Dugong

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Dugongs occur in shallow tropical and subtropical coastal and island waters of the Indo-Pacific.

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The dugong (Dugong dugon) is the only herbivorous mammal that is strictly marine, and is the only extant species in the Family Dugongidae. It is listed as vulnerable to extinction at a global scale by The World Conservation Union (IUCN).