Hydrodamalis gigas, Steller's sea cow

Hydrodamalis gigas   (Zimmermann, 1780)

Steller's sea cow

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Classification / Names Populärnamn | synonymer | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Mammalia | Sirenia | Dugongidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / djupintervall / distribution range Ekologi

Pelagiska.  Boreal

Distribution Länder | FAO områden | Ekosystem | Förekomster | Utplanteringar

Pacific Ocean.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Könsmognad: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm

Biologi     Ordlista (t.ex. epibenthic)

Found in shallow waters; Feeds on seaweed or sea cabbage. Extinct since 1768 (Ref. 1522). Found in shallow waters. Feeds on seaweed or sea cabbage (Ref. 1522).

Life cycle and mating behavior Könsmognad | Reproduktion | Lek | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Main reference referenser | Koordinator | Medarbetare

Rice, D.W. 1998 Marine Mammals of the World Systematics and Distribution. Special Publication number 4: The Society for Marine Mammalogy. 231p. (Ref. 1522)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)

  Extinct (EX) ; Date assessed: 04 April 2016

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 15.1 - 22.4, mean 19 (based on 39 cells).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.