Dugong

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Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Theria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Ordo: Sirenia
Familia: Dugongidae
Subfamilia: Dugonginae
Genus: Dugong
Species: Dugong dugon

[edit] Name

Dugong Lacépède, 1799

Type species: Dugong indicus Lacépède, 1799

[edit] Synonyms

• Amblychilus Fischer von Waldheim, 1814
• Dugongidus Gray, 1821
• Dugungus Tiedemann, 1808
• Halicore Illiger, 1811
• Platystomus G. Fischer, 1803

[edit] References

• Dugong on Mammal Species of the World.
  Don E. Wilson & DeeAnn M. Reeder (editors). 2005. Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed).
• Tab. Div. Subd. Orders Genres Mammifères 14: 17.
• Mammal Species of the World, A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd edition, 2005 ISBN 0801882214

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