Authority citation: Müller, P.L.S. 1776. Des Ritters Carl von Linne' vollständigen Natursystems Supplements- und Register-Band über alle sechs Theile oder Classen des Thierreichs. Gabriel Nicolaus Raspe, Nuremberg, 384 pp.
Authority publication link: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51217678
Original name as described: Trichecus Dugon
Nominal names: manatus (Brisson, 1762) [placed on index] | dugon (P. L. S. Müller, 1776) | dugung (Erxleben, 1777) | indicus (Boddaert, 1785) | dugong (J. F. Gmelin, 1788) | australis (A. J. Retzius, 1794) [preoccupied] | indicus de Lacépède, 1799 [preoccupied] | durong (W. Turton, 1802) [incorrect subsequent spelling] | cetacea (Illiger, 1815) [nomen nudum] | cetaceus (H. R. Schinz, 1821) | syren (Brookes, 1828) [nomen nudum] | hemprichii (Ehrenberg, 1833) | lottum (Ehrenberg, 1833) | tabernaculi (Rüppell, 1834) | australis (R. Owen, 1847) [preoccupied] | malayana (R. Owen, 1875) [nomen nudum] | brevirostris (De Vis, 1905) | inducus S. Jackson & Groves, 2015 [incorrect subsequent spelling | not used as valid]
Other common names: Sea Cow|Sea Pig
Taxonomy
Subclass: Theria -- Infraclass: Placentalia -- Order: Sirenia -- Family: Dugongidae -- Subfamily: Dugonginae
Type specimen voucher catalogue number: untraced (number not known)
Type locality: "Vorgebürge der Guten Hofnung an, bis an die philippinischen Inseln" (= Cape of Good Hope, South Africa, to the Philippines).
Country distribution (coarse map shown below; most species exist in only part of countries): Australia (AUS) | Christmas Island (CXR) | Bahrain (BHR) | Brunei (BRN) | Cambodia (KHM) | China (CHN) | Cocos Islands (CCK) | Comoros (COM) | Djibouti (DJI) | Egypt (EGY) | Eritrea (ERI) | India (IND) | Indonesia (IDN) | Japan (JPN) | Jordan (JOR) | Kenya (KEN) | Madagascar (MDG) | Malaysia (MYS) | Mauritius (MUS) | Mayotte (MYT) | Mozambique (MOZ) | New Caledonia (NCL) | Palau (PLW) | Papua New Guinea (PNG) | Philippines (PHL) | Qatar (QAT) | Saudi Arabia (SAU) | Seychelles (SYC) | Singapore (SGP) | Solomon Islands (SLB) | Somalia (SOM) | Sri Lanka (LKA) | Sudan (SDN) | Tanzania (TZA) | Thailand (THA) | East Timor (TLS) | United Arab Emirates (ARE) | Vietnam (VNM) | Yemen (YEM) | Iran? | Iraq? | Israel (ISR) | Kuwait (KWT) | Oman (OMN) | Bangladesh? | Myanmar (MMR) | Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Species Status: This species is currently living, it lives in wild habitats, its taxonomic status is currently accepted, and it is listed in MSW3 2005.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species status: Vulnerable
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