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  Büchner, Eugen
  1891
Die Abbildungen der nordischen Seekuh (Rhytina gigas, Zimm.). Mit besonderer Berücksichtigung neu aufgefundener handschriftlicher Materialien in Seiner Majestät Höchst Eigenen Bibliothek zu Zarskoje Sselo.
Mém. Acad. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg (7)38(7): 1-24. 1 pl. Nov. 1891 (read May 29, 1891).
–First publication of Sven Waxell's manuscript containing his eyewitness description of Steller's sea cow. The pictures of Hydrodamalis referred to and reproduced in this paper probably derive from originals by Plenisner, according to the detailed analysis by L. Stejneger (1936: 511-522). See also S. Waxell (1940, 1962).

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Rytina gigas (Zimmermann, 1780) Gray, 1850
  *1891Büchner, E.