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
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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).