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x Santos, Eurico
  1945
Entre o gambá e o macaco (vida e costumes dos mamiferos do Brasil).
Rio de Janeiro, F. Briguiet & Cia: 1-298. Illus.
–Translates the manatee passage from Wallace (1853), lists indigenous vernacular names of T. inunguis, and discusses hunting methods and the use of manatee meat, fat, and hide in Amazonia (chap. 6: 155-159, fig. 43).

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Brazil
x  1945Santos, E. (TI; hunting, econ. use; 155-159.)
Economic Uses
(SEE ALSO: Archeological Sites, Sirenia at; Hunting and Capture; Medicinal Applications; Religious, Superstitious, or Ornamental Use or Observance; Weed Control)
x  1945Santos, E. (TI; Brazil; meat, fat, hide; 158-159.)
Hunting and Capture
(SEE ALSO: Accidental Death or Injury; Archeological Sites, Sirenians at; Captivity, Sirenians in; Conservation; Economic Use; Natural Enemies; Weed Control)
x  1945Santos, E. (TI; Brazil; harpoons, nets; 157-158.)
Respiration and Diving
(SEE ALSO: Locomotion)
x  1945Santos, E. (TI; sliding backwards on submergence; 158.)
Trichechus inunguis (Natterer in von Pelzeln, 1883) Thomas and Lydekker, 1897
x  1945Santos, E. (Brazil; hunting, econ. use; 155-159.)
Vernacular Names
x  1945Santos, E. (TI; Brazil; iguaraguá, urauá, iuaraná, guaraguá, guarabá, goaragoá, mauai, manaí; 155.)