stellers sea cow Hydrodamalis gigas marine mammal dugong manatees North Pacific Commander Islands hunting meat skin fat fur trade extinct 18th century
Steller’s sea cow – was a sirenian, discovered by Europeans in 1741 around the Commander Islands in the Bering Sea. Within twenty-seven years of discovery by Europeans, the slow-moving and easily caught mammal was hunted into extinction for its meat, fat, and hide…
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