Goeldi, Emil August

3 publications

Goeldi, Emil August (detail)
1893Os mammiferos do Brasil.
Rio de Janeiro, Alves & C. (Monographias Brasileiras No. 1): iii + 181.
—Lists the Family Manatidae under Cetacea (13); notes the distribution of "Manatus americanus (latirostris)" and "M. inunguis" in Brazil; briefly describes their habits, economic and medicinal uses, and hunting, and an attempt to bring a young M. americanus to London (119-121). A dairy cow was brought along to nourish it, but the manatee died of cold en route. Notes that "manati" is an indigenous name (165).
Goeldi, Emil August (detail)
1897Brasilianische Reptilien.
Zool. Jahrb., Syst. 10: 640-676.
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Goeldi, Emil August; Hagmann, Gottfried (detail)
1904Prodromo de um catalogo critico, commentado da collecção de mammiferos no Museu do Pará (1894-1903).
Bol. Mus. Goeldi (Mus. Paraense) Hist. Nat. Ethnogr. 4(1): 38-106, 119-122. Feb. 1904.
—Records four skeletons of Manatus inunguis in the collection, from various localities from Iquitos (Peru) to the mouth of the Amazon, and one living specimen from the Rio Purús captive since Sept. 1902. All the skeletons have 14 pairs of ribs and lack nails on the digits (89-90).