Classification: Manatees & Dugong

Everglades TOOB (Safari Ltd.)

Name(s): Alligator, Alligator mississippiensis, American alligator, American black bear, American crocodile, Apalone, Apalone ferox, Crocodylus, Crocodylus acutus, Drymarchon, Drymarchon couperi, eastern indigo snake, Florida gar, Florida manatee, Florida panther, Florida softshell turtle, Lepisosteus, Lepisosteus platyrhincus, Lontra, Lontra canadensis, mountain lion, Mycteria, Mycteria americana, North American river otter, Puma, Puma concolor, Rostrhamus, Rostrhamus sociabilis, Snail kite, Trichechus, Trichechus manatus, Trichechus manatus latirostris, Ursus, Ursus americanus, West Indian manatee, Wood stork Brand: Safari Ltd. Classification: Alligators & Crocodiles, Bears, Birds, Birds of Prey, Carnivores, Cats, Fish, Gar, Mammals, Manatees & Dugong, Reptiles, Snakes, Storks, Turtles & Tortoises, Weasles, Otters & Kin Type: Figurine, Set Range: Atlantic Ocean, North America, South America

4.9 (7 votes)

The Everglades is a subtropical and tropical wetland spanning 7,800 square miles (20,000 km2) in central and south Florida in the United States. Water from the Kissimmee River south of Orlando feeds into Lake Okeechobee and then continues south into Florida Bay. Although mostly marsh and flooded grassland the Everglades also run through cypress swamps, hardwood hammocks, pinelands, coastal prairies, and mangrove forests.

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Steller’s Sea Cow (Yowies Forgotten Friends Series A by Cadbury)

Name(s): Hydrodamalis, Hydrodamalis gigas, Stellers Sea Cow Brand: Cadbury/Yowie Group Classification: Mammals, Manatees & Dugong Type: Figurine Range: Pacific Ocean

2 (2 votes)

The order sirenia has long been fascinating to me, the main herbivorous marine mammals that have survived throughout the Cenozoic. The one that interests me the most (even inspiring my ATB name Sirenia) is, unfortunately, no longer living, the Steller’s Sea Cow. These giant sirenians lived around Commander Island in the Bering sea, being hunted by locals.

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Manatee, adult and calf (Wild Safari Sealife by Safari Ltd.)

Name(s): Trichechus, Trichechus manatus, West Indian manatee Brand: Safari Ltd., Wild Safari Sealife Classification: Mammals, Manatees & Dugong Type: Baby Animal, Figurine

3.5 (4 votes)

Whales typically dominate the discussion of fully aquatic mammals, though Sirenians should be acknowledged for making the transition around the same time. As oppose to ungulates, these creatures are related to proboscids and hyraxes. Amongst the extant species, there are 3 that belong to the manatee genus (Trichechus).

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Manatee (Sealife by CollectA)

Name(s): Trichechus, Trichechus manatus, West Indian manatee Brand: CollectA Classification: Mammals, Manatees & Dugong Type: Figurine

4.2 (6 votes)

With a name like Sirenia, you would think I would have gotten to this point sooner, and before anyone else, but I got here at last, a review of a sirenian. These docile aquatic animals are related to Afrotherians, making this another group of mammals that became fully aquatic and large, alongside the whales.

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Dugong (Sealife by CollectA)

Name(s): Dugong, Dugong dugon Brand: CollectA Classification: Mammals, Manatees & Dugong Type: Figurine

4.1 (9 votes)

Review and images by Suspsy; edited by bmathison1972

The only purely herbivorous marine mammal, the dugong (Dugong dugon) forms the order Sirenia along with the three species of manatee. It is believed to have been the inspiration for the legend of mermaids, although I reckon the sailors who sighted a dugong back in those days had to have been either extremely lonely or extremely inebriated to mistake its visage for that of an alluring woman.

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Steller’s Sea Cow (Extinct by Club Earth)

Name(s): Hydrodamalis, Hydrodamalis gigas, Stellers Sea Cow Brand: Club Earth/Wing Mau Classification: Mammals, Manatees & Dugong Type: Figurine

3.3 (3 votes)

The gluttony of humanity has had catastrophic effect on the flora and fauna of the world, resulting in destruction and extinction. The example here is a clear exhibition of this: the Steller’s Sea Cow, a sirenian colossus that once lived in the Bering straits, it was wiped out by Europeans within 27 years of it’s discovery, being easy to catch and full of tender meat.

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Eternal Lost Breeds, Extinct animal (Takara Tomy A.R.T.S.)

Name(s): Dodo, Golden Toad, Hydrodamalis, Hydrodamalis gigas, Incilius, Incilius periglenes, Japanese crested ibis, Nipponia, Nipponia nippon, Raphus, Raphus cucullatus, Stellers Sea Cow, thylacine, Thylacinus, Thylacinus cynocephalus Brand: Takara Tomy A.R.T.S. Classification: Amphibians, Birds, Frogs & Toads, Mammals, Manatees & Dugong, Marsupials, Pelicans, Herons & Kins, Pigeons & Doves Type: Figurine, Set

5 (3 votes)

Despite the progress we have made as a species, there is one fact we cannot change: extinction is forever. As a result of our hubris, many spectacular species have been wiped from the face of the earth. Takara have created quite an exquisite set, showing a selection of the species that have been lost of the centuries, each with a stand stating scientific names and year of extinction.

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Everglades TOOB (Safari Ltd.)

Steller’s Sea Cow (Yowies Forgotten Friends Series A by Cadbury)

Manatee, adult and calf (Wild Safari Sealife by Safari Ltd.)

Manatee (Sealife by CollectA)

Dugong (Sealife by CollectA)

Steller’s Sea Cow (Extinct by Club Earth)

Eternal Lost Breeds, Extinct animal (Takara Tomy A.R.T.S.)

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