Pennant, Thomas

3 publications

Pennant, Thomas (detail)
1771	Synopsis of quadrupeds. Chester, printed by J. Monk: xxv + 382. 32 pls. —Allen 319. "Indian walrus" (= dugong), 338; manati, 351-358. Allen says, regarding the account of the "manati": "A general account of the Sirenians as then known, which were thought to constitute a single species. Pennant's references are here, however, mainly to Steller's Sea-Cow and the American Manatee."

Pennant, Thomas (detail)

1781

History of quadrupeds.
London, B. White (2 vols.): Vol. 1: xxiv + 284; Vol. 2: 285-566.
—Allen 367. Ed. 3, 1793. Sirs., 536-545: whale-tailed manati, 536-539; round-tailed manati, 540-544; sea ape, 544-545. Allen says: "The first is primarily Steller's Sea Cow; the second includes both the American and African Manatees; the last is a ... myth." See also J. M. Bechstein (1800). The fig. of an African manatee from the 1793 ed. is reproduced by Durand (1983: 180-181). The name "Manati Clusii" (= Trichechus manatus) was introduced in the 3rd ed., vol. 2, p. 298, based on Clusius's figure.

Pennant, Thomas (detail)
1784-85	Arctic zoology. London, printed by H. Hughs (2 vols.). Frontisp. 23 pls. —Repr.: Arno Press, 1975. Reports a manatee stranding in the British Isles before 1785?