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Steller's sea cows


  • When this heading is assigned, the second subject heading [Sirenians] is also assigned, e.g., 1. Steller's sea cows. 2. Sirenians.

  • URI(s)

  • Variants

    • Great northern sea cows
    • Hydrodamalis gigas
    • Steller's sea cow

  • Broader Terms

  • Earlier Established Forms

    • Steller's sea cow

  • Sources

    • found: Horn, Gabriel. Steller's sea cow, 1989(DLC)89007702
    • found: ITIS, viewed August 2, 2023(Hydrodamalis gigas; Taxonomic rank: Species; Common names: Steller's sea cow, Great northern sea cow; Kingdom: Animalia; Phylum: Chordata; Subphylum: Vertebrata; Class: Mammalia; Order: Sirenia; Family: Dugongidae; Genus: Hydrodamalis)
    • found: Britannica, viewed August 2, 2023(sea cow, (Hydrodamalis gigas), also called Steller's sea cow, very large aquatic mammal, now extinct, that once inhabited nearshore areas of the Komandor Islands in the Bering Sea. Steller's sea cows were wiped out by hunters in the 18th century less than 30 years after they were first discovered by Arctic explorers. Today, the term sea cow is sometimes used to refer to other sirenians, namely, the manatee and the dugong)
    • found: Merriam Webster, viewed August 2, 2023(Steller's sea cow: an extinct very large sirenian (Hydrodamalis gigas) formerly common near the Asian coast of the Bering Sea)

  • LC Classification

    • QL737.S62

  • General Notes

    • When this heading is assigned, the second subject heading [Sirenians] is also assigned, e.g., 1. Steller's sea cows. 2. Sirenians.

  • History Notes

    • [Heading changed from Steller's sea cow to Steller's sea cows in August 2023.]

  • Instance Of

  • Scheme Membership(s)

  • Collection Membership(s)

  • Change Notes

    • 1986-02-11: new
    • 2023-08-25: revised

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