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Dugong
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  • species_info
    • english title:Dugong
    • scientific_name:Dugong dugong
    • DIVISION:Chordata
    • subphylum:Vertebrata
    • class:Mammalia
    • subclass:Theria
    • orders:Sirenia
    • family:Dugongidae
    • genus:Dugong
    • species:dugong
    • species_author:Müller
    • species_pub_year:1776
    • synonym
      • synonym_full_name:Trichechus dugon
    • common name
      • common name english: Sea Cow
  • collection_content
    • collection_locality
      • subdivision_1_en:Camiguin Island
    • collection_info
      • Collection Date:1937/03/25
      • quantity:1
    • collection_feature
      • S-V length:1895  mm
      • Tail length:350  mm
      • SEX:
    • collection_record
      • catalog no:TMMA0043
      • CAT_NO:MA.0043
      • Specimen Category:立架
      • Type Category:標本(General)
  • gdesc_info
    • GDESC:保育等級:International Union for Conservation of Nature紅皮書中屬易危物種(Vulnerable species)類別。

      型態:中文俗名海牛、美人魚。體型大呈紡錘狀,前肢短,鰭狀,尾鰭近似海豚的Y形尾。儒艮頸部短,皮膚光滑,呈褐色至暗灰色,體表毛髮稀疏。雌性儒艮有乳房一對,位於前肢基部後方;無外耳,皮膚表面僅能見極小耳孔。鼻孔位於吻部頂端,周圍有皮膜可在潛水時蓋住鼻孔。

      生態:儒艮為草食性海生哺乳類動物,以海床底部多種海生植物為食,主要分佈熱帶及亞熱帶有豐富海草生長的地區,在全球分佈區域並不連續,偶有進入淡水區域。

      形質:初生時約1.15公尺,體重約25-35公斤,成年後最大身長可至4.16公尺,但很少超過3公尺,體重可達1016公斤。一般以雌性體型較大。

      標本資訊:本件標本於1937年3月25日採集。原為菲律賓漁民於菲律賓海域捕獲,由日本學者青木文一郎在台灣解剖製作。