Indo-Pacific: Dugong dugon hemprichii: Red Sea, Aqaba, Suez Canal; Dugong dugon dugon: Gulf of Aden, Mozambique, Persian Gulf, Pakistan, India, Myanmar, Malay Peninsula, Gulf of Thailand, Vietnam, Gulf of Tonkin, Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, Rodriguez, Sri Lanka, Andaman Islands, Indonesia, Ryukyu, Taiwan, Philippines, Guam, Palau, Micronesia, Caroline Is, Papua New Guinea, Solomon, New Caledonia, Australia, Fiji (Ref. 1522). Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions
Favor areas with warm shallow water, inshore and reefal seagrass beds (Ref. 936); in bays and channels (Ref. 1394). Feeds on seagrass (Ref. 936). Maximum diving depth of 20.5 m recorded from Australia (Ref. 81173).
