Conservation Status Dugongs are listed as a vulnerable species by the IUCN What does Pig eat? Pig eats a mix of Cos Lettuce and bean sprouts How much does he weigh? Pig weighs around 300kg! Enrichment Pig has a range of different enrichment toys that he loves to play with. Enrichment is...
IUCN Status Vulnerable. Show moreView chapter Book 2015, Marine Mammals of the World (Second Edition)Thomas A. Jefferson, ... Robert L. Pitman Chapter Dugong Publisher Summary The dugong (Dugong dugon) looks like a cross between a rotund dolphin and a walrus. Its body, flippers, and fluke...
Dugong (Dugong dugon) populations have been shrinking globally, due in large part to habitat fragmentation, degradation and ocean pollution, and today are listed as Vulnerable by the IUCN. Thus, determining genetic diversity in the remaining populations is essential for conservation planning and protect...
Along the Andaman Sea coast of Thailand, there are estimated to be at least 120 dugongs. About 7,300 are estimated to occur in the Persian (Arabian) Gulf. Few other regional abundance estimates are available. IUCN Status Vulnerable. Show moreView chapterExplore book Sirenians T.J. O'Shea,...
Both dugongs and manatees have thick tough skin (that of Steller’s sea cow was even tougher). All sirenians are nearly hairless except at the muzzle, where there are thick sensory hairs called vibrissae. The upper lip is enlarged and muscular and serves to grasp and manipulate food plants...
also belonged to the dugong family, but all were killed off by humans less than 30 years after they were first scientifically described in 1741. Steller’s sea cow was the largest sirenian and one of the few sirenians to occupy cold water. The termsea cowis now sometimes used to refer ...