Dugong

Dugong dugon

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Sirenia
Main Page Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Chordata Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Theria Infraclassis: Eutheria Magnordo: Epitheria Superordo: Afrotheria Cladus: Paenungulata Ordo: Sirenia

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

Name

Dugong Lacépède, 1799

Type species: Dugong indicus Lacépède, 1799

Synonyms

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

References

• Dugong in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, D. E. & Reeder, D. M. (eds.) (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0801882214
• Tab. Div. Subd. Orders Genres Mammifères 14: 17.
• Dugong in the World Register of Marine Species

Vernacular names

italiano: Dugongo
ไทย: พะยูน
українська: Дюгонь
中文: 儒艮

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