What is the difference between a dugong and a manatee?

Answer 1

To determine the sex of dugongs, you would have to look at the distance between the genital and anal slits. On a female dugong the slits are adjacent to each other, whilst a males are further apart.

Answer 2

A dugong has a nose flap but the manatee does not. And the manatee cannot stay as long as the dugong can

Another answer.

Another clear distinction between a dugong and a manatee is the tail. Manatees tails are more rounded like a paddle, whereas a dugongs tail looks more like the flukes of a whale.

Answer 3

The walrus is slightly larger than the manatee. Manatees are more closely related to elephants than any other living animal.

Answer 4

No, dudgongs and manatees are slightly different. A manatee's tail is rounded like a spoon, and a dugong's tail is fluked like a whale's.

Answer 5

A clear distinction between a dugong and a manatee is the tail. Manatees tails are more rounded like a paddle, whereas the dugongs tail looks more like the flukes of a whale.

Answer 6

yes