Bibliography and Index of the Sirenia and Desmostylia 
Bibliography Record
| x | Perkins, George A. | ||
| 1848 | [Account of a Manatus from West Africa.] Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 2: 198-199. –Describes a small manatee captured in the Caracalla River, Liberia. The name Manatus nasutus is proposed for it in a footnote signed "J. W." [Jeffries Wyman] (199); see J. Wyman (1848). (The extant type material is the skull lacking the mandible, MCZ 9368.) Interestingly, Perkins did not find any nails on the flippers; he also failed to recognize the respiratory diaphragm. | ||
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(SEE ALSO: Indian Ocean; Egypt; Madagascar; Red Sea)
(SEE ALSO: Indian Ocean; Egypt; Madagascar; Red Sea)
| x | * | 1848 | Perkins, G.A. (Manatus nasutus, n.sp.; West Africa; 198-199.) |
Manatus nasutus Wyman in Perkins, 1848
| x | v | * | 1848 | Perkins, G.A. (species described but not named; 198-199.) |