Dugong dugon
Dugong dugon (P. L. S. Müller, 1776)
Common Names
Dugong (English), Sea Cow (English), عروس البحر (Arabic), الأطوم (Arabic)
Languages: English
Conservation
Status in Egypt
Numbers low or very low, but unknown whether there is a sustainable population in Egypt.
Ecology and Distribution
Distribution in Egypt
Red Sea.
Taxonomy
- Trichechus dugon Müller, 1776 (synonym)
- Dugong indicus Lacépède, 1799 (synonym)
- Dugong dugon dugon (Muller, 1776) (synonym)
- Dugong dugon hemprichii (Ehrenberg, 1833) (synonym)
- Dugong dugon tabernaculi (Rüppell, 1834) (synonym)
- Dugong dugong (Gmelin, 1788) (synonym)