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Monotypic taxon: Genus Dugong Lacépède, 1799 - dugong (mammal)
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Authorship

Original name:  Lacépède, 1799:17.
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Types

Type of: Dugonginae (Subfamily) Gray, 1821
Type, by synonymy: Dugong dugon (P.L.S. Müller, 1776)

Synonyms

Synonymous name: Dugongidus (Genus) Gray, 1821 Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name: Dugungus (Genus) Tiedemann, 1808 Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name: Halicora (Genus) Fleming, 1822 Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name: Halicore (Genus) Illiger, 1811 Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name: Platystomus (Genus) Fischer von Waldheim, 1803 Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
Including: Amblychilus (Genus) Fischer, 1814 Ref: J. Shoshani, 2005: 92.

Vernacular Names (English)

Full name: dugong
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