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"Williams, Thomas R."

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 Williams, Thomas R. (detail)
   
1986
Identification of the ri through further fieldwork in New Ireland, Papua New Guinea.
Cryptozoology 4: 61-68. 3 figs. Mar. 1986.
–Reports new observations of an animal identified by natives as an "ilkai" (= "ri"). It, its feeding trails, and its food plants were photographed underwater, and the animal was subsequently shot by someone and landed, proving conclusively that it was a dugong. The seagrass removed from its stomach and mouth, illustrated but not identified, is apparently Halophila ovalis. The observations of strong body flexure during diving and of submergence times averaging 10 min. are explained by the depth of the water (40-50 feet) at the site.
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 Williams, Thomas R. (detail)
   
1988
Is the ri the Irrawaddy dolphin? (Response to Sehm [1988])
Cryptozoology 6: 149-151. Feb. 1988.
–Defends his previous conclusion that the "ri" is the 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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