Okera, W.

1 publication

Cole, A.; Okera, W. (detail)
1976Records of the West African manatee, Trichechus senegalensis Desm. in Sierra Leone.
Bull. Inst. Marine Biol. & Oceanography, Fourah Bay College, Univ. of Sierra Leone 1(1): 42-43.
—Reports the accidental capture of a 2.43-m female in 1973; mentions three other unconfirmed reports from 1954 to 1963; and notes that manatees eat rice crops and are trapped for this reason and for food.