Hopkins, Thomas D.

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Odell, Daniel Keith; Bossart, Gregory D.; Lowe, Mark T.; Hopkins, Thomas D. (detail)
1995Reproduction of the West Indian manatee in captivity. [Abstr.] In: T. J. O'Shea, B. B. Ackerman, & H. F. Percival (eds.), Population biology of the Florida manatee (q.v.).
Information & Technology Rept. (U.S. Dept. Interior, Natl. Biological Service) (vi + 289) 1: 192-193. Aug. 1995.
—An earlier version of this abstr. appeared in O'Shea et al. (1992: 17-18). Notes that length of gestation is still imprecisely known (12-14 months); that females probably mate throughout pregnancy; that spermatogenic activity is low and births rare during December-February; that females who lost calves became pregnant again in a minimum of 2 months; and that birth intervals ranged from 14 to 103 months.