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"Wilcox, W. A."

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 Wilcox, W. A. (detail)
   
1904
The fisheries and fish trade of Porto Rico in 1902.
U.S. Comm. Fish & Fisheries, Rept. of the Commissioner for the Year Ending June 30, 1902: 367-395.
–P. 387: {"The manatee is occasionally taken off the beach near Ceiba. A few are taken each year, usually by means of haul seines. The weight is said to run from 500 to 1,200 pounds. The flesh is highly prized and resembles beef in flavor."}
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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