HONG KONG (Reuters) - The dugong, a gentle dugong marine mammal that has frequented China's southern waters for hundreds of years, has become function.
The dugong has been declared the first functionally extinct large mammal in Chinese waters by scientists from the Zoological Society of London and the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
The dugong, a gentle marine mammal that has frequented China's southern waters for hundreds of years, has become functionally extinct in the country, a new study said on Wednesday. Research by the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) and the Chinese Academy of Sciences said fishing, ship strikes and human-caused habitat loss have seen the number of dugongs in Chinese waters.
The dugong, a gentle marine mammal that has frequented China s southern waters for hundreds of years, has become functionally extinct in the country, a new study said on Wednesday.