Species profile—Dugong dugon (dugong)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Mammalia (mammals) → Dugongidae (dugong) → Dugong dugon (dugong)
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Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Mammalia (mammals)
- Family
- Dugongidae (dugong)
- Scientific name
- Dugong dugon (Muller, 1776)
- Common name
- dugong
- WildNet taxon ID
- 714
- Alternate name(s)
- sea cow
- Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- Vulnerable
- Back on Track (BoT) status
- Critical
- Conservation significant
- Yes
- Wetland status
- Wetland Indicator Species
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
- Species environment
- Marine
Other resources
Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums (OZCAM) Atlas of Living AustraliaData source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=714
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.