Bibliography and Index of the Sirenia and Desmostylia 
Bibliography Record
| x | True, Frederick W. | ||
| 1884b | The sirenians or sea-cows. In: G. B. Goode et al., The fisheries and fishery industries of the United States.... Section 1. Natural history of useful aquatic animals. Washington, D.C., Govt. Printing Off. (xxxiv + 3-895): 114-136. Pls. 33-34 (in separate atlas). –An interesting collection of general information on American manatees (114-128) and Steller's sea cow (128-136); quotes extensively from earlier authors and thereby provides a handy literature review. Includes a partial transl. of Steller (1751) by A. Charles True (130-134), and a report by Lucien Turner "that an aged Aleut woman stated that Rhytina had been seen at Attu by her father" (136). | ||
Related Index Records
19 related index terms
Alabama
| x | 1884b | True, F.W. (TM; m114.) |
Alaska
| x | * | 1884b | True, F.W. (HG; supposedly seen alive at Attu; 136.) |
Birth and Breeding
(SEE ALSO: Age Determination; Behavior, Sexual; Population Biology; Urogenital System)
(SEE ALSO: Age Determination; Behavior, Sexual; Population Biology; Urogenital System)
| x | 1884b | True, F.W. (Trichechus; Americas; 118.) |
Economic Uses
(SEE ALSO: Archeological Sites, Sirenia at; Hunting and Capture; Medicinal Applications; Religious, Superstitious, or Ornamental Use or Observance; Weed Control)
(SEE ALSO: Archeological Sites, Sirenia at; Hunting and Capture; Medicinal Applications; Religious, Superstitious, or Ornamental Use or Observance; Weed Control)
| x | 1884b | True, F.W. (Trichechus; Americas; meat, hide, oil, bones, "stones" [ear bones]; 127-128.) |
Florida
| x | * | 1884b | True, F.W. (TML; distr.; 114-115, 122-123.) |
Food
(SEE ALSO: Behavior, Ingestive; Captivity, Sirenians in; Digestive System; Food Plants; Weed Control) (NOTE: Plants reported as part of the captive but not the natural diet of sirs. will not necessarily be found under Food Plants. Papers referring to them are, however, indexed here.)
(SEE ALSO: Behavior, Ingestive; Captivity, Sirenians in; Digestive System; Food Plants; Weed Control) (NOTE: Plants reported as part of the captive but not the natural diet of sirs. will not necessarily be found under Food Plants. Papers referring to them are, however, indexed here.)
| x | 1884b | True, F.W. (Trichechus; Americas; 118-119.) |
Hunting and Capture
(SEE ALSO: Accidental Death or Injury; Archeological Sites, Sirenians at; Captivity, Sirenians in; Conservation; Economic Use; Natural Enemies; Weed Control)
(SEE ALSO: Accidental Death or Injury; Archeological Sites, Sirenians at; Captivity, Sirenians in; Conservation; Economic Use; Natural Enemies; Weed Control)
| x | 1884b | True, F.W. (Trichechus; Americas; nets, guns, harpoons, crossbows; 123-127.) |
Louisiana
| x | 1884b | True, F.W. (TM; m114.) |
Manatus antiquus Leidy, 1856
| x | 1884b | True, F.W. (m116.) |
Manatus australis Retzius, 1794
| x | 1884b | True, F.W. (Britain; m114, 116.) |
Manatus inornatus Leidy, 1873
| x | 1884b | True, F.W. (m116.) |
Rytina gigas (Zimmermann, 1780) Gray, 1850
| x | * | 1884b | True, F.W. ("Rhytina"; gen. acc.; 128-136.) |
South America
(SEE ALSO under countries)
(SEE ALSO under countries)
| x | 1884b | True, F.W. (Trichechus; distr.; 115-116, 123.) |
Texas
| x | 1884b | True, F.W. ("South American manatee"; 115.) |
Trichechidae Gill, 1872 (1821)
| x | 1884a | True, F.W. (in classification; 588.) |
Trichechus latirostris (Harlan, 1824) True, 1884
| x | * | 1884a | True, F.W. (n.comb.; in classification; 588.) | |
| x | * | 1884b | True, F.W. (gen. acc.; 114-128.) |
Trichechus manatus Linnaeus, 1758
| x | 1884a | True, F.W. (in classification; 588.) | ||
| x | * | 1884b | True, F.W. (gen. acc.; 114-128.) |
Vernacular Names
| x | 1884b | True, F.W. (origin of manatee & other names; 116.) |
West Indies
(SEE ALSO: Caribbean Sea; Cuba; Dominican Republic; Haiti; Jamaica; Puerto Rico)
(SEE ALSO: Caribbean Sea; Cuba; Dominican Republic; Haiti; Jamaica; Puerto Rico)
| x | 1884b | True, F.W. (TM; distr.; 115.) |