (Genus) Burmeister, 1837, nom. illeg. Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name: †Rytina (Genus) Illiger, 1811 Ref: PBDB: 27 Oct 2013.
Synonymous name: †Sirene (Genus) Link, 1794 Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name: †Stellerus (Genus) Desmarest, 1822 Ref: PBDB: 27 Oct 2013.

Vernacular Names (English)

Full name: Steller's sea cow, great northern sea cow
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