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Fairchild, David
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1917 |
A new food mammal.
Jour. Heredity 8(8): 338-345. 5 figs.
–Rev.: Bull. Pan-Amer. Union 45: 241-246, Aug. 1917. Published anonymously. Gen. acc. of sirs. and of legends and sightings of mermaids; discusses economic uses of sirs., particularly the Florida manatee. The idea of domesticating manatees, "which is first expressed in this article," is credited to Alexander Graham Bell, who is quoted on pp. 342-343 and who instigated the author's study of the possibilities. Manatee domestication is considered preferable to the introduction of pygmy hippopotamuses into swamps of the southern U.S., as had been previously suggested. The yield of saleable meat per manatee carcass is estimated at 85%. A chemical analysis of manatee grass ("Cymodocea manatorum") is presented for comparison with four common kinds of animal fodder; it is found to be "almost identical chemically" to cow pea.
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Related Index Records (14)
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Birth and Breeding
(SEE ALSO: Age Determination; Behavior, Sexual; Population Biology; Urogenital System)
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1917 |
Fairchild, D. (Trichechus; 341.) |
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Captivity, Sirenians in
(SEE ALSO: Hunting and Capture; Weed Control)
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1917 |
Fairchild, D. (Trichechus; 342, 344.) |
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Dugong australis (Retzius, 1794) [author of combination not identified]
(= Dugong dugon)
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1917 |
Fairchild, D. (m339.) |
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Dugong dugon (Müller, 1776) Palmer, 1895
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1917 |
Fairchild, D. (m339, 344.) |
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Economic Uses
(SEE ALSO: Archeological Sites, Sirenia at; Hunting and Capture; Medicinal Applications; Religious, Superstitious, or Ornamental Use or Observance; Weed Control)
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1917 |
Fairchild, D. (TML; Florida; meat, 338-339, 342-345; hide, 344-345; bone, oil, fat, 345; DD, hide, 344.) |
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Florida
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1917 |
Fairchild, D. (TML; used for food; 338-339, 342-345.) |
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Food Plants: Cymodocea manatorum
(Potamogetonaceae)
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1917 |
Fairchild, D. (Florida; 345.) |
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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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1917 |
Fairchild, D. (TML; Florida; 343-344.) |
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Medicinal Applications
(SEE ALSO: Economic Use)
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1917 |
Fairchild, D. (Trichechus; oil; 345.) |
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Mermaid Legend
(SEE ALSO: Religious, Superstitious, or Ornamental Use or Observance; Ri)
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1917 |
Fairchild, D. (misc. accounts; 340-341.) |
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Religious, Superstitious, or Ornamental Use or Observance
(SEE ALSO: Economic Use; Mermaid Legend)
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1917 |
Fairchild, D. (DD; Malays; tears; 344.) |
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Trichechus inunguis (Natterer in von Pelzeln, 1883) Thomas and Lydekker, 1897
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1917 |
Fairchild, D. (m339.) |
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Trichechus latirostris (Harlan, 1824) True, 1884
(= Trichechus manatus)
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1917 |
Fairchild, D. (Florida; possible commercial exploitation for meat; 339.) |
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Trichechus senegalensis Link, 1795
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1917 |
Fairchild, D. (m339.) |
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