Dugong
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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.
| Dugong[1] | |
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| A dugong in Marsa Alam | |
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) | |
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| Dugong range | |
References
eedit- ↑ 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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