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--> FAMILY Dugongidae
--> SUBFAMILY Dugonginae
--> GENUS Dugong
SPECIES Dugong dugon
Author: | Müller, 1776. | Citation: | Linne's Vollstand. Natursyst. Suppl.: 21. | Common Name: | Dugong | Type Locality: | Cape of Good Hope to the Philippines. | Distribution: | Tropical coastal waters of Indian and W Pacific Oceans. | Status: | CITES – Appendix I; U.S. ESA – Endangered except in Palau, where it is Proposed Endangered; IUCN – Vulnerable. | Comments: | Reviewed by Husar (1978, Mammalian Species, 88). |
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australis (Retzius, 1794) cetacea (Illiger, 1815) dugong (Gmelin, 1788) dugung (Erxleben, 1777) hemprichii (Ehrenberg, 1832) indicus (Boddaert, 1785) lottum (Ehrenberg, 1832) malayana (Owen, 1875) syren (Brookes, 1828) tabernaculi (Rüppell, 1834)
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