#Pre_2022
● Tamil Nadu will establish dugong conservation reserve in the Gulf of Mannar, Palk bay between India and Sri Lanka.
● About Dugong
- Dugong or sea cow is the only herbivorous mammal that is strictly marine
- Live in groups and come to the surface to breathe, and have mammary glands.
- Long-living animals that have a low reproductive rate, long generation
time,
- Elephants are considered to be their closest relatives.
● Distribution- in tropical and sub-tropical coastal and island water between about 26° north and south of the Equator
- In India they are seen in Gulf of Mannar, Gulf of Kutch, Palk Bay, and Andaman and Nicobar Islands
- Dugong is state animal of Andaman and Nicobar
● Conservation status:
IUCN- Vulnerable
WPA- Schedule I
CITES-Appendix I
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