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x Baikie, William Balfour
  1857
On the skull of a Manatus from western Africa.
Proc. Zool. Soc. London 25: 29-33. Pl. 51. June 6, 1857 (read Feb. 24, 1857).
–Concludes that M. Vogelii of the Niger and Benue Rivers is probably a valid species intermediate between M. australis (=Trichechus manatus) and M. Senegalensis.

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Africa
(SEE ALSO: Indian Ocean; Egypt; Madagascar; Red Sea)
x  1857Baikie, B. (Manatus Vogelii, M. Senegalensis; 29-31, 33.)
Britain
x  1857Baikie, B. (?manatees; Orkney; 29.)
Manatus americanus (Link, 1795) Illiger, 1815
x  1857Baikie, B. (syn. of M. australis; m29.)
Manatus australis Retzius, 1794
x  1857Baikie, B. (comp. w/ other species; 29-33.)
Manatus latirostris Harlan, 1824
x  1857Baikie, B. (validity doubtful; m29, m33.)
Manatus nasutus Wyman in Perkins, 1848
x  1857Baikie, B. (?syn. of M. senegalensis; m29, m33.)
Manatus senegalensis Desmarest, 1817
x  1857Baikie, B. (comp. w/ M. Vogelii & other species; 29-33.)
Manatus vogelii Owen, 1856
x *1857Baikie, B. (skull, comp. w/ other species; 29-33, pl. 51.)
Religious, Superstitious, or Ornamental Use or Observance
(SEE ALSO: Economic Use; Mermaid Legend)
x  1857Baikie, B. (TS; lower Niger R.; bones & other ?hunting trophies; 31.)