Dugong
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| Dugong[1] | |
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| A dugong in Marsa Alam | |
Scienteefic clessification 
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| Kinrick: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Cless: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Sirenia |
| Faimily: | Dugongidae |
| Genus: | Dugong Lacépède, 1799 |
| Species: | D. dugon |
| Binomial name | |
| Dugong dugon (Müller, 1776) | |
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| Dugong range | |
The dugong (Dugong dugon) is a medium-sized marine mammal. It is ane o fower livin species o the order Sirenia, which an aa includes three species o manatees. It is the anly livin representative o the ance-diverse faimily Dugongidae; its closest modren relative, Steller's sea cou (Hydrodamalis gigas), wis huntit tae extinction in the 18t century. The dugong is the anly strictly marine herbivorous mammal.
References[eedit | eedit soorce]
- ↑ Shoshani, J. (2005). "Order Sirenia". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 92. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ↑ Marsh, H. & Sobtzick, S. (2015). "Dugong dugon". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2015: e.T6909A43792211. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
Categeries:
- IUCN Reid Leet vulnerable species
- Sirenians
- Fauna o Micronesie
- Mammals o Africae
- Mammals o Soothwast Asie
- Mammals o the Middle East
- Fauna o the Indian Ocean
- Mammals o Australie
- Megafauna o Australie
- Megafauna o Eurasie
- Megafauna o Africae
- Vulnerable fauna o Australie
- Monoteepic mammal genera
- EDGE species
- Ainimals descrived in 1776
- Mammals o Malaysie
- Mammals o the Philippines
- Mammals o Indonesie
- Mammals o Somalie
- Mammals o Singapore
- Taxa named bi Bernard Germain de Lacépède
