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x Stejneger, Leonhard
  1887
How the great northern sea-cow (Rytina) became exterminated.
Amer. Naturalist 21(12): 1047-1054. Dec. 1887.
–A final refutation of Nordenskiöld's arguments for the survival of Hydrodamalis past 1768, backed up by statistics on sea-cow hunting in the Commander Islands. Hopefully the last word on the subject.

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Bering Sea
(SEE ALSO: Alaska; Asia; Hydrodamalis and synonyms; Pacific Ocean)
x *1887Stejneger, L. (HG; Bering Is.; statistics on extermination; 1047-1054.)
Hunting and Capture
(SEE ALSO: Accidental Death or Injury; Archeological Sites, Sirenians at; Captivity, Sirenians in; Conservation; Economic Use; Natural Enemies; Weed Control)
x *1887Stejneger, L. (HG; Commander Islands; 1048-1053.)
Rytina gigas (Zimmermann, 1780) Gray, 1850
x *1887Stejneger, L. (invalidity of post-1768 sighting reports; statistics on extermination; 1047-1054.)