Hydrodamalis gigas (Zimmermann 1780)

[Manati] gigas Zimmermann 1780, Geogr. Gesch. Mensch. Vierf. Thiere, 2: 426.

Type Locality: Bering Sea, Commander Isls, Bering Isl.

Vernacular Names: Steller's Sea Cow.

Synonyms: Hydrodamalis balaenurus (Boddaert 1785); Hydrodamalis borealis (Gmelin 1788); Hydrodamalis stelleri Retzius 1794 .

Distribution: Known only from the Commander Isls, Bering Sea.

Conservation: IUCN – Extinct.

Discussion: See Forsten and Youngman (1982, Mammalian Species, 165), Domning (1978, 1996).