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Dugong
Taxonomy
Dugong was named by Lacépède (1799). It is extant. It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type is Trichechus dugon.
It was synonymized subjectively with Halicore by Trouessart (1904).
It was assigned to Dugongidae by Gray (1821) and Palmer (1904); and to Dugonginae by Simpson (1932), Scheffer and Rice (1963), Heal (1973), Husar (1978), Domning (1978), Domning (1994), Domning (1996), Domning (1997) and Rice (1998).
It was synonymized subjectively with Halicore by Trouessart (1904).
It was assigned to Dugongidae by Gray (1821) and Palmer (1904); and to Dugonginae by Simpson (1932), Scheffer and Rice (1963), Heal (1973), Husar (1978), Domning (1978), Domning (1994), Domning (1996), Domning (1997) and Rice (1998).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1799 | Dugong Lacépède |
| 1803 | Platystomus Fischer von Waldheim p. 353 |
| 1808 | Dugungus Tiedemann p. 554 |
| 1811 | Halicore Illiger p. 140 |
| 1814 | Amblychilus Fischer von Waldheim p. 638 |
| 1821 | Dugong Gray p. 309 |
| 1821 | Dugongidus Gray p. 309 |
| 1822 | Halicora Fleming p. 204 |
| 1825 | Halicore Gray p. 340 |
| 1849 | Halicore Brandt p. 1 |
| 1850 | Halicore Gray p. 141 |
| 1853 | Halicore Pictet p. 373 |
| 1866 | Halicore Gray p. 360 |
| 1871 | Halicore Gill p. 92 |
| 1898 | Halicore Trouessart p. 1006 |
| 1904 | Dugong Palmer p. 248 |
| 1904 | Halicore Trouessart p. 751 |
| 1912 | Halicore Turner p. 145 |
| 1919 | Halicore Abel p. 835 |
| 1925 | Halicore Zittel p. 264 |
| 1932 | Dugong Simpson p. 424 |
| 1963 | Dugong Scheffer and Rice p. 4 |
| 1973 | Dugong Heal p. 200 |
| 1978 | Dugong Domning |
| 1978 | Dugong Husar p. 1 |
| 1994 | Dugong Domning p. 189 |
| 1996 | Dugong Domning p. 391 |
| 1997 | Dugong Domning p. 398 |
| 1998 | Dugong Rice p. 131 |
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