Bibliography Record

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 Domning, Daryl Paul; Hayek, Lee-Ann C. (detail)
   
1984
Horizontal tooth replacement in the Amazonian manatee (Trichechus inunguis).
Mammalia (Paris) 48(1): 105-127. 7 tabs. 7 figs. https://doi.org/10.1515/mamm.1984.48.1.105 Mar. 5, 1984.
–French summ. Analysis of tooth-loss data from captive manatees indicates rates of tooth movement on the order of 1 mm/month. The rates vary directly with food (especially grass) consumption, and are probably controlled by the mechanical stress of chewing. The replacement process seems adapted to a diet that is both tough and abrasive, and does not work as well when (as in Florida manatees) these two factors are decoupled.

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Captivity, Sirenians in
(SEE ALSO: Hunting and Capture; Weed Control)
  x 1984 Domning & Hayek (TI; Manaus; tooth replacement; 106-127.)
Food Plants: Cabomba
(Cabombaceae)
  x 1984 Domning & Hayek (TI; Brazil; in capt.; 106-107, 119-121.)
Food Plants: Panicum purpurascens
(Gramineae)
  x 1984 Domning & Hayek (TI; Brazil; in capt.; 106-107, 119-121.)
Mastication
(SEE ALSO: Behavior, Ingestive)
  x * 1984 Domning & Hayek (TI; chewing & tooth replacement; 119-125.)
Tooth Replacement
  x * 1984 Domning & Hayek (TI; rates, patterns, causes; 105-127.)
Trichechus inunguis (Natterer in von Pelzeln, 1883) Thomas and Lydekker, 1897
  x * 1984 Domning & Hayek (tooth replacement; 105-127.)
Trichechus manatus Linnaeus, 1758
  x 1984 Domning & Hayek (Florida; tooth wear & replacement; 121, 125.)

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