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Descriptor English: Dugong
Descriptor Spanish: Dugong
Descriptor Dugong
Scope note: Género del orden Sirenia caracterizado por poseer una cola hendida y por la presencia de huesos nasales, una gran cavidad nasal y dientes columnares grandes que carecen de esmalte. Los dongones habitan en las aguas costeras del Océano Índico, Mar Rojo y archipiélago de Malasia. (Scott, Concise Encyclopedia Biology, 1996).
Descriptor Portuguese: Dugong
Descriptor French: Dugong
Entry term(s): Cow, Sea
Cows, Sea
Dugong dugon
Dugong dugong
Dugongs
Sea Cow
Sea Cows
Tree number(s): B01.050.150.900.649.313.250.750.125
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D020454
Scope note: A genus of the order Sirenia characterized by a notched tail, the presence of nasal bones and a long nasal cavity, and large columnar teeth lacking enamel. Dugongs inhabit the coastal waters of the Indian Ocean, Red Sea, and the Malay Archipelago. (From Scott, Concise Encyclopedia Biology, 1996)
Allowable Qualifiers: AB abnormalities
AH anatomy & histology
BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CL classification
EM embryology
GD growth & development
GE genetics
IM immunology
IN injuries
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PH physiology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
SU surgery
UR urine
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Mammals (1968-1998)
Public MeSH Note: 99; for DUGONGS & SEA COWS see MAMMALS 1998
History Note: 99; for DUGONGS & SEA COWS use MAMMALS 1998
DeCS ID: 33713
Unique ID: D020454
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Date Established: 1999/01/01
Date of Entry: 1998/06/10
Revision Date: 2017/07/11
Dugong - Preferred
Concept UI M0030121
Scope note A genus of the order Sirenia characterized by a notched tail, the presence of nasal bones and a long nasal cavity, and large columnar teeth lacking enamel. Dugongs inhabit the coastal waters of the Indian Ocean, Red Sea, and the Malay Archipelago. (From Scott, Concise Encyclopedia Biology, 1996)
Preferred term Dugong
Entry term(s) Dugongs
Sea Cows - Narrower
Concept UI M0030120
Preferred term Sea Cows
Entry term(s) Cow, Sea
Cows, Sea
Dugong dugon
Dugong dugong
Sea Cow



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