Steller's sea cow, Hydrodamalis gigas. Extinct sirenian described by George Wilhelm Steller in 1741, hunted to extinction by 1768. Stekker’sche Seekuh, Rhytina stelleri. Colour printed illustration by F. John from Wilhelm Bolsche’s Tiere der Urwelt (Animals of the Prehistoric World), Reichardt Cocoa company, Hamburg, 1908.

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