Bibliography and Index of the Sirenia and Desmostylia 
Bibliography Record
| x | MacMillan, L. | ||
| 1955 | The dugong. Walkabout 21(2): 17-20. 2 figs. Feb. 1, 1955. –Detailed account of the natural history of the dugong in northwestern Australia, including shark predation, Aboriginal hunting with harpoons, economic use, and eyewitness descriptions of calving and the mother's teaching the calf to swim. | ||
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Australia
| x | * | 1955 | MacMillan, L. (DD; distr. & habits; 17-19.) |
Behavior (General and Miscellaneous)
(SEE ALSO: Birth and Breeding; Captivity, Sirenians in; Locomotion; Migration and Movements; Sound Production; Respiration and Diving; and under species)
(SEE ALSO: Birth and Breeding; Captivity, Sirenians in; Locomotion; Migration and Movements; Sound Production; Respiration and Diving; and under species)
| x | 1955 | MacMillan, L. (DD; Australia; gen. acc.; 17-19.) |
Behavior, Agonistic and Territorial
| x | 1955 | MacMillan, L. (DD; fighting rare, 18; ?territory, m19.) |
Behavior, Epimeletic
| x | * | 1955 | MacMillan, L. (DD; Australia; teaching young to breathe; 18.) |
Birth and Breeding
(SEE ALSO: Age Determination; Behavior, Sexual; Population Biology; Urogenital System)
(SEE ALSO: Age Determination; Behavior, Sexual; Population Biology; Urogenital System)
| x | * | 1955 | MacMillan, L. (DD; Australia; 18.) |
Dugong australis (Retzius, 1794) [author of combination not identified]
| x | * | 1955 | MacMillan, L. (Australia; 17-20.) |
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 | 1955 | MacMillan, L. (DD; hide, bones, oil, 18; meat, 18-19.) |
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 | 1955 | MacMillan, L. (DD; Australia; plants only, no roots; 17-18.) |
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 | * | 1955 | MacMillan, L. (DD; Australia; nets, harpoons; 19.) |
Locomotion
(SEE ALSO: Respiration and Diving)
(SEE ALSO: Respiration and Diving)
| x | 1955 | MacMillan, L. (DD; Australia; swimming, 18-19; on land, 18.) |
Natural Enemies
(SEE ALSO: Natural Death or Injury)
(SEE ALSO: Natural Death or Injury)
| x | 1955 | MacMillan, L. (DD; Australia; sharks, killer whales; 18.) |
Respiration and Diving
(SEE ALSO: Locomotion)
(SEE ALSO: Locomotion)
| x | 1955 | MacMillan, L. (DD; Australia; 18.) |
Urogenital System
(SEE ALSO: Excretion and Defecation)
(SEE ALSO: Excretion and Defecation)
| x | 1955 | MacMillan, L. (DD; fat around gravid uterus; m18.) |
Vernacular Names
| x | 1955 | MacMillan, L. (DD; Malay, Javanese; 17.) |