Siren (genus)
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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.
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Siren | |
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Lesser siren, Siren intermedia | |
Scientific 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 |
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The living species have elongated, eel-like bodies, with two small vestigial fore legs.