Rytiodus (SciiFii)

The tusked dugong (Rytiodus europeansis, name meaning "European Rytina", with Rytina being known as "wrinkled", an old name for Steller's sea cow), also known as the walrus dugong, is a species of sirenian that originally lived in Europe and Libya during the Miocene as an extinct species of Rytiodus and was once extinct, but has since been brought back from extinction by SciiFii and introduced throughout the modern Mediterranean Sea to help boost biodiversity. With a length of 6 meters (20 feet), the tusked dugong is about twice the size of most dugongs and other sirenians, surpassed only by Steller's sea cow, which is up to 8–9 m (26–30 ft) long. Like its closest relatives, the common dugong (Dugong dugon), the tusked dugong has a pair of flippers, a streamlined body and a tail fin. Its flattened snout allows it to feed in shallow coastal waters. Unlike most sirenians, the tusked dugong, as its name suggests, has short tusks which it uses to extract food from the sand, including seaweed. The conservation status of the tusked dugong is Least Concern due to successful conservation efforts and the dugong's wide range. 
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