Dugong

The dugong (Dugong dugon) is the smallest member of the order Sirenia (which includes the manatees and sea cows). Adults are generally less than 10 feet (3 meters) long. Although they covered all of the tropical South Pacific and Indian Oceans, remaining populations are greatly reduced. Groups of 10,000 or more are present on the Great Barrier Reef of Australia, at Shark Bay[?], and in the Torres Strait[?] south of New Guinea. Before 1970, it is thought that large populations were also present in Mozambique and coastal Kenya, but these have dwindled.

Table of contents 1 Placement 2 Synonyms and common names 3 References 4 Children

Placement

Kingdom Animalia

Phylum Chordata

Class Mammalia

Order Sirenia

Family Dugongidae

Genus Dugong

Synonyms and common names

Dugong

References

http://www.itis.usda.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=180678
as of 2002-07-05

Children

• Dugong dugon