dugong

species of mammal

Taxon taxon Q129544

Facts

24 properties

Instance of: taxon
Short name: D. dugon^[14]
CITES Appendix: Appendix I of CITES
Described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[7]^[8]
Diel cycle: diurnality, nocturnal
Different from: dougong^[29]
Habitat: sea^[32]
Heritage designation: Natural Monument of Japan^[13]
IUCN conservation status: vulnerable^[3]
Litter size: +1
Longest observed lifespan: +73^[33]
Mass: +200^[30]
Original combination: Trichechus dugon^[9]
P14541: 3hQqsC
Parent taxon: Dugong^[4]
Said to be the same as: tachash^[6]
Taxon author citation: (P.L.S. Müller, 1776)
Taxon common name: Goweschwaunzseekua, Seeschweindel, Gabelschwanzseekuh, Seeschwein, Dugón, Dugongi, merilehmä, Dugongo, Diugoń, ดูหยง, นางเงือก, พะยูน, วัวทะเล, หมูดุด, หมูน้ำ, Морська корова (дюгонь), 儒艮, Dugon, Dugong, Dugong, Sea Cow, Dugong, Gabelschwanz-Seekuh, 듀공, dugongu, ジュゴン^[15]^[16]^[17]^[18]^[19]^[20]^[21]^[22]^[23]^[24]^[25]^[26]^[27]^[28]
Taxon name: Dugong dugon^[5]
Taxon range: Red Sea, Persian Gulf, Pacific Ocean, Indian Ocean
Taxon rank: species^[2]
Taxon synonym: Trichecus dugon, Trichechus dugong, Trichechus dugung^[10]^[11]^[12]
Time period: Holocene^[31]
Wildlife Protection Act 1972 (India) schedule: Schedule I (Part I) of Wildlife Protection Act, 1972

🏷️ Also known as

en dugong en Dugong dugon ar أطوم ar حنفاء ar زالخة ar مَلِصَة ar اطوم ar بقر البحر ar الأطوم cs Moroň cs Moroň indický cs dugong indický da Dygong de Gabelschwanz-Seekuh de Seeschwein de Gabelschwanzseekuh de Dugong dugon el Ντουγκόνγκ el Ντιγκόγκ el Ντουγκόγκ

🔖 Identifiers · 57

Image (Wikimedia Commons): Dugong Marsa Alam.jpg ↗
ADW taxon ID: Dugong
ARKive ID (archived): dugong-dugon, dugong/dugong-dugon
ASM Mammal Diversity Database ID: 1000529
Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID: 300258401
Australian Educational Vocabulary ID: scot/15201
Australian Faunal Directory ID: Dugong_dugon
BBC Things ID: c0374e01-57de-47f5-9596-033691c0faa6
BISMaL taxon ID: 9027269
BOLD Systems taxon ID: 26228
CITES Species+ ID: 3515
CMS ID: dugong-dugon

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Catalogue of Life ID: 37ZY2
DORIS ID: 1277
EBiodiversity ID: 54971
ECOS ID: 6186
EPPO Code: DUGODU
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID: 48752, 180432
Encyclopedia of Life ID: 46559229
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID: animal/dugong-mammal
Encyclopædia Universalis ID: dugong
Endemia.nc animal taxon ID: 5263
Exact match: wordnet-rdf.princeton.edu
Fossilworks taxon ID: 65051
Freebase ID: /m/0gd00
GBIF taxon ID: 9729967
GenBank assembly accession number: GCA_015147995.1, GCA_030035585.1
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID: dugong
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017): 1972518
INaturalist taxon ID: 46311
IRMNG ID: 11356492
ITIS TSN: 180679
IUCN taxon ID: 6909
India Biodiversity Portal species ID: 238435
JSTOR topic ID (archived): dugongs
Lex ID: dygong
MSW ID: 11600005
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued): 2776581154
MyBIS species ID: 47531
NBN System Key: NHMSYS0000376604
NCBI taxonomy ID: 29137
NDL Authority ID: 00929473
NParks Flora & Fauna Web ID: fauna/2/3/232
National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007565190605171
OBIS ID: 220227
Observation.org taxon ID: 79885
Open Tree of Life ID: 835324
Paleobiology Database taxon ID: 65051
Queensland Biota ID: 714
SeaLifeBase ID: 69577
Search System of Japanese Red Data ID: 173
TAXREF ID: 532345
Topic's main category: Category:Dugong dugon
Vikidia article ID: fr:Dugong
WoRMS-ID for taxa: 220227
WordNet 3.1 Synset ID: 02077019-n
Yale LUX ID: concept/2e76ea4d-d80f-464f-8b8c-0437dd0aa634

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🔗 Connections

Taxon range 4

Pacific Ocean, Indian Ocean, Red Sea, Persian Gulf

Described by source 2

Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition

← Species kept 2

Sea Life Sydney Aquarium, Toba Aquarium

CITES Appendix 1

Appendix I of CITES

Diel cycle 1

diurnality

Different from 1

dougong

Habitat 1

sea

IUCN conservation status 1

vulnerable

Instance of 1

taxon

Parent taxon 1

Dugong

Said to be the same as 1

tachash

Taxon rank 1

species

← Different from 1

dougong

← FactGrid item ID 1

Reffroy

← Main food source 1

Orcinus orca

← Narrative motif 1

Children of the Sea

← Said to be the same as 1

tachash

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Summary

dugong is a taxon^[1].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ dugong — taxon rank (P105): species. Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2013-09-19. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ dugong — IUCN conservation status (P141): Vulnerable. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved 2023-01-02. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ dugong — parent taxon (P171): Dugong. Mammal Species of the World (Third edition). Retrieved 2015-09-18. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ dugong — taxon name (P225): Dugong dugon. Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2013-09-19. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ dugong — said to be the same as (P460): tachash. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ dugong — described by source (P1343): Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ dugong — described by source (P1343): Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ dugong — original combination (P1403): Trichechus dugon. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ dugong — taxon synonym (P1420): Trichecus dugon. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ dugong — taxon synonym (P1420): Trichechus dugong. Wilson & Reeder's Mammal Species of the World. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ dugong — taxon synonym (P1420): Trichechus dugung. Wilson & Reeder's Mammal Species of the World. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ dugong — heritage designation (P1435): Natural Monument of Japan. Japanese Database of National Cultural Properties. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ dugong — short name (P1813): D. dugon. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ dugong — taxon common name (P1843): Goweschwaunzseekua. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ dugong — taxon common name (P1843): Seeschweindel. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ dugong — taxon common name (P1843): Gabelschwanzseekuh. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ dugong — taxon common name (P1843): Seeschwein. Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ dugong — taxon common name (P1843): Dugón. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ dugong — taxon common name (P1843): Dugongi. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ dugong — taxon common name (P1843): merilehmä. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ dugong — taxon common name (P1843): Dugongo. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ dugong — taxon common name (P1843): Diugoń. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ dugong — taxon common name (P1843): ดูหยง. wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ dugong — taxon common name (P1843): นางเงือก. wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ dugong — taxon common name (P1843): พะยูน. wikidata.org.
[27] ↑ dugong — taxon common name (P1843): วัวทะเล. wikidata.org.
[28] ↑ dugong — taxon common name (P1843): หมูดุด. wikidata.org.
[29] ↑ dugong — different from (P1889): dougong. wikidata.org.
[30] ↑ dugong — mass (P2067): 200 kg. Dugong dugon. wikidata.org.
[31] ↑ dugong — time period (P2348): Holocene. wikidata.org.
[32] ↑ dugong — habitat (P2974): sea. wikidata.org.
[33] ↑ dugong — longest observed lifespan (P4214): 73 years. Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World (1st edition). wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

[1] ↑ dugong is an instance of taxon (Q16521) [P31, primary]. Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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17w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗

P14541 → 3hQqsC

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Topic's main category → Category:Dugong dugon

Said to be the same as → tachash

Litter size → {'amount': '+1'}

Habitat → sea

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