sirenian

IPA: sˈaɪrʌniʌn

(zoology) Any of a group of aquatic, herbivorous mammals, of the order Sirenia, including the manatees and dugong.

Examples of "sirenian" in Sentences

The earliest known fully quadrupedal sirenians.
If this is a Sirenian, do not communicate with me any more.
‘The earliest known fully quadrupedal sirenian’, Nature, 413, 625–7.
Florida manatees inhabit the most northern limit of sirenian habitat.
Elephants have originated from some common proboscidea Sirenian ancestor.
After D. P. Domning, ‘The earliest known fully quadrupedal sirenian’,Nature 413 11 Oct. 2001, 626–7, fig.
Daryl Domning, world expert on sirenian evolution and history, published a paper on manatee evolution in Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology last year.
While I most certainly do not want to get rude about the speaker or his talk, he unfortunately provided a review of sirenian biology that was unoriginal, boring and thoroughly outdated and inaccurate.
Granted, there are sirenian workers who have, indeed, suggested that Atlantic rifting might explain manatee distribution … but, those workers were publishing their papers in the early years of the 20th century (Arldt 1907)!
Nineteen other species of invertebrates are known: three species of early sirenian (sea cow), one partial skeleton of the primitive proboscidian Moeritherium, early mammals, sharks, crocodiles, three kinds of sawfish, rays, cartilaginous and bony fishes, several kinds of turtles, including a sea turtle and a sea snake.