Hershkovitz, Philip

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Hershkovitz, Philip (detail)
1959Nomenclature and taxonomy of the Neotropical mammals described by Olfers, 1818.
Jour. Mamm. 40(3): 337-353. Aug. 20, 1959.
—P. 342: {"M[anatus]. fluviatilis (p. 235) = Trichechus manatus manatus Linnaeus, 1758 (Syst. Nat., ed. 10, 1: 34). - Olfers' primary basis for the name is the Guianan manati of Pennant (1793, Hist. Quadr. 2: 297). His other synonyms, Tr[ichechus]. Clusii Shaw and Tr[ichechus]. Amazonius Shaw (1800, Gen. Zool., 1, [1]: 246) are freshwater representatives of the common Antillean manatee."}