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Backhouse, James
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1843 |
A narrative of a visit to the Australian colonies.
London, Hamilton, Adams, & Co.: xviii + 560 + cxliv.
–Pp. 368-369: {"The Blacks do not kill the Porpoises, because they shew where there are fish to be caught; but they value the flesh of another cetaceous animal, called here [near Brisbane] Youngon, the Dugong of India, Halicore Dugong. This animal feeds on marine vegetables; and is [369] taken when it goes up narrow creeks, by means of nets, skilfully made of the bark of various species of Hibiscus."}
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Related Index Records (5)
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Australia
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Backhouse, J. (DD; near Brisbane; 368-369.) |
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Halicore dugong (Gmelin, 1788) Illiger, 1811
(= Dugong dugon)
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Backhouse, J. (Australia; 368-369.) |
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Hunting and Capture
(SEE ALSO: Accidental Death or Injury; Archeological Sites, Sirenians at; Captivity, Sirenians in; Conservation; Economic Use; Natural Enemies; Weed Control)
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Backhouse, J. (DD; Australia; nets; 368-369.) |
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Salinity Tolerance
(SEE ALSO: Behavior, Ingestive)
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Backhouse, J. (DD; Australia; ascend "narrow creeks"; 368-369.) |
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Vernacular Names
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Backhouse, J. (DD; Australia; youngon; 368.) |
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