Hydrodamalis gigas

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

Steller's Sea Cow

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://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000530

Country distribution map

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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. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

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

Authority page

426

Authority publication

Leipzig

Manatus borealis

(Daudin, 1802)

Family

Dugongidae

Root name

borealis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

193

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033443

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Daudin (1802:193, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033443) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64044)

Nepus Stelleri

(G. Fischer, 1814)

Family

Dugongidae

Root name

stelleri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

xxii

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130083

Authority publication

Moscow

Name usages

Fischer (1814:xxii, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130083) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12226)

Rytina borealis

(Illiger, 1815)

Family

Dugongidae

Root name

borealis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

64

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080920

Authority publication

Abhandlungen der physikalischen Klasse der Königlich-Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

Illiger (1815:64, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080920) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38688)

Haligyna borealis

(Billberg, 1827)

Family

Dugongidae

Root name

borealis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

33

Authority publication

Stockholm

Name usages

Billberg (1827:33) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67228)

Stellerus borealis

(Lesson, 1827)

Family

Dugongidae

Root name

borealis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

404

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207871

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1827:404, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207871) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)

Hydrodamalis gigas

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Dugongidae

Root name

gigas

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

114

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:114) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:305) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Shoshani (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9710)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #10303) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #10303) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000530) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/10303/43792683) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Manati Balaenurus

(P. Boddaert, 1785)

Family

Dugongidae

Root name

balaenura

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

173

Authority page URI

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

Authority publication

Rotterdam

Name usages

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

Authority page

61

Authority page URI

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

Authority publication

Leipzig

Name usages

Shoshani (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9710)

Hydrodamalis Stelleri

Retzius, 1794

Family

Dugongidae

Root name

stelleri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

292

Authority publication

Kunglika Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar

Name usages

Shoshani (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9710)

Rytina cetacea

(Illiger, 1815)

Family

Dugongidae

Root name

cetacea

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

68

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080924

Authority publication

Abhandlungen der physikalischen Klasse der Königlich-Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

  1. Illiger (1815:68, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080924) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38688)
  2. Shoshani (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9710)

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