When a survey was done in Thailand, Bangkok, the result reported is that Thailand has become Southeast Asia's biggest habitat of dugongs’ which the survey had found around 200 sea cows in the kingdom, according to a report of the Fisheries Department.

The director-general, Dhammarong Prakobboon of the department says that according to the survey by a Thai researcher team, the colony of dugongs found in Thailand is the biggest number of the docile sea mammals discovered in Southeast Asia.

Dhammarong said Kanchana Adulyanu, an expert in rare species animal was assigned to study dugong in Thailand; she reported to the department that there are 200 dugongs in Thai waters. Dhammarong also input that the largest numbers of dugongs are found at southern province of Trang, he also adds that 123 dugongs can be spotted during the aerial survey.


The rest of the dugong can be found at the coastline of Adaman Sea in the southern province of Krabi, Phang-Nga, Phuket, Satun, and some live around the bay of Thailand particularly in the Eastern province of Rayong.