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"Greenwell, J. Richar"

Greenwell, J. Richard: SEE ALSO Wagner et al., 1983. (detail)
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 Wagner, Roy; Greenwell, J. Richard; Raymond, Gale J.; Nieda, Kurt von (detail)
   
1983
Further investigations into the biological and cultural affinities of the ri.
Cryptozoology 2: 113-125. 6 figs. Winter 1983.
–Describes additional sightings of the "ri" or "ilkai" in New Ireland, and gives related information obtained from Barok and Susurunga villagers. Again concludes that the animals are not dugongs. Includes two inconclusive photos of a ri surfacing.
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 Greenwell, J. Richard (detail)
   
1985
The ri: zoology and folklore (response to Sibert, Ellis, and Britton).
Cryptozoology 3: 151-154. Apr. 1985.
–Responds to comments on the "ri" of New Ireland, leaning toward its identification as Neophocaena or some other small cetacean. Also discusses the possible sir. or cetacean origins of mermaid legends.
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 Greenwell, J. Richard (detail)
   
1987
Ri-evaluation (comment on Williams [1986]).
Cryptozoology 5: 140-144. Apr. 1987.
–Reviews the history of the controversy over the "ri" of New Ireland, and praises the study of T. R. Williams (1986) as "the first time that a mythified animal such as a 'mermaid' has been located first-hand and identified zoologically" - in this case, as a dugong.
Daryl P. Domning, Research Associate, Department of Paleobiology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. 20560, and Laboratory of Evolutionary Biology, Department of Anatomy, College of Medicine, Howard University, Washington, D.C. 20059.
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