Nanosiren (SciiFii)

The pygmy dugong (Nanosiren marinus), also known as the dwarf dugong, is a species of dugongid sirenian that originally lived in warm shallow seas in what is now Venezuela, approximately 11.610—3.6 Ma during the Miocene and Pliocene, as an extinct species, Nanosiren garciae, and the genus itself was once extinct, but has since been brought back from extinction by SciiFii and introduced throughout the modern tropical and subtropical regions across the Atlantic Ocean to help boost biodiversity. The pygmy dugong, as its name suggests, is a very small animal, with body lengths of about 2 meters and weighing about 150 kg, making it one of the smallest known sirenians and allowing it access to very shallow waters unavailable to larger sea mammals. The pygmy dugong is a herbivore like other dugongids, feeding primarily on seaweed that grows in the coastal areas. The pygmy dugong is a social animal that can live in herds consisting of up to around 100 individuals at a time. The conservation status of the pygmy dugong is Least Concern due to successful conservation efforts and the pygmy dugong's wide range.
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