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Siren (genus)

Siren
Temporal range: Eocene–present
Lesser siren, Siren intermedia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Urodela
Family: Sirenidae
Genus: Siren
Linnaeus, 1766[note 1]
Type species
Siren lacertina
Linnaeus, 1766

Siren is a genus of aquatic salamanders of the family Sirenidae.[1][2] The genus consists of five living species, along with one extinct species from the Eocene Epoch and three from the Miocene.

The living species have elongated, eel-like bodies, with two small vestigial fore legs.

Species

Extant (living) species include:[1]

Extinct species:[citation needed]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Sometimes listed as Siren Österdam, 1766,[1][2] but Linnaeus has been ceded formal authorship by ICZN Opinion 92 in 1926[3] and Direction 57 in 1956.[4]

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