Dugong dugon

Dugong dugon

Dugong dugon — distribution map

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Sirenia

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores 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: Metopophora Cladus: Haptodontiformes Cladus: Sphenacomorpha Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Pantherapsida Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Eutheriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Epicynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliamorpha Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Atlantogenata Superordo: Afrotheria Cladus: Paenungulatomorpha Grandordo: Paenungulata Mirordo: 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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