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dugong (Dugong dugon)
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Description
Dugong
Date 1881-1882
Source Popular Science Monthly Volume 20 http://www.archive.org/details/popularsciencemo20newy
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PSM_V20_D643_Dugong.jpg
The dugong (Dugong dugon) is a medium-sized marine mammal. It is one of four living species of the order Sirenia. The dugong is the only sirenian in its range, which spans the waters of some 40 countries and territories throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Order: Sirenia, Family: Dugongidae, Genus: Dugong, Species: Dugong dugon (Müller, 1776).
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Scientific Name: Dugong dugon (Müller, 1776)
Common Names: Dugong, Sea Cow [English], Dugong [French], Dugon [Spanish]
Synonyms:
Dugong dugon hemprichii (Ehrenberg, 1833)
Dugong dugon dugon (Müller, 1776)
Dugong dugon tabernaculi (Rüppell, 1834)
Dugong dugong (Gmelin, 1788) |
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| Dugongs and other sirenians are not closely related to other marine mammals, being more related to elephants. Dugongs and elephants share a monophyletic group with hyraxes and the aardvark, one of the earliest offshoots of eutherians. |
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