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Dugong and Elephant

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Difference between Dugong and Elephant

Dugong vs. Elephant

The dugong (Dugong dugon) is a medium-sized marine mammal. Elephants are large mammals of the family Elephantidae and the order Proboscidea.

Similarities between Dugong and Elephant

Dugong and Elephant have 37 things in common (in Unionpedia): Anatomical terms of location, Animal, Anus, Auricle (anatomy), Borneo, Carl Linnaeus, Cetacea, CITES, Deforestation, Dolphin, Dugongidae, East Africa, Eocene, Estrous cycle, Gestation, Habitat destruction, Herbivore, Hyrax, Incisor, International Union for Conservation of Nature, John Edward Gray, Manatee, Marine mammal, Mediterranean Sea, Miocene, Mitochondrial DNA, Mozambique, Premolar, Sex organ, Sexual maturity, ..., Sirenia, Skull, Southeast Asia, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Testicle, Tusk. Expand index (7 more) »

Anatomical terms of location

Standard anatomical terms of location deal unambiguously with the anatomy of animals, including humans.

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Animal

Animals are multicellular eukaryotic organisms that form the biological kingdom Animalia.

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Anus

The anus (from Latin anus meaning "ring", "circle") is an opening at the opposite end of an animal's digestive tract from the mouth.

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Auricle (anatomy)

The auricle or auricula is the visible part of the ear that resides outside the head.

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Borneo

Borneo (Pulau Borneo) is the third largest island in the world and the largest in Asia.

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Carl Linnaeus

Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement as Carl von LinnéBlunt (2004), p. 171.

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Cetacea

Cetacea are a widely distributed and diverse clade of aquatic mammals that today consists of the whales, dolphins, and porpoises.

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CITES

CITES (the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, also known as the Washington Convention) is a multilateral treaty to protect endangered plants and animals.

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Deforestation

Deforestation, clearance, or clearing is the removal of a forest or stand of trees where the land is thereafter converted to a non-forest use.

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Dolphin

Dolphins are a widely distributed and diverse group of aquatic mammals.

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Dugongidae

The Dugongidae are a family in the order of Sirenia.

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East Africa

East Africa or Eastern Africa is the eastern region of the African continent, variably defined by geography.

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Eocene

The Eocene Epoch, lasting from, is a major division of the geologic timescale and the second epoch of the Paleogene Period in the Cenozoic Era.

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Estrous cycle

The estrous cycle or oestrus cycle (derived from Latin oestrus 'frenzy', originally from Greek οἶστρος oîstros 'gadfly') is the recurring physiological changes that are induced by reproductive hormones in most mammalian therian females.

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Gestation

Gestation is the carrying of an embryo or fetus inside viviparous animals.

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Habitat destruction

Habitat destruction is the process in which natural habitat is rendered unable to support the species present.

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Herbivore

A herbivore is an animal anatomically and physiologically adapted to eating plant material, for example foliage, for the main component of its diet.

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Hyrax

Hyraxes (from the Greek ὕραξ, hýrax, "shrewmouse"), also called dassies, are small, thickset, herbivorous mammals in the order Hyracoidea.

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Incisor

Incisors (from Latin incidere, "to cut") are the front teeth present in most mammals.

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International Union for Conservation of Nature

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN; officially International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources) is an international organization working in the field of nature conservation and sustainable use of natural resources.

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John Edward Gray

John Edward Gray, FRS (12 February 1800 – 7 March 1875) was a British zoologist.

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Manatee

Manatees (family Trichechidae, genus Trichechus) are large, fully aquatic, mostly herbivorous marine mammals sometimes known as sea cows. There are three accepted living species of Trichechidae, representing three of the four living species in the order Sirenia: the Amazonian manatee (Trichechus inunguis), the West Indian manatee (Trichechus manatus), and the West African manatee (Trichechus senegalensis).

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Marine mammal

Marine mammals are aquatic mammals that rely on the ocean and other marine ecosystems for their existence.

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Mediterranean Sea

The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean Basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Southern Europe and Anatolia, on the south by North Africa and on the east by the Levant.

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Miocene

The Miocene is the first geological epoch of the Neogene Period and extends from about (Ma).

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Mitochondrial DNA

Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA or mDNA) is the DNA located in mitochondria, cellular organelles within eukaryotic cells that convert chemical energy from food into a form that cells can use, adenosine triphosphate (ATP).

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Mozambique

Mozambique, officially the Republic of Mozambique (Moçambique or República de Moçambique) is a country in Southeast Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi and Zambia to the northwest, Zimbabwe to the west, and Swaziland and South Africa to the southwest.

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Premolar

The premolar teeth, or bicuspids, are transitional teeth located between the canine and molar teeth.

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Sex organ

A sex organ (or reproductive organ) is any part of an animal's body that is involved in sexual reproduction.

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Sexual maturity

Sexual maturity is the capability of an organism to reproduce.

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Sirenia

The Sirenia, commonly referred to as sea cows or sirenians, are an order of fully aquatic, herbivorous mammals that inhabit swamps, rivers, estuaries, marine wetlands, and coastal marine waters.

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Skull

The skull is a bony structure that forms the head in vertebrates.

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Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia or Southeastern Asia is a subregion of Asia, consisting of the countries that are geographically south of China, east of India, west of New Guinea and north of Australia.

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Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka (Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකා; Tamil: இலங்கை Ilaṅkai), officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an island country in South Asia, located in the Indian Ocean to the southwest of the Bay of Bengal and to the southeast of the Arabian Sea.

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Tanzania

Tanzania, officially the United Republic of Tanzania (Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a sovereign state in eastern Africa within the African Great Lakes region.

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Testicle

The testicle or testis is the male reproductive gland in all animals, including humans.

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Tusk

Tusks are elongated, continuously growing front teeth, usually but not always in pairs, that protrude well beyond the mouth of certain mammal species.

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Dugong and Elephant Comparison

Dugong has 249 relations, while Elephant has 467. As they have in common 37, the Jaccard index is 5.17% = 37 / (249 + 467).

References

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