Sirenia lietuviškai

Paaiškinimas anglų kalba

• an animal order including: manatees; dugongs; Steller's sea cow
• An order of heavy-bodied, slow-moving, completely aquatic, herbivorous mammals. The body is fusiform, plump, and hairless, except for bristles on the snout. Hindlimbs are absent, the forelimbs are modified to flippers, and the tail is a horizontal fluke. (From Scott, Concise Encyclopedia Biology, 1996)