Bibliography Record

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 Baikie, William Balfour (detail)
   
1857
On the skull of a Manatus from western Africa.
Proc. Zool. Soc. London 25: 29-33. Pl. 51. June 6, 1857 (read Feb. 24, 1857).
–Concludes that M. Vogelii of the Niger and Benue Rivers is probably a valid species intermediate between M. australis (=Trichechus manatus) and M. Senegalensis.

Related Index Records (9)

Africa
(SEE ALSO: Indian Ocean; Egypt; Madagascar; Red Sea)
  x 1857 Baikie, B. (Manatus Vogelii, M. Senegalensis; 29-31, 33.)
Britain
  x 1857 Baikie, B. (?manatees; Orkney; 29.)
Manatus americanus (Link, 1795) Illiger, 1815
(= Trichechus manatus; also used by many authors for T. inunguis)
  x 1857 Baikie, B. (syn. of M. australis; m29.)
Manatus australis Retzius, 1794
(= Trichechus manatus, in part; Trichechus senegalensis, in part; also used by many authors for T. inunguis)
  x 1857 Baikie, B. (comp. w/ other species; 29-33.)
Manatus latirostris Harlan, 1824
(= Trichechus manatus)
  x 1857 Baikie, B. (validity doubtful; m29, m33.)
Manatus nasutus Wyman in Perkins, 1848
(= Trichechus senegalensis)
  x 1857 Baikie, B. (?syn. of M. senegalensis; m29, m33.)
Manatus senegalensis Desmarest, 1817
(homonym of Trichechus senegalensis Link, 1795)
  x 1857 Baikie, B. (comp. w/ M. Vogelii & other species; 29-33.)
Manatus vogelii Owen, 1856
(= Trichechus senegalensis)
  x * 1857 Baikie, B. (skull, comp. w/ other species; 29-33, pl. 51.)
Religious, Superstitious, or Ornamental Use or Observance
(SEE ALSO: Economic Use; Mermaid Legend)
  x 1857 Baikie, B. (TS; lower Niger R.; bones & other ?hunting trophies; 31.)

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