Bibliography Record

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 Marshall, Christopher D.; Huth, Glenn D.; Edmonds, Virginia M.; Halin, Deborah L. ("D. M. Halin"); Reep, Roger Lyons (detail)
   
1998
Prehensile use of perioral bristles during feeding and associated behaviors of the Florida manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris).
Mar. Mamm. Sci. 14(2): 274-289. 4 figs. Mar. 31, 1998.
–Reports observations of captive and wild manatees feeding on 6 species of aquatic plants, attempting to manipulate inanimate objects, and in social interactions. Describes details of both prehensile and tactile lip and vibrissal movements. See also Reep et al. (1998) and Marshall, Clark & Reep (1998).

Related Index Records (11)

Behavior, Ingestive
(SEE ALSO: Behavior, Epimeletic; Behavior, Et-epimeletic; Food; Mastication; Milk)
  x * 1998 Marshall et al. (TML; use of perioral bristles; 274-289.)
Behavior, Investigative, and Sense Perception
(SEE ALSO: Sense Organs; Sound Production)
  x * 1998 Marshall et al. (TML; facial bristles & hairs; 281-287.)
Captivity, Sirenians in
(SEE ALSO: Hunting and Capture; Weed Control)
  x 1998 Marshall et al. (TML; Florida; feeding experiments; 276-284.)
Food Plants: Eichhornia crassipes
(Pontederiaceae)
  x 1998 Marshall et al. (TML; in capt.; feeding experiments; 276, 281.)
Food Plants: Hydrilla verticillata
(Hydrocharitaceae)
  x 1998 Marshall et al. (TML; in capt.; feeding experiments; m276.)
Food Plants: Myriophyllum spicatum
(Haloragaceae)
  x 1998 Marshall et al. (TML; in capt.; feeding experiments; m276.)
Food Plants: Syringodium filiforme
(Potamogetonaceae)
  x 1998 Marshall et al. (TML; in capt.; feeding experiments; m276.)
Food Plants: Thalassia testudinum
(Hydrocharitaceae)
  x 1998 Marshall et al. (TML; in capt.; feeding experiments; m276.)
Food Plants: Vallisneria americana
(Hydrocharitaceae)
  x 1998 Marshall et al. (TML; in capt.; feeding experiments; m276.)
Sense Organs
(SEE ALSO: Behavior, Investigative, and Sense Perception; Brain and Nervous System; Digestive System; Skeleton; Sound Production)
  x 1998 Marshall et al. (TML; facial bristles & hairs; 274-289.)
Trichechus manatus latirostris (Harlan, 1824) Hatt, 1934
  x 1998 Marshall et al. (perioral bristles & feeding; 274-289.)

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