Hydrodamalis gigas

Hydrodamalis gigas (Zimmermann, 1780). Geogr. Gesch. Mensch. Vierf. Thiere, 2:426. TYPE LOCALITY: Bering Sea, Commander Isis, Bering Isl. DISTRIBUTION: Known only from the Commander Islands, Bering Sea. STATUS: IUCN - Extinct. SYNONYMS: balaenurus, borealis, stelleri. COMMENTS: See Forsten and Young...

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Main Author: Don E. Wilson
Format: Other/Unknown Material
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Published: Smithsonian Institution Press 1993
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Online Access:https://zenodo.org/record/7282661
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7282661
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Summary:Hydrodamalis gigas (Zimmermann, 1780). Geogr. Gesch. Mensch. Vierf. Thiere, 2:426. TYPE LOCALITY: Bering Sea, Commander Isis, Bering Isl. DISTRIBUTION: Known only from the Commander Islands, Bering Sea. STATUS: IUCN - Extinct. SYNONYMS: balaenurus, borealis, stelleri. COMMENTS: See Forsten and Youngman (1982, Mammalian Species, 165). Published as part of Don E. Wilson, 1993, Order Sirenia, pp. 365-366 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 365, DOI:10.5281/zenodo.7353132