Sea cow: Dugong (Dugong dugon) also called

Dugong (Dugong dugon) also called ‘ Sea Cow ’ is one of the four surviving species in the Order Sirenia and it is the only existing species of herbivorous mammal that lives exclusively in the sea including in India. Manatees (/ ˈmænətiːz /, family Trichechidae, genus Trichechus) are large, fully aquatic, mostly herbivorous marine mammals sometimes known as sea cows. The scientific name of the Sea Cow is Hydrodamalis gigas. The other name for Sea Cow is Stellar's Sea Cow , and is now an extinct sirenian. It belonged to the family Dugongidae and Dugong is the sole living member. They are herbivorous aquatic animals (hence the name Sea Cow ). SEA HORSE: Learn about the sea cow , a huge herbivorous sirenian that went extinct in the 18th century. Find out how it looked, what it ate, how it lived and how it was hunted and used by humans.