Siren (genus)

Siren; Temporal range: Eocene–present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Lesser siren, Siren intermedia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Urodela
Family:	Sirenidae
Genus:	Siren; Linnaeus, 1766
Type species
	Siren lacertina; Linnaeus, 1766

Siren is a genus of aquatic salamanders of the family Sirenidae.^[1]^[2] The genus consists of three living species, along with one extinct species from the Eocene Epoch and three from the Miocene.

The living species have elongated, eel-like bodies, with two small vestigial fore legs.

Species

Extant (living) species include:^[1]

Siren intermedia Barnes, 1826 – lesser siren
Siren lacertina Linnaeus, 1766^[5] – greater siren
Siren reticulata Graham, Kline, Steen, and Kelehear, 2018 – reticulated siren or leopard eel

Extinct species:^{[citation needed]}

^ Sometimes listed as Siren Österdam, 1766,^[1]^[2] but Linnaeus has been ceded formal authorship by ICZN Opinion 92 in 1926^[3] and Direction 57 in 1956.^[4]

^ ^a ^b ^c "Siren Österdam, 1766". research.amnh.org. Amphibian Species of the World. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Siren". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
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^ "Record 184170 Nomenclator Zoologicus Record Detail". www.ubio.org. Retrieved 6 December 2018.

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