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Dugong dugon (dugong)

Osteichthyes - Sirenia - Dugongidae

Taxonomy
Trichechus dugon was named by Illiger (1811). It is extant. Its type specimen is none designated. It is the type species of Halicore.

It was recombined as Halicore dugong by Illiger (1811), Illiger (1811), Fischer (1829), Gray (1850), Gray (1866), Scott (1873), Woodward (1885), Trouessart (1904), Abel (1904), Turner (1912); it was recombined as Halicore dugung by Trouessart (1898); it was recombined as Dugong dugon by Scheffer and Rice (1963), Husar (1978), Domning (1994), Domning (1996), Rice (1998), Voss (2014).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
D. dugong

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1776Trichechus dugon Muller p. 21
1777Trichechus dugung Erxleben p. 599
1799Dugong indicus Lacépède
1811Halicore dugong Illiger
1811Trichechus dugon Illiger p. 21
1811Halicore dugong Illiger p. 141
1829Halicore dugong Fischer p. 503
1832Halicore hemprichii Ehrenberg
1832Halicore lottum Ehrenberg
1843Halicore tabernaculi Ruppell
1847Halicore australis Owen p. 328
1850Halicore dugong Gray p. 142
1850Halicore australis Gray p. 143
1850Halicore tabernaculi Gray p. 143
1866Halicore dugong Gray p. 361
1866Halicore tabernaculi Gray p. 364
1873Halicore dugong Scott p. 52
1873Halicore tabernaculi Scott p. 54
1877Halicore cetacea Heuglin p. 135
1885Halicore australis Woodward p. 424
1885Halicore dugong Woodward p. 424
1885Halicore tabernaculi Woodward p. 424
1898Halicore australis Trouessart p. 1007
1898Halicore dugung Trouessart p. 1007
1898Halicore tabernaculi Trouessart p. 1007
1904Halicore dugong Abel p. 216
1904Halicore tabernaculi Abel p. 216
1904Halicore australe Trouessart p. 751
1904Halicore dugong Trouessart p. 751
1904Halicore hemprichi Trouessart p. 751
1912Halicore dugong Turner p. 145
1963Dugong dugon Scheffer and Rice p. 7
1978Dugong dugon Husar p. 1
1994Dugong dugon Domning p. 189
1996Dugong dugon Domning p. 391
1998Dugong dugon Rice p. 131
2014Dugong dugon Voss p. 91 figs. Figure 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
superorderAfrotheria
—Paenungulatomorpha
superorderPaenungulata
—Tethytheria
orderSirenia()
familyDugongidae
subfamilyDugonginae
genusDugong
speciesdugon()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Dugong dugon Illiger 1811 [dugong]
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Invalid names: Dugong indicus Lacépède 1799 [synonym], Halicore australis Owen 1847 [synonym], Halicore cetacea Heuglin 1877 [synonym], Halicore hemprichii Ehrenberg 1832 [synonym], Halicore lottum Ehrenberg 1832 [synonym], Halicore tabernaculi Ruppell 1843 [synonym], Trichechus dugung Erxleben 1777 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinef
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: aquaticf
Diet: herbivoref
Reproduction: viviparousf
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-06-08 12:11:09
Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Domning 1979, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Holocene or 0.01170 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Australia (Victoria) Dugong dugon (123111)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Caledonia Dugong dugon (83457 83458 83461 83462 83463 83464 83465 83466 83467 83468)