Dugong

Summary

Dugong is a monotypic taxon^[1]. Dugong is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[2]

Key Facts

• Dugong's instance of is recorded as monotypic taxon^[3].
• Dugong is classified at the rank of genus^[4].
• Dugong belongs to the parent taxon Dugonginae^[5].
• Under binomial nomenclature, Dugong is Dugong^[6].
• Dugong's Commons category is recorded as Dugong^[7].
• Dugong's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Dugong^[8].
• Dugong's Commons gallery is recorded as Dugong^[9].
• Dugong is commonly known as {'lang': 'it', 'text': 'Dugongo'}^[10].
• Dugong is commonly known as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': 'ジュゴン属'}^[11].
• Dugong is commonly known as {'lang': 'th', 'text': 'พะยูน'}^[12].
• Dugong is commonly known as {'lang': 'uk', 'text': 'Дюгонь'}^[13].
• Dugong is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '儒艮'}^[14].
• Dugong's taxon author citation is recorded as Lacépède, 1799^[15].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Dugong is Dugong^[6]. Dugong is classified at the rank of genus^[4]. Dugong is classified within Dugonginae^[5]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'it', 'text': 'Dugongo'}^[10], {'lang': 'ja', 'text': 'ジュゴン属'}^[11], {'lang': 'th', 'text': 'พะยูน'}^[12], {'lang': 'uk', 'text': 'Дюгонь'}^[13], and {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '儒艮'}^[14].

Identifiers

Dugong's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 46310^[16]. Dugong's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 29136^[17]. Dugong's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 46559228^[18]. Dugong's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2435282^[19]. Dugong's ITIS TSN is recorded as 180678^[20].

Why It Matters

Dugong is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[2]