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"Lipkin, Yaacov"

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Lipkin, Yaacov (detail)
   
1976
Food of the Red Sea Dugong (Mammalia: Sirenia) from Sinai.
Israel Jour. Zool. 24: 81-98. 6 tabs. 1 fig. June 1976.
–Analyzes the stomach and intestinal contents of 6 dugongs from the northern Red Sea. Nearly all the contents were seagrasses, with some algal and animal material, probably ingested casually. Discusses the dugong's feeding habits and possible movements; concludes that dugongs eat whatever is available, but prefer delicate seagrasses.

Daryl P. Domning, Research Associate, Department of Paleobiology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. 20560, and Laboratory of Evolutionary Biology, Department of Anatomy, College of Medicine, Howard University, Washington, D.C. 20059.
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