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"Smith, Nigel J. H."

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 Smith, Nigel J. H. (detail)
   
1981a
Caimans, capybaras, otters, manatees, and man in Amazonia.
Biol. Conserv. 19(3): 177-187. 9 tabs. 2 figs. Feb. 1981.
–Gives a brief history of the commercial exploitation of T. inunguis, with notes on prices and availability of manatee meat in Brazil in the 1970s (184-186).
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 Smith, Nigel J. H. (detail)
   
1981b
Man, fishes, and the Amazon.
New York, Columbia Univ. Press: x + 180. Tabs. Illus.
–Records two T. inunguis caught in 1977 near Itacoatiara, Brazil, by harpoon and seine, respectively. Manatees are said to be much rarer in Amazonia than formerly, but their meat is still sold illegally for US$0.40/kg (95-96).
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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