First record of a dugong (Dugong dugon Müller, 1776) in Fiji
Renee Hill-Lewenilovo A , Roko Vuiyasawa A and Susanna Piovano
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A School of Marine Studies, The University of the South Pacific, Laucala Campus, Suva, Fiji.
B Corresponding author. Email: susanna.piovano@usp.ac.fj
Pacific Conservation Biology 25(3) 324-325 https://doi.org/10.1071/PC18059
Submitted: 28 June 2018 Accepted: 21 October 2018 Published: 5 November 2018
Abstract
We report the first record of a dugong (Dugong dugon Müller, 1776) in Fiji. The dugong, probably a vagrant, was found dead on 20 May 2018 at more than 600 km from the nearest known dugong population, which is in Vanuatu. The dugong, a 2-m-long female, was 13 years old.
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