Dugong

Dugong dugon

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Sirenia

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata 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: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Cladus: Boreosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Superordo: Afrotheria Cladus: Paenungulata Cladus: Tethytheria 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, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
• Tab. Div. Subd. Orders Genres Mammifères 14: 17.
• Dugong in the World Register of Marine Species

Vernacular names

Ελληνικά: Ντιγκόνγκ
italiano: Dugongo
日本語: ジュゴン属
ไทย: พะยูน
українська: Дюгонь
中文: 儒艮

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