Dugong dugon (Muller, 1776)

James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Sirenia, Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA: Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections, pp. 305-306 : 305

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scientific name	Dugong dugon (Muller, 1776)
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Dugong dugon (Muller, 1776) View in CoL . Linne's Vollstand. Natursyst. Suppl., p. 21.

TYPE LOCALITY: Cape of Good Hope to Philippine Isis .

DISTRIBUTION: Red Sea and E. Africa to S. Japanese Archipelago, Caroline Isis., Australia, Solomon Islands, New Hebrides, and New Caledonia.

COMMENT: Includes australis, hemprichi, and tabernaculi; see Corbet, 1978:193. Reviewed by Husar, 1978, Mamm. Species, 88:1-7.

PROTECTED STATUS: CITES - Appendix I as D. dugon (except Australian populations); CITES - Appendix II as D. dugon (Australian populations only). U.S. ESA - Endangered as D. dugon .

ISIS NUMBER: 5301417001001001001.