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Order Sirenia Shared By Abdul Qahar Buneri AWKUM BUner Campus
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TopicORDER SIRENIA
Presenting To: Sir Zaheer Ahmad
Presenters: ANWAR ZADA, Asif Zaman &
Alia syed.
Scientific classificationof Dugong(ORDER SIRENIA)
• Scientific classification• Kingdom: Animalia
• Phylum: Chordata
• Class: Mammalia
• Order: Sirenia
• Family: Dugongidae
• Subfamily: Dugonginae
• Genus: Dugong
• Species: D. dugon
• Binomial name Dugong dugon
Description
• The Order Sirenia is made up of four species of manatees and dugongs.
• Front limbs are flippers for swimming • Sirenians lack hind legs but have
flattened tails.
GENRAL CHARACTERISTICS OF ORDER SIRENIA
• 1 They are aquatic mammals also known as sea cows .
• 2 Their body is strem-lined or spindle shape.
• 3 Hind limbs are absent.
GENRAL CHARACTERISTICS OF ORDER SIRENIA
• 4 fore limbs are modified as paddle
• 5 their tail is flattened
• 6 nostrils are on the upper surface of the snout
GENRAL CHARACTERISTICS OF ORDER SIRENIA
• 7 Clavicles are absent.
• 8 Their stomach is complex consisting many chambers.
• 9 And the most important is their testes are abdominal.
Food Habits
• All sirenians are vegetarians, feeding on vegetation such as sea grasses and other marine plants.
• While the dugong is strictly a bottom-feeder, eating only what lives on the ocean floor.
• manatees feed from above the water's surface all the way to the bottom
HABITAT
• Habitat• Unlike they are mostly freshwater, manatees,
dugongs are primarily marine mammals. • Dugongs generally inhabit shallow waters,
remaining at depths of around 10 m, although they occasionally dive to depths of 39 m to feed.
Lifespan/Longevity
• Dugongs have lifespans of 70 years or more in the wild, which is estimated by counting the growth layers that make up a dugong’s tusks.
REPRODUCTION
• Male dugongs defend their territories, and they change their behavioral displays to attract females. After attracting females, male dugongs proceed through several phases in order to copulate.
• The “fighting phase”• The “mounting phase”
Economic Importance for Humans: Positive
• Dugongs are economically valuable while alive as a form of ecotourism. Activities such as dugong-watching cruises in Australia and swimming with dugongs in the Philippines and Vanuatu help local economies.
• Dugongs are also hunted for a variety of reasons. In Malaysia, dugongs are eaten opportunistically when incidentally caught in fishing nets or traps and when incidentally or purposely caught when fish bombing, a method of fishing which involves throwing a bomb into the water.
• One dugong apparently sold for $105 USD, which could stimulate local economy.
Economic Importance for Humans: Negative
• There are no known adverse effects of dugongs on humans.
What ever you do good or bad people will always have something
Negative to say (Anwar zada et all)