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WHEREAS the manatee of the tropical Atlantic has been the subject of widespread interest in recent years, the related dugong of the Indo-Pacific region has received scant attention. An increasing scarcity over most of the range of the animal has been assumed on the evidence available; for example, few remain in the Red Sea, around Ceylon or Malaysia.
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BERTRAM, G., BERTRAM, C. The Dugong. Nature 209, 938–939 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1038/209938b0
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