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  2. Dugong - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. Dugongidae - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. List of mammals of Israel - Wikipedia

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    Dugongs. Sirenia is an order of fully aquatic, herbivorous mammals that inhabit rivers, estuaries, coastal marine waters, swamps, and marine wetlands. All four species are endangered. Family: Dugongidae. Genus: Dugong. Dugong, D. dugon VU [3]

  5. List of mammals of Trinidad and Tobago - Wikipedia

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    1.2.1 Order: Sirenia (manatees and dugongs) 1.2.2 Order ... This is a list of the mammal species ... of 21 May 2007 and supplemented by the common names and ...

  6. Sirenia - Wikipedia

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    Unlike those of manatees, the dugong's teeth do not continually grow back via horizontal tooth replacement. [38] The dugong has two tusks which emerge in males during puberty, and sometime later in life for females after reaching the base of the premaxilla. [33] The number of growth layer groups in a tusk indicates the age of a dugong. [39]

  7. Prehistoric sea cow was eaten by a croc and a shark, newly ...

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    A fossil reveals how a now-extinct species of dugong was swimming in the sea about 15 million years ago when it was preyed upon by a crocodile and a tiger shark.

  8. List of mammals of Vietnam - Wikipedia

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    Dugongs. Sirenia is an order of fully aquatic, herbivorous mammals that live in rivers and marine wetlands. It includes four extant species, three manatees and the dugong, and the extinct Stellar's sea cow. Family: Dugongidae. Genus: Dugong. Dugong, D. dugon VU [3]

  9. List of mammals of the Northern Mariana Islands - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of the mammal species recorded in the Northern Mariana Islands. There are seven mammal species in the Northern Mariana Islands, of which one is endangered and one is vulnerable. [1] The following tags are used to highlight each species' conservation status as assessed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature: