Dugong

Dugong
	A dugong in Marsa Alam
Conservation status
	; Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kinrick:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Cless:	Mammalia
Order:	Sirenia
Faimily:	Dugongidae
Subfaimily:	Dugonginae; Simpson, 1932
Genus:	Dugong; Lacépède, 1799
Species:	D. dugon
Binomial name
	Dugong dugon; (Müller, 1776)
	Dugong range

The dugong (Dugong dugon) is a medium-sized marine mammal. It is ane o fower livin species o the order Sirenia, which includes three species o manatees an aa. It is the anely livin memmer o the ance-diverse faimily Dugongidae; its closest modren relative, Steller's sea cou (Hydrodamalis gigas), wis huntit tae extinction in the 18t yearhunner. The dugong is the anly strictly marine herbivorous mammal.

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↑ Shoshani, J. (2005). "Order Sirenia". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). 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.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
↑ Marsh, H. & Sobtzick, S. (2015). "Dugong dugon". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2015: e.T6909A43792211. Retrieved 22 Mairch 2016.CS1 maint: uises authors parameter (link)

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[MSW3-1] Shoshani, J. (2005). "Order Sirenia". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). 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.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

[iucn-2] Marsh, H. & Sobtzick, S. (2015). "Dugong dugon". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2015: e.T6909A43792211. Retrieved 22 Mairch 2016.CS1 maint: uises authors parameter (link)

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