Bibliography and Index of the Sirenia and Desmostylia 
Bibliography Record
| x | Stejneger, Leonhard | ||
| 1884a | Contributions to the history of the Commander Islands. No. 2. Investigations relating to the date of the extermination of Steller's sea-cow. Proc. U.S. Natl. Mus. 7(12): 181-189. July 29, 1884. –Criticizes Nordenskiöld's (1881a) reports of Hydrodamalis alive at Bering Island after 1768. Includes detailed transcripts of Stejneger's interrogation of witnesses, and concludes that the report circa 1780 was due to a chronological error and that the report circa 1854 was based on a female narwhal. | ||
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Bering Sea
(SEE ALSO: Alaska; Asia; Hydrodamalis and synonyms; Pacific Ocean)
(SEE ALSO: Alaska; Asia; Hydrodamalis and synonyms; Pacific Ocean)
| x | * | 1884a | Stejneger, L. (HG; Bering Is.; date of extermination; 181-189.) |
Respiration and Diving
(SEE ALSO: Locomotion)
(SEE ALSO: Locomotion)
| x | 1884a | Stejneger, L. (HG; inability to dive; 188.) |
Rytina gigas (Zimmermann, 1780) Gray, 1850
| x | * | 1884a | Stejneger, L. (invalidity of post-1768 sighting reports; 181-189.) | |
| x | 1884b | Stejneger, L. (collection of 12 skulls & other bones; 107-108.) |
Rytina stelleri (Retzius, 1794) Desmarest, 1819
| x | 1884b | Stejneger, L. (collection of 12 skulls & other bones; 107-108.) |
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 | 1884b | Stejneger, L. (HG; collecting of 12 skulls & other bones; 107-108.) |