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Sirenia

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ID 720414 Last modified 30.12.2004
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Domain classified zoology
  • suurte vee-eluliste imetajate selts; 4 (mõnes loomasüsteemis 6) liiki. Elutsevad troopikas veetaimestikurikkais rannikumeredes ja suurte jõgede suudmes. Karvkatteta keha on ruljas, tagajäsemeid ega kaela ei ole. Eesjäsemed on muundunud kabjalaadsete küünistega loibadeks. Väliskõrvu ei ole ... Magu on kaheosaline; taimtoidulised ...
  • an order of large aquatic mammals of herbivorous habit; the fore limbs are fin-like, the hind limbs lacking; there is a horizontally flattened tailfin; the skin is thick with little hair and underlying blubber, there are two pectoral mammae, no external ears, and the neck is very short. Manatees, Dugongs.
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  • FR: siréniens [U50979] DE: Sirenen (Seekühe) [U50979] FI: sireenieläimet [U50980]
meriveiselised preferred
sireenilised
Sirenia

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