Bibliography and Index of the Sirenia and Desmostylia 
Bibliography Record
| x | Gray, John Edward | ||
| 1865 | On the species of manatees (Manatus), and on the difficulty of distinguishing such species by osteological characters. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (3)15(86): 130-139. Feb. 1865. –Reviews in detail the osteological material described by earlier authors, and concludes from study of the available samples that M. senegalensis and M. americanus are distinct and the only species existing in West Africa and the Caribbean, respectively. | ||
Related Index Records
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Manatus africanus Oken, 1816
| x | 1865 | Gray, J.E. (lapsus for M. senegalensis; 137.) |
Manatus americanus (Link, 1795) Illiger, 1815
| x | * | 1865 | Gray, J.E. (comp. w/ M. senegalensis; 131, 134-138.) |
Manatus australis Retzius, 1794
| x | 1865 | Gray, J.E. (syn. of M. americanus; m131, m133, m135.) |
Manatus fluviatilis Olfers, 1818
| x | 1865 | Gray, J.E. (syn. of M. americanus; m135.) |
Manatus latirostris Harlan, 1824
| x | 1865 | Gray, J.E. (syn. of M. americanus; 131-132, 135.) |
Manatus nasutus Wyman in Perkins, 1848
| x | 1865 | Gray, J.E. (syn. of M. senegalensis; m132, m134.) |
Manatus oweni Du Chaillu, 1861
| x | 1865 | Gray, J.E. (syn. of M. senegalensis; 133-134.) |
Manatus senegalensis Desmarest, 1817
| x | * | 1865 | Gray, J.E. (comp. w/ M. americanus; 131-138.) |
Manatus vogelii Owen, 1856
| x | 1865 | Gray, J.E. (syn. of M. senegalensis; 133-134.) |
Skeleton
(SEE ALSO: Age Determination; Embryology and Ontogeny; Histology; Myology; Sense Organs; Tooth Replacement; and under species)
(SEE ALSO: Age Determination; Embryology and Ontogeny; Histology; Myology; Sense Organs; Tooth Replacement; and under species)
| x | 1865 | Gray, J.E. (TS, TM; 130-138.) |