DUGONGS/MANATEES
type: Concept
change note: 2017-03-15 09:07:02.0 [mgenazzi] Definition added insert Definition (id: null text: Phylum Chordata. Class Mammalia. Order Sirenia are large, fusiform, slow moving herbivorous aquatic mammals with broad backs tapering to paddle-like, dorso-ventrally flattened tails. Their heavy bones act as ballasts to counteract their blubber buoyancy. Dugongs are more streamlined than manatees, lack nails on their flippers and have a bi-lobe tai. language code: en);
definition: Phylum Chordata. Class Mammalia. Order Sirenia are large, fusiform, slow moving herbivorous aquatic mammals with broad backs tapering to paddle-like, dorso-ventrally flattened tails. Their heavy bones act as ballasts to counteract their blubber buoyancy. Dugongs are more streamlined than manatees, lack nails on their flippers and have a bi-lobe tai.
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MAMMALS
type: Concept