Bibliography Record

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Johnson, Eric (detail)
   
1937
List of vanishing Gambian mammals.
Jour. Soc. Preserv. Fauna Empire 31: 62-66.
–States that, though manatees are "rare" in the Gambia River, "about a dozen are caught daily" (!) in fishermen's nets, "but only small specimens weighing from 10 to 40 lb. each." Also, "out of 100 Crocodiles cut open only one contained part of a Manatee." Recommends absolute protection for the species in the future (63-64, 66).

Related Index Records (4)

Africa
(SEE ALSO: Indian Ocean; Egypt; Madagascar; Red Sea)
  x 1937 Johnson, E. (TS; Gambia; 63.)

Hunting and Capture
(SEE ALSO: Accidental Death or Injury; Archeological Sites, Sirenians at; Captivity, Sirenians in; Conservation; Economic Use; Natural Enemies; Weed Control)
  x 1937 Johnson, E. (TS; Gambia; nets; 63-64.)

Manatus senegalensis Desmarest, 1817
(homonym of Trichechus senegalensis Link, 1795)
  x 1937 Johnson, E. ("Manabus senegalensis"; Gambia; 63-64, 66.)

Natural Enemies
(SEE ALSO: Natural Death or Injury)
  x 1937 Johnson, E. (TS; Gambia; crocodiles; 63.)


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