Steller's sea cow
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steller-s-sea-cow-163-18461931
title:
Steller's sea cow
text:
Steller's sea cow is an extinct sirenian described by Georg Wilhelm Steller in 1741. At that time, it was found only around the Commander Islands in the Bering Sea between Alaska and Russia; its range extended across the North Pacific during the Pleistocene epoch, and likely contracted to such an extreme degree due to the glacial cycle. It is possible indigenous populations interacted with the animal before Europeans. Steller first encountered it on Vitus Bering's Great Northern Expedition when
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Extinct species of marine mammal
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steller%27s_sea_cow
date created:
2001-12-04T19:11:24Z
date modified:
2024-08-28T18:56:58Z
main entity:
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image:
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fields total:
13
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