Steller's sea cow

Scientific name: Hydrodamalis gigas

Officially approvedEntity code: ENT-0513

Structure

Steller recorded a length of seven and a half metres for a female Steller's sea cow that he examined himself.

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The skin of Steller's sea cow had a thick, black outer layer resembling tree bark.

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Sources (1)

Sources

Ahmad reads the approved sentences themselves, nothing more.

1Hydrodamalis gigas (Steller's sea cow)SRC-DSC-AD9D95B197
2Rewriting the history of an extinction: was a population of Steller's sea cows (Hydrodamalis gigas) at St Lawrence Island also driven to extinction?SRC-DSC-91B21B7D97

Approved version OWNER-REVIEW-20261108T105024487 · last approved 8 November 2026