🦭Dugong
Dygong (Dugong dugon) er et stort havpattedyr, som tilhører ordenen søkøer. Dygong er den eneste nulevende repræsentant for den engang så talrigt repræsenterede familie Dugongidae. Dygongens nærmeste familiemedlem var Stellers søko, der levede i det nordlige Stillehav og blev udryddet sidst i 1700-tallet. Dygong er den mindste art af søkøer. Et fuldvoksent dyr er som regel under 3 meter. Dygonger fandtes tidligere i hele Stillehavet og i Det Indiske Ocean, men bestanden er gået kraftig ned. Der findes fortsat grupper på omkring 10.000 dyr eller mere langs Australiens nordkyst fra Shark Bay til Moreton Bay samt i Torresstrædet mellem Australien og New Guinea. Også langs Afrikas kyst ud for Mozambique og Kenya fandtes tidligere store grupper af dygonger, men bestanden er stærkt mindsket her. Ved Palau findes en mindre gruppe.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2019.
- Body mass
- 360 kg
- Body length
- 3.31 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 73 years
Everything we know about the Dugong
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass360 kgrecord 400 kg · SeaLifeBaseCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
Record: largest individual on record
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Figures vary
- 360 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Body length3.31 mCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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Figures vary
- 4.06 mSeaLifeBasev25.04
Maximum lifespan73 yearsrecord 20 years · SeaLifeBaseCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
Record: largest individual on record
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- 73 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Generation length28 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Age at maturity10 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation1.0 yearsCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 1.0 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Litter size1COMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 1AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Trophic levelOmnivoreCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleCrepuscular / mixedCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Home range47 km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l360 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Dugong yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderSirenia
- ›familyDugongidae
- ›genusDugong
- ›speciesDugong dugon
- classMammals · Mammalia
- orderSirenia
- familyDugongidae
- genusDugong
All 12 branches ↓Fewer branches ↑
- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- orderSirenia
- familyDugongidae
- genusDugong
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