|
Behavior, Aggregative
(SEE ALSO: Aerial Surveys of Distribution)
|
| |
x |
|
|
1924a |
Petit, G. (DD; Madagascar; groups of 4 or 5; 126.) |
|
|
|
Dugong Lacépède, 1799
|
| |
x |
|
|
1924a |
Petit, G. (etymology & nomenclatural suitability of name; 124.) |
|
|
|
Food
(SEE ALSO: Behavior, Ingestive; Captivity, Sirenians in; Digestive System; Food Plants; Weed Control) (NOTE: Plants reported as part of the captive but not the natural diet of sirs. will not necessarily be found under Food Plants. Papers referring to them are, however, indexed here.)
|
| |
x |
|
|
1924a |
Petit, G. (DD; Madagascar; plants, 126; condition of stomach contents, 127.) |
|
|
|
Food Plants: Cymodocea australis
(Potamogetonaceae)
|
| |
x |
|
|
1924a |
Petit, G. (Madagascar; 126-127.) |
|
|
|
Food Plants: Halophila ovalis
(Hydrocharitaceae)
|
| |
x |
|
|
1924a |
Petit, G. (Madagascar; 126.) |
|
|
|
Food Plants: Zostera capricornis
(Potamogetonaceae)
|
| |
x |
|
|
1924a |
Petit, G. (m126.) |
|
|
|
Halicore australis (Retzius, 1794) Owen, 1847
(= Dugong dugon)
|
| |
x |
|
|
1924a |
Petit, G. ("H. australe"; distr. comp. w/ other species; 124-125.) |
|
|
|
Halicore dugong (Gmelin, 1788) Illiger, 1811
(= Dugong dugon)
|
| |
x |
|
|
1924a |
Petit, G. (distr.; Madagascar, natural history; 124-127.) |
|
|
|
Halicore hemprichii Ehrenberg, 1832
(= Dugong dugon)
|
| |
x |
|
|
1924a |
Petit, G. (distr., comp. w/ other species; 124-125.) |
|
|
|
Halicore tabernaculi Rüppell, 1834
(= Dugong dugon)
|
| |
x |
|
|
1924a |
Petit, G. (syn. of H. hemprichi; m124.) |
|
|
|
Madagascar
|
| |
x |
|
* |
1924a |
Petit, G. (DD; distr. & food; 125-127.) |
|
|
|
Vernacular Names
|
| |
x |
|
|
1924a |
Petit, G. (DD; East Indies; 124.) |
|
|