Order Sirenia Author Don E. Wilson text 1993 Smithsonian Institution Press Washington and London Editor Don E. Wilson Editor DeeAnn M. Reeder Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition) 365 366 book chapter 193457 10.5281/zenodo.7353132 8ea6a15f-4167-433d-bee5-78b2c22916f2 1-56098-217-9 7353132 Dugong dugon (Müller, 1776) . Linne's Vollstand. Natursyst. Suppl., p. 21 . TYPE LOCALITY: Cape of Good Hope to the Philippines . DISTRIBUTION: Tropical coastal waters of Indian and W Pacific Oceans. STATUS: CITES - Appendix I, except Australian population which is Appendix II; U.S. ESA - Endangered; IUCN - Vulnerable. SYNONYMS: australis, cetacea, dugung, hemprichii, indicus , lottum, tabernaculi. COMMENTS: Reviewed by Husar (1978a , Mammalian Species, 88).