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--> FAMILY Dugongidae
--> SUBFAMILY Dugonginae
GENUS Dugong
Author: | Lacépède, 1799. | Citation: | Tab. Div. Subd. Orders Genres Mammiféres, 14: 17. | Type Species: | Dugong indicus Lacépède, 1799 (= Trichechus dugon Müller, 1776). | Comments: | See Husar (1978, Mammalian Species, 88), McKenna and Bell (1997). Halicora Fleming, 1822 is an incorrect subsequent spelling of Halicore Illiger. |
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| Offspring: SPECIES dugon | Synonyms:
Amblychilus Fischer von Waldheim, 1814 Dugongidus Gray, 1821 Dugungus Tiedemann, 1808 Halicore Illiger, 1811 Platystomus G. Fischer, 1803
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