Dugong dugon
Appearance


Taxonavigation
[edit]Familia: Dugongidae
Subfamilia: Dugonginae
Genus: Dugong
Species: Dugong dugon
Name
[edit]Dugong dugon (Statius Müller, 1776)
Type locality: Cape of Good Hope to the Phillippines
Synonyms
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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