original description
(of ) Müller, P. L. S. (1776). Des Ritters Carl von Linne. Vollstandigen Natursystems Supplements und Register-band iuber alle sechs Theile oder Classen des Thierreichs. <em>GN Raspe, Niirnberg.</em>
page(s): 21 [details]
basis of record
Domning, D. P. (1996). Bibliography and Index of the Sirenia and Desmostylia. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology.</em> (80): 1-611., available online at http://www.sil.si.edu/SmithsonianContributions/Paleobiology/sc_RecordSingle.cfm?filename=SCtP-0080 [details] 
additional source
Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors 
additional source
Jefferson, T.A., S. Leatherwood and M.A. Webber. 1993. Marine mammals of the world. FAO Species Identification Guide. Rome. 312 p. [details]
additional source
Wilson D.E. & Reeder D.A.M. (1993). Mammals species of the world. A taxonomic and geographic reference. Second edition. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, 1206 pp. [details]
new combination reference
Palmer, T. S. (1895). The Earliest Name for Steller's Sea Cow and Dugong. <em>Publications from USDA-ARS/UNL Faculty.</em> 477. [details]
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Present
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Dugong dugon, Australia, (c) Doug Perrine, seapics.com
Unreviewed
To NMNH Extant Collection (Dugong dugon)
Hosted externally
To NMNH Extant Collection (Dugong dugon)
Hosted externally