Sirenia
Translingual
Trichechus manatus
Etymology
Named for the legendary siren, originating in Greek mythology.
Proper noun
Sirenia
- A taxonomic order within the class Mammalia – the sirenians or sea cows: dugongs and manatees.
Hypernyms
- (order): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Tetrapoda - superclass; Mammalia - class; Theria - subclass; Eutheria - infraclass; Epitheria - magnorder; Afrotheria - superorder; Paenungulata - clade
Hyponyms
- (order): Dugongidae, Trichechidae - families
References
Sirenia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Sirenia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Sirenia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Sirenia in Mammal Species of the World at Bucknell.
- Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521