What large marine mammal, listed as vulnerable by the IUCN, has its second-largest global population inhabiting the shallow seagrass beds of the Gulf of Bahrain?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A. Dugong (Dugong dugon)
- Step 1: The Gulf of Bahrain supports the world's second-largest population of dugongs after Australia, numbering roughly 5,000 to 7,000 individuals.
- Step 2: These gentle herbivorous marine mammals feed exclusively on the rich subtidal seagrass beds (Halodule and Halophila species) around Hawar and the western Gulf.
Answer
Dugong (Dugong dugon).
Why not the others: 'Amazon river dolphin' is a freshwater cetacean in South America; 'Beluga arctic whale' inhabits Arctic seas; 'West Indian manatee' lives in the coastal Americas.
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