For #WorldDugongDay:
Plate 23 in John Edward Gray’s Illustrations of Indian Zoology, V. 2, 1833-4. "Indian Dugong, Halicora Dugung" (now Dugong, Dugong dugon). Hand-colored lithograph of an original illustration by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins (English, 1807-1894).
It's #WorldDugongDay!
#DYK the Dugong is the only surviving Sirenian cousin of the Manatees; its closest modern relative, Steller's Sea Cow, was hunted to extinction in the 18th century. 😢
Louis Paul Jonas (USA, 1894-1971) Dugong sculpture, H 7 x W 14 x D 7.25 in.
