Spatial prioritization of dugong habitats in India can contribute towards achieving the 30 × 30 global biodiversity target Sohom Seal, Sharad Bayyana, Anant Pande, Chinmaya Ghanekar, Prachi Sachchidanand Hatkar, Sameeha Pathan, Shivani Patel, Sagar Rajpurkar, Sumit Prajapati, Swapna...
Though it is an innocuous animal, man has spared neither its reputation nor its peaceful existence.doi:10.1111/j.1748-1090.1967.tb00398.xS. JONESJohn Wiley & Sons, Ltd (10.1111)International Zoo YearbookJones, S. ( 1967 ). The dugong Dugong dugon (Müller): its present status in the ...
There is a downward deflection to the muzzle, which ends in a “rostral disk” with short, dense bristles. The nostrils are valve-like and are situated on the top and front of the animal's snout. The eyes are very small, and there are no external earflaps. The skin is generally ...
There is a strong downward deflection to the muzzle, which ends in a “rostral disk” with short, dense bristles. The nostrils are valve-like and are situated on the top and front of the animal’s snout. The eyes are small, and there are no external earflaps. The skin is generally ...
It occurs in India in the Gulf of Mannar and Palk Bay and is captured for its flesh and oil. The dugong has been reported to occur on the Saurashtra coast also. The name dugong is derived from the Malayan name duyong for the animal. Countless stories of mermaids in folklore of various...
Kongkiat Kittiwatanawong3 & Chatchote Thitaram4 The elemental composition was investigated and applied for identifying the sex and habitat of dugongs, in addition to distinguishing dugong tusks and teeth from other animal wildlife materials such as Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) tusks and tige...
Dugong (1 animal) Hydrodamalis (1 animal) Order Sireniacontains 2 families Dugongidae (2 animals) Trichechidae (3 animals) The Dugong (Dugong dugon) is the smallest member of the order of Sirenia. It derives its name from the Malay language, where duyung means "lady of the sea" or ...
8 Animal relevance exists between Australia and Africa. Questions 9-13 Summary Complete the following summary of the paragraphs of Reading Passage, using no more than two words from the Reading Passage for each answer. Write your answers in boxes 9-13 on your answer sheet. Wegener found that ...
Steller, a German naturalist, was a gigantic animal. It measured at least 7.6 m in length and was estimated to weigh between 4 and 10 tons. The sea cow was unusual in lacking teeth and finger bones and in possessing a thick, bark-like skin. Steller’s sea cow lived in cold waters ...
In Thailand, dugongs are categorized as a rare marine mammal by the Wild Animal Reservation and Protection Act, B.E.255310. As in other regions, vulnerability is mainly caused by habitat loss, particularly destruction of seagrasses. The natural distribution of dugongs in Thailand includes coastal...