Dugongidae is a family within order Sirenia, holding one surviving species, the dugong, Dugong dugon, one recently extinct species, Steller's sea cow, Hydrodamalis gigas, and a number of extinct genera known only from fossils, grouped into the subfamilies Dugonginae, Metaxytheriinae and Hydrodamalinae.
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Dugongidae is a family in the order of Sirenia.
Wikidata: Dugongidae
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