Bibliography Record

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Cole, A.; Okera, W. (detail)
   
1976
Records of the West African manatee, Trichechus senegalensis Desm. in Sierra Leone.
Bull. Inst. Marine Biol. & Oceanography, Fourah Bay College, Univ. of Sierra Leone 1(1): 42-43.
–Reports the accidental capture of a 2.43-m female in 1973; mentions three other unconfirmed reports from 1954 to 1963; and notes that manatees eat rice crops and are trapped for this reason and for food.

Related Index Records (5)

Accidental Death or Injury
(SEE ALSO: Conservation; Hunting and Capture; Natural Death or Injury)
  x 1976 Cole & Okera (TS; Sierra Leone; nets; 42.)

Africa
(SEE ALSO: Indian Ocean; Egypt; Madagascar; Red Sea)
  x 1976 Cole & Okera (TS; Sierra Leone; 42-43.)

Food
(SEE ALSO: Behavior, Ingestive; Captivity, Sirenians in; Digestive System; Food Plants; Weed Control) (NOTE: Plants reported as part of the captive but not the natural diet of sirs. will not necessarily be found under Food Plants. Papers referring to them are, however, indexed here.)
  x 1976 Cole & Okera (TS; Sierra Leone; rice crops; m43.)

Hunting and Capture
(SEE ALSO: Accidental Death or Injury; Archeological Sites, Sirenians at; Captivity, Sirenians in; Conservation; Economic Use; Natural Enemies; Weed Control)
  x 1976 Cole & Okera (TS; Sierra Leone; traps; m43.)

Trichechus senegalensis Link, 1795
  x 1976 Cole & Okera (Sierra Leone; 42-43.)


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