Dugong - The Australian Museum
The Dugong is found over a broad range of the coastal and inland waters of the western Indo-Pacific region. In Australia, they occur in an arc from Moreton Bay in southern Queensland across northern Australia to Shark Bay in northern Western Australia.
Dugong - Wikipedia
Dugongs are protected throughout Australia, although the rules vary by state; in some areas, indigenous hunting is allowed. [ 13 ] Dugongs are listed under the Nature Conservation Act in the Australian state of Queensland as vulnerable.
Fact File: Dugong (Dugong dugon) - Australian Geographic
The dugong is one of the ocean’s most interesting inhabitants. More closely related to the elephant than the dolphin or whale, this gentle seagrass-munching mammal is often given the name ‘sea cow’ and rightly so.
Dugongs - Threatened Status and Facts - Australian Marine Conservation ...
Dugongs are shy, elusive marine mammals that depend on healthy seagrass meadows for their diet. Dugong populations have declined around the world, due to a range of threats. Australia is home to globally significant and some of the last healthy populations of dugongs.
Dugong | Diet, Size, Habitat, & Facts | Britannica
2024年11月19日 · Australia harbours the largest populations, but dugongs also occur along the western coast of Madagascar, along the eastern coast of Africa, in the Red Sea and Persian Gulf, around the Indian subcontinent, and through the western …
Dugongs - DCCEEW
In Australia, dugongs occur in the shallow coastal waters of northern Australia from the Queensland/New South Wales border in the east to Shark Bay on the Western Australian coast. They are also found in other parts of the Indian and Pacific Oceans in warm shallow seas in areas where seagrass is found.
Dugong - Great Barrier Reef Foundation
Found mostly in Australia, Dugong are more closely related to elephants than to whales and dolphins. Growing up to 3 metres long and weighing over 400kg, Dugongs are fluke-tailed relatives of the manatee. They swim at a gentle pace of 10km/hr, by using their tail in a whale-like manner and their front-flippers like dolphins.
Dugongs | Environment, land and water - Queensland Government
Dugongs are culturally significant to many coastal First Nation communities. The dugong’s distribution stretches across the Indo-Pacific region. Within Australia, it is found from Moreton Bay on the Queensland coast across northern Australia to Shark Bay in Western Australia.
Dugong | Reef Authority - gbrmpa
2022年8月22日 · Dugongs, or sea cows as they are sometimes called, are marine animals which can grow to about three metres in length and weigh as much as 400 kilograms. They are the only marine mammals in Australia that live mainly on plants.
ADW: Dugong dugon: INFORMATION
Dugongs (Dugong dugon), also known as sea cows, have a broad but fragmented range, encompassing tropical waters from East Africa to Vanuatu, about 26 degrees both north and south of the equator. This range spans at least 48 countries and about 140,000 km of …