Wallace, Alfred Russell

3 publications

Wallace, Alfred Russell (detail)
1853Travels on the Amazon and Rio Negro.
London, Reeve & Co.: viii + 541.
—Ed. 2: London, Ward, Lock, & Co., 1889. Gives a mostly accurate gen. acc. of the Amazonian manatee's external and internal appearance, habits, and exploitation (185-187, 458-461).
Wallace, Alfred Russell (detail)
1876The geographical distribution of animals.
New York (2 vols.): Vol. 1: xv + 503; Vol. 2: ix + 607. Illus.
—Sirs., 1: 502, 2: 210.
Wallace, Alfred Russell (detail)
1883Australasia. In: Stanford's compendium of geography and travel. Ed. 3.
London, Edward Stanford: xx + 672.
—P. 54: {"... [O]n the warmer coasts of Queensland is found the sea-cow or dugong (Halicore australis), allied to the animal found in the Indian seas, but believed to be a distinct species."}