Petit, G.

18 publications

Petit, G. (detail)
1923bLa répartition géographique et l'extinction des siréniens actuels.
Rev. Hist. Nat. Appliquée (Mamm.) 4: 161-173. June 1923.
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Petit, G. (detail)
1923aSur le dugong de Madagascar. Notes ethnographiques.
Bull. Mem. Soc. Anthrop. Paris (7)4: 75-83.
—Interesting account of dugongs, dugong hunting, and native customs and myths connected with the dugong in the Indo-Pacific region.
Petit, G. (detail)
1924dLe distribution géographique des siréniens.
C.R. Soc. Biogeogr. Paris No. 6: 37-38.
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Petit, G. (detail)
1924eLes mammifères marins de l'ordre des siréniens et la légende des sirènes.
L'Anthropologie (C.R. Séances Inst. Fr. Anthrop.) 34(3/4): 294-295. July 1924 (read Mar. 19, 1924).
—Favors a sirenian origin for the mermaid legend; briefly responds to a question about whether manatees can venture ashore.
Petit, G. (detail)
1924aNotes sur les dugongs des côtes de Madagascar.
Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. (Paris) 30(2): 124-127.
—Comments on the species of dugongs and their distribution; describes in detail their distribution in Madagascar; and notes that they feed mainly on Cymodocea australis, which they swallow nearly intact and without admixture of sand.
Petit, G. (detail)
1924bRemarques sur la lobation du rein des lamantins.
C.R. Acad. Sci. Paris 178: 244-246. Jan. 7, 1924.
—Concludes that external lobation of the manatee kidney increases with age, independent of species.
Petit, G. (detail)
1924cSur la morphogénie du rein des siréniens.
C.R. Acad. Sci. Paris 178: 2197-2200. June 23, 1924.
—Discusses the morphology of the kidney in fetal and adult sirs.
Petit, G. (detail)
1925cProtection de certains animaux marins et terrestres de Madagascar: dugongs, tortues, lemuriens.
Curr. Int. Prot. Nat. (Paris, 1923), Rapports voeux, realisation: 102-107.
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Petit, G. (detail)
1925aRecherches anatomiques sur l'appareil génito-urinaire male des siréniens.
Arch. Morph. Gén. Exper. (Paris) No. 23: iv + 326. 74 figs.
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Petit, G. (detail)
1925bRemarques sur la distribution géographique des siréniens.
C.R. Assoc. Franç. Avance. Sci. (Paris) 48: 1002-1008.
—?Repr.: C.R. Soc. Biogéogr. Congr. Liege 1924: 54-60.
Petit, G. (detail)
1926Siréniens et sirènes.
Tribune Madagascar No. 1963. Dec. 30, 1926.
—Newspaper article?
Petit, G. (detail)
1927aContribution à l'étude de la morphologie externe des siréniens. (1re note.) Sur un dugong femelle capturé à Morombé (Madagascar).
Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. (Paris) 33(5): 336-342.
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Petit, G. (detail)
1927bNouvelles observations sur la pêche rituelle du dugong [à] Madagascar.
Bull. Mem. Soc. Anthrop. Paris (7)8: 246-250.
—Detailed account of customs, beliefs, and taboos concerning the dugong in Madagascar.
Petit, G. (detail)
1928aLes vertèbres cervicales des siréniens actuels.
Arch. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. (Paris) (6)3: 243-299. 28 figs. 2 pls.
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Petit, G. (detail)
1928bSur la synostose de l'axis et de la troisième vertèbre cervicale chez les lamantins.
Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. (Paris) 34(6): 429-431. 1 fig.
—Describes several cases of synostosis in T. senegalensis; mentions (431) a case of the same in Halitherium schinzii.
Petit, G.; Rochon-Duvigneaud, A. (detail)
1929L'oeil et la vision de l'Halicore dugong Erxl.
Bull. Soc. Zool. France 54(2): 129-138. 1 fig. Read Feb. 26, 1929.
—Comments on dugong sensory functions (129-133), and describes the eye of a specimen from Madagascar (133-136). Concludes that the dugong's vision is poorly adapted to water or darkness, and is more or less farsighted when submerged, although the field of vision is wide.
Petit, G. (detail)
1937Therapeutique chez les pechers (utilization de certaines parties du dugong).
Ocean-Serum. 22: 1-2.
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Petit, G. (detail)
1955Ordre des siréniens. In: P.-P. Grassé (ed.), Traité de zoologie, Vol. 17, Mammifères, Fasc. I.
Paris, Masson & Cie: 918-1001.
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