Dugong
The dugong (Dugong dugon) is the only living member of the family Dugongidae and one of the ocean’s most distinctive herbivorous mammals. Often called a “sea-cow,” it is a specialist grazer on seagrass meadows in shallow tropical and subtropical coastal waters across the Indian Ocean and western...
Dugong
Dugong (Dugong dugon) is a large seagrass‑grazing sirenian of tropical/subtropicalIndo‑West Pacific shallows. As a seagrass‑meadow ecosystem engineer, it promotes productivity through grazingand sediment disturbance. Global IUCN status: Vulnerable (VU).BasicsScientific name: Dugong dugonSize: 2...
Dugong (Dugong dugon): Characteristics, Where It Lives, and How It Differs From a Manatee
Mammals originally evolved on land, but some lineages returned to the ocean and gradually became fully adapted to marine life. Among these marine mammals are the sirenia—a gentle group of large, mostly herbivorous animals that includes manatees and the dugong. The dugong is often described as calm...
The origin and evolutionary history of dugong fish
Dugong is one of the oldest marine animals in the world. It is a national first-level protected animal and one of the endangered species in my country. Because it needs to surface regularly to breathe, it is often regarded as a "mermaid". Since 4,000 years ago, humans have been hunting dugong...