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Gervais, François Louis Paul (detail)
   
1855a
Animaux nouveaux ou rares recueillis pendant l'expédition dans les parties centrales de l'Amérique du Sud, de Rio de Janeiro à Lima, et de Lima au Para, pendant les années 1843 a 1847, sous la direction du Comte Francis de Castelnau.... Mammifères.
Paris, P. Bertrand: 1-116. 20 pls.
–Gives general description of a skeleton of "Manatus australis" from Pebas, Colombia (114-115); argues for the domestication of manatees (116); and quotes Castelnau's account of manatee predation by jaguars (116).

Related Index Records (7)

Anatomy
(SEE ALSO: Brain and Nervous System; Circulatory System; Digestive System; Embryology; Endocrinology; Growth Rates; Histology; Myology; Pathology; Respiratory System; Skeleton; Urogenital System; and under species)
  x 1855a Gervais, P. (TI; intestines, skeleton; 114-115.)

Colombia
  x 1855a Gervais, P. (TI; Pebas; anatomy & econ. use; 114-116.)

Digestive System
(SEE ALSO: Excretion and Defecation; Food; Mastication; Parasites; Parasitology; Sense Organs)
  x 1855a Gervais, P. (TI; small intestine 10.25 m long; m114.)

Economic Uses
(SEE ALSO: Archeological Sites, Sirenia at; Hunting and Capture; Medicinal Applications; Religious, Superstitious, or Ornamental Use or Observance; Weed Control)
  x 1855a Gervais, P. (TI; ranching proposed; 116.)

Manatus australis Retzius, 1794
(= Trichechus manatus, in part; Trichechus senegalensis, in part; also used by many authors for T. inunguis)
  x 1855a Gervais, P. ([= TI] anatomy, 114-115; econ. use, 116.)

Natural Enemies
(SEE ALSO: Natural Death or Injury)
  x 1855a Gervais, P. (TI; Amazonia; jaguar; 116.)

Skeleton
(SEE ALSO: Age Determination; Embryology and Ontogeny; Histology; Myology; Sense Organs; Tooth Replacement; and under species)
  x 1855a Gervais, P. (TI; gen. acc.; 114-115.)


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