Dugong
Dugong dugon
Category: Whales & Dolphins
IUCN Conservation Status: VU - Vulnerable - facing a high risk of extinction in the wild
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Sirenia
- Family
- Dugongidae
- Genus
- Dugong
Where to Find
Found in 16 diving areas across 9 countries and 5 regions.
- Coral Sea, Australia - 1972 records
- Sydney & New South Wales, Australia - 43 records
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 26 records
- Isle of Pines, New Caledonia - 1 records
- Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia - 29 records
- Prony Bay, New Caledonia - 85 records
- Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu - 110 records
- Port Vila & Efate, Vanuatu - 233 records
- Grande Comore, Comoros - 1 records
- Moheli, Comoros - 1 records
- Andaman Islands, India - 2 records
- Lakshadweep, India - 4 records
- Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 9 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 1 records
- Gulf of Tadjoura, Djibouti - 2 records
- Southern Islands, Singapore - 4 records