Desmoulins, Antoine

1 publication

Desmoulins, Antoine (detail)

1824

Dugong, Trichechus Dugong, Gmel. In: Dictionnaire classique d'histoire naturelle.
Paris, Rey et Gravier & Baudouin Frères: Vol. 5 (Cra-D): 640-641. Pl. 141.
—Allen 637. See also Saint-Hilaire (1826) and Lesson (1829). The illustration of the dugong on Pl. 141 is taken from Home (1820b: pl. 25). A copy of the 17-volume Dictionnaire classique was carried aboard H.M.S. Beagle during Charles Darwin's 1831-36 voyage.