🎥: bugDreamer.com // The dugong is one of 4 living species of the order Sirenia, along with 3 manatee species. Sirenians are the only herbivores among marine mammals. They are classified in the clade Paenungulata, alongside the elephants and the hyraxes, and evolved in the Eocene 50 million years ago. Meaning, their closest relatives are actually land-dwelling creatures rather than marine mammals! | Ocean Conservation Research - OCR

The Dugong, like all sea cows, is herbivorous. It primarily grazes on sea grasses and therefore spends most of its time in sea grass beds. Unlike the closely related manatees, the Dugong never enters freshwater and is therefore the only exclusively marine mammal that is herbivorous. Learn more here: http://bit.ly/dugongoceana | Oceana