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x Friant, Madeleine
  1954b
Le cerveau du lamantin (Manatus inunguis Natterer).
Vierteljahresschrift Naturf. Ges. Zürich 99(2): 129-135. 6 figs. June 30, 1954.
–Describes the gross anatomy of the brain of the Amazonian manatee, comparing it with those of other living and fossil sirs. Comparisons with other animals are made by means of the "coefficients of cephalization" proposed by Dubois and Anthony.

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Brain and Nervous System
(SEE ALSO: Sense Organs)
x  1954aFriant, M. (sir. brain characteristics; 1005-1006.)
x *1954bFriant, M. (TI & other sirs.; brains; 129-135.)
Captivity, Sirenians in
(SEE ALSO: Hunting and Capture; Weed Control)
x  1954bFriant, M. (TI; Vincennes, France; m129.)
Eosiren Andrews, 1902
x  1954bFriant, M. (brain; 134.)
Eotherium Owen, 1875 (non Leidy, 1853)
x  1954bFriant, M. (brain; 134.)
Halicore australis (Retzius, 1794) Owen, 1847
x  1954bFriant, M. (brain; 134.)
Halicore dugong (Gmelin, 1788) Illiger, 1811
x  1954bFriant, M. (brain; 129-130, 134.)
Hydrodamalis stelleri Retzius, 1794
x  1954bFriant, M. (brain; 129, 134-135.)
Manatus inunguis Natterer in von Pelzeln, 1883
x *1954bFriant, M. (brain; 129-135.)
Manatus manatus (Linnaeus, 1758) [author of combination not identified]
x  1954bFriant, M. (brain; 133-134.)
Manatus senegalensis Desmarest, 1817
x  1954bFriant, M. (brain; 130-131, 134.)
Rytina Illiger, 1811
x  1954bFriant, M. ("Rhytina"; brain; 129, 134-135.)