Dugongidae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Sirenia
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Superordo: Afrotheria Cladus: Paenungulata Cladus: Tethytheria Ordo: Sirenia

Familia: Dugongidae
Subfamiliae: Dugonginae – †Hydrodamalinae

Overview of genera

Dugong – †Anisosiren – †Bharatisiren – †Corystosiren – †Crenatosiren – †Dioplotherium – †Domningia – †Dusisiren – †Eosiren – †Eotheroides – †Halitherium – †Hydrodamalis – †Indosiren – †Kutchisiren – †Metaxytherium – †Miodugong – †Nanosiren – †Paralitherium – †Priscosiren – †Prohalicore – †Prototherium – †Ryotidus – †Sirenavus – †Xenosiren

Name

Dungongidae Gray, 1821: 309

Synonymy

Halicoridae Gray, 1825

References

Primary references

Gray, J.E. 1821. On the Natural Arrangement of Vertebrose Animals. London Medical Repository 15: 296–310. HathiTrust. Reference page.

Additional references

Shoshani, J. 2005. Order Sirenia. Pp. 92–93 in Wilson, D.E. & Reeder, D.M. (eds.) . Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. 3rd edition. The Johns Hopkins University Press: Baltimore. 2 volumes. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. Reference page.
Berta, A. 2017. The Rise of Marine Mammals: 50 Million Years of Evolution. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-1-4214-2325-8 Reference page.
Voss, M. 2014: On the invalidity of Halitherium schinzii Kaup, 1838 (Mammalia, Sirenia), with comments on systematic consequences. Zoosystematics and evolution 90(1): 87-93. DOI: 10.3897/zse.90.7421 Reference page.

Vernacular names

čeština: Dugongovití; Moroňovití
Ελληνικά: Ντινγκονγκίδες
suomi: Merilehmät
magyar: Dugongfélék
日本語: ジュゴン科
polski: diugoniowate
українська: Дюгоневі

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