Sirenia

SireniaIlliger, 1811

Accepted name, Mammal Species of the World 2005

"Traditionally (since Illiger, 1811) the category or rank of ""Order"" has been used for Sirenia. In 1997 McKenna and Bell, following cladistic classification, proposed a new category – ""Infraorder"" for Sirenia, in the ""Suborder"" Tethytheria McKenna, 1975, ""Order"" Uranotheria McKenna and Bell, 1997. For ‘stability’ I retained the ordinal category, even though infraorder category conveys a cladistic message. For thorough index, complete synonymy, and bibliography of Sirenia, see Domning (1996)."

• Wilson, D and Reeder, D. (eds.) 2005. Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. 3rd ed. -- 2142 pp. Johns Hopkins University Press.