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The list of external reputable, published sources and articles includes texts mentioning various proposed specific translations of the Tabernacle's outer covering of skins of "tahashim"—tahash ("badger", "dugong", etc."). This list of articles and external links related to tahash was removed with the summary: "none are tahash specific".
The dugong (/ ˈ d (j) uː ɡ ɒ ŋ /; Dugong dugon) is a marine mammal.It is one of four living species of the order Sirenia, which also includes three species of manatees.It is the only living representative of the once-diverse family Dugongidae; its closest modern relative, Steller's sea cow (Hydrodamalis gigas), was hunted to extinction in the 18th century.
Paenungulata (from Latin paene "almost" + ungulātus "having hoofs") is a clade of "sub-ungulates", which groups three extant mammal orders: Proboscidea (including elephants), Sirenia (sea cows, including dugongs and manatees), and Hyracoidea . At least two more possible orders are known only as fossils, namely Embrithopoda and Desmostylia. [a]
The family has one surviving species, the dugong (Dugong dugon), one recently extinct species, Steller's sea cow (Hydrodamalis gigas), and a number of extinct genera known from fossil records. Subcategories
The movie Dugong is based on the mammal of the same name, and features dugongs wearing top hats. It mentions that it is "The cow of the sea", where a cow from the first Magical Trevor cameos. It also mentions that it is "also known as the manatee "; and that it "doesn't have wings (because that is silly)"; nor does it live in a tree, for the ...
The skins of taḥašim are said to be used for the outer coverings of the tabernacle and of the several pieces of its furniture and utensils and tools. תַּחַשׁ is interpreted as a color (violet) in some translations, such as the D.V. - see Exodus 25:5 ; 26:14; 35:7, 23; 36:19; 39:34; 4:6 , 8, 10, 11, 12, 14, 25; Ezekiel 16:10 .
Mean feeding cycle lengths varied based on the manatees' body size and the species of plant being consumed. Rates of food introduction, derived from mean feeding cycle lengths, were comparable to chewing rates reported in other studies. Manatees consumed plants with tubular stems and numerous branches more quickly than plants with flat blades.
Dugong skeleton displayed at Philippine National Museum. Dugongidae's body weight ranges from 217 to 307 kg for juveniles, 334 to 424 kg for subadults, and 435 to 568.5 kg for adults. Oral temperatures for individual dugongs is determined from 24° to 34.2 °C. Heart rate readings are from 40 to 96 bpm and vary between individual dugongs.