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Dugong and Fauna of Australia

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Difference between Dugong and Fauna of Australia

Dugong vs. Fauna of Australia

The dugong (Dugong dugon) is a medium-sized marine mammal. The fauna of Australia consists of a huge variety of animals; some 83% of mammals, 89% of reptiles, 24% of fish and insects and 93% of amphibians that inhabit the continent are endemic to Australia.

Similarities between Dugong and Fauna of Australia

Dugong and Fauna of Australia have 16 things in common (in Unionpedia): Cetacea, CITES, Cooperative Research Centre, Eocene, Extinction, Great Barrier Reef, Herbivore, Jellyfish, Miocene, New Guinea, Northern Territory, Seagrass, Shark net, Southeast Asia, Stingray, Torres Strait.

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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Cooperative Research Centre

Cooperative Research Centres (CRCs) are an Australian Federal Government program and are key bodies for Australian scientific research.

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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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Extinction

In biology, extinction is the termination of an organism or of a group of organisms (taxon), normally a species.

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Great Barrier Reef

The Great Barrier Reef is the world's largest coral reef system composed of over 2,900 individual reefs and 900 islands stretching for over over an area of approximately.

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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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Jellyfish

Jellyfish or sea jelly is the informal common name given to the medusa-phase of certain gelatinous members of the subphylum Medusozoa, a major part of the phylum Cnidaria.

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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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New Guinea

New Guinea (Nugini or, more commonly known, Papua, historically, Irian) is a large island off the continent of Australia.

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Northern Territory

The Northern Territory (abbreviated as NT) is a federal Australian territory in the central and central northern regions of Australia.

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Seagrass

Seagrasses are flowering plants (angiosperms) belonging to four families (Posidoniaceae, Zosteraceae, Hydrocharitaceae and Cymodoceaceae), all in the order Alismatales (in the class of monocotyledons), which grow in marine, fully saline environments.

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Shark net

A shark net is a submerged net placed around beaches to reduce shark attacks on swimmers.

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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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Stingray

Stingrays are a group of sea rays, which are cartilaginous fish related to sharks.

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Torres Strait

The Torres Strait is a strait which lies between Australia and the Melanesian island of New Guinea.

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Dugong and Fauna of Australia Comparison

Dugong has 249 relations, while Fauna of Australia has 448. As they have in common 16, the Jaccard index is 2.30% = 16 / (249 + 448).

References

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