Bibliography and Index of the Sirenia and Desmostylia 
Bibliography Record
| x | Coates, Christopher W. | ||
| 1939 | Baby mermaid - a manatee at the Aquarium. Bull. New York Zool. Soc. 42(5): 140-148. 4 figs. Oct. 2, 1939. –Detailed account of the care and behavior of an extremely emaciated 36-inch male T. inunguis calf from the Rio Tapajós, which survived 22 days at the New York Aquarium in August 1939. | ||
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10 related index terms
Behavior, Ingestive
(SEE ALSO: Behavior, Epimeletic; Behavior, Et-epimeletic; Food; Mastication; Milk)
(SEE ALSO: Behavior, Epimeletic; Behavior, Et-epimeletic; Food; Mastication; Milk)
| x | 1939 | Coates, C.W. (TI; in capt.; food position preference; eating sand & mud; 143.) |
Brazil
| x | 1939 | Coates, C.W. (TI; Tapajós R.; 142.) |
Captivity, Sirenians in
(SEE ALSO: Hunting and Capture; Weed Control)
(SEE ALSO: Hunting and Capture; Weed Control)
| x | * | 1939 | Coates, C.W. (TI; New York; 141-148.) |
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 | 1939 | Coates, C.W. (TI; in capt., New York; lettuce, etc.; 142-143.) |
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 | 1939 | Coates, C.W. (TI; Brazil; harpoons, nets, guns; 148.) |
Locomotion
(SEE ALSO: Respiration and Diving)
(SEE ALSO: Respiration and Diving)
| x | 1939 | Coates, C.W. (emaciated TI; in capt.; floating & swimming; 141, 144-145, 147.) |
Pathology
(SEE ALSO: Bacteriology; Biochemistry; Natural Death or Injury; Parasites; Parasitology; Pollution, Effects of; Temperature, Effects of; Teratology; Virology)
(SEE ALSO: Bacteriology; Biochemistry; Natural Death or Injury; Parasites; Parasitology; Pollution, Effects of; Temperature, Effects of; Teratology; Virology)
| x | 1939 | Coates, C.W. (TI; in capt., New York; "ulcers" in back muscles; 148.) |
Respiration and Diving
(SEE ALSO: Locomotion)
(SEE ALSO: Locomotion)
| x | 1939 | Coates, C.W. (TI calf; in capt., New York; diving times [up to 14 min.], 145; "snapping" nostrils shut, 146.) |
Thermoregulation
(SEE ALSO: Temperature, Effects of)
(SEE ALSO: Temperature, Effects of)
| x | 1939 | Coates, C.W. (TI; in capt., New York; preference for warm water; 143.) |
Trichechus inunguis (Natterer in von Pelzeln, 1883) Thomas and Lydekker, 1897
| x | * | 1939 | Coates, C.W. (in capt., New York; 141-148.) |