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x Loughman, William D.; Frye, Fredric L.; Herald, Earl S.
  1970
The chromosomes of a male manatee Trichechus inunguis.
Internatl. Zoo Yearbk. 10: 151-152. 1 tab. Pl. 49.
–Describes and illustrates the karyotype of the Steinhart Aquarium's manatee. He was found to have 56 chromosomes, like both species of elephants, but of different types, indicating a rather distant relationship.

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Captivity, Sirenians in
(SEE ALSO: Hunting and Capture; Weed Control)
x  1970Evans & Herald (TI; San Francisco; vocalizations; 820-823.)
x  1970Loughman et al. (TI; San Francisco; chromosomes; m151.)
Genetics
(SEE ALSO: Phylogeny and Affinities)
x  1970Loughman et al. (TI; karyotype; 151-152, pl. 49.)
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x *1970Evans & Herald (in capt., San Francisco; vocalizations; 820-823.)
x *1970Loughman et al. (chromosomes; 151-152, pl. 49.)
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x  1970Evans & Herald (vocalizations, comp. w/ TI; 820, 822-823.)