Family DUGONGIDAE

(DUGONG)

• Medium-sized sirenian with pectoral flippers lacking nails, no external hindlimbs, and a whale-like tail fluke with a median notch.

• 200-330 cm.

• Subtropical and tropical Indo-West Pacific waters.

Coastal and island waters with seagrass meadows

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1 genus, 1 species, at least 1 extant taxon

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1 species Vulnerable; 1 species Extinct since 1600 (1768).