Dugong dugon

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Sirenia
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Magnordo: Epitheria Superordo: Afrotheria Cladus: Paenungulata Cladus: Tethytheria Ordo: Sirenia

Familia: Dugongidae
Subfamilia: Dugonginae
Genus: Dugong
Species: Dugong dugon

Name

Dugong dugon (Statius Müller, 1776)

Type locality: Cape of Good Hope to the Phillippines

Synonyms

Trichecus dugon Müller, 1776
Trichechus dugung Erxleben, 1777
Halicore australis (Retzius, 1794) Owen, 1875
Halicore dugong (Gmelin, 1788) Illiger, 1811
Dugong indicus (Boddaert, 1785) Lacépède}, 1799
Halicore cetacea (Illiger, 1815) Heuglin, 1877
Halicore syren (Brookes, 1828)
Halicore hemprichii Ehrenberg, 1833 (1832)
Halicore lottum Ehrenberg, 1833
Halicore tabernaculi Rüppell, 1834
Halicore malayana (Owen, 1875)
Halicore halicore Hilmy, 1949
Dugong dugong tabernaculi Gohar, 1957
Dugong dugung Jones, 1959

References

Linne's Vollstand. Natursyst. Suppl., p. 21.
Wilson, D.E. & Reeder, D.M. (eds.) 2005. Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. 3rd edition. The Johns Hopkins University Press: Baltimore. 2 volumes. 2142 pp. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. Reference page.
Nair, R.V., Lal Mohan, R.S., Satyanarayana Rao, K. 1975. The Dugong Dugong dugon. Bulletin 26: 1–47. Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute Cochin. PDF.

Links

IUCN: Dugong dugon (Vulnerable)
Dugong dugon in Mammal Species of the World.
Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
Dugong dugon – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Vernacular names

Boarisch: Dugong
беларуская: Дзюгонь
Deutsch: Dugong
Ελληνικά: Ντιγκόνγκ
English: Dugong
español: Dugón
suomi: Dugongi
français: Dugong
magyar: Dugong
italiano: Dugongo
polski: Diugoń
ไทย: พะยูน
українська: Морська корова (дюгонь)
中文: 儒艮

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