Bibliography Record

x
 
Loughman, William D.; Frye, Fredric L.; Herald, Earl S. (detail)
   
1970
The chromosomes of a male manatee Trichechus inunguis.
Internatl. Zoo Yearbk. 10: 151-152. 1 tab. Pl. 49.
–Describes and illustrates the karyotype of the Steinhart Aquarium's manatee. He was found to have 56 chromosomes, like both species of elephants, but of different types, indicating a rather distant relationship.

Related Index Records (4)

Captivity, Sirenians in
(SEE ALSO: Hunting and Capture; Weed Control)
  x 1970 Loughman et al. (TI; San Francisco; chromosomes; m151.)

Genetics
(SEE ALSO: Phylogeny and Affinities)
  x 1970 Loughman et al. (TI; karyotype; 151-152, pl. 49.)

Phylogeny and Affinities of the Sirenia and/or Desmostylia
(SEE ALSO under species)
  x * 1970 Loughman et al. (chromosomes; sirs. considered distantly related to elephants; 152.)

Trichechus inunguis (Natterer in von Pelzeln, 1883) Thomas and Lydekker, 1897
  x * 1970 Loughman et al. (chromosomes; 151-152, pl. 49.)


Compendium Software Systems, LLC