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Petit, G.; Rochon-Duvigneaud, A. (detail)
   
1929
L'oeil et la vision de l'Halicore dugong Erxl.
Bull. Soc. Zool. France 54(2): 129-138. 1 fig. Read Feb. 26, 1929.
–Comments on dugong sensory functions (129-133), and describes the eye of a specimen from Madagascar (133-136). Concludes that the dugong's vision is poorly adapted to water or darkness, and is more or less farsighted when submerged, although the field of vision is wide.

Related Index Records (5)

Behavior, Investigative, and Sense Perception
(SEE ALSO: Sense Organs; Sound Production)
  x 1929 Petit & Rochon-Duvigneaud (DD; hearing, smell, taste, vision, touch, 130-132; vision, 137-138.)

Halicore dugong (Gmelin, 1788) Illiger, 1811
(= Dugong dugon)
  x 1929 Petit & Rochon-Duvigneaud (eye, sensory capacities; 129-138.)

Histology
(SEE ALSO: Skeleton; other organ systems)
  x 1929 Petit & Rochon-Duvigneaud (DD; eye; 135-136.)

Religious, Superstitious, or Ornamental Use or Observance
(SEE ALSO: Economic Use; Mermaid Legend)
  x 1929 Petit & Rochon-Duvigneaud (DD; Madagascar & Java; tears; 132.)

Sense Organs
(SEE ALSO: Behavior, Investigative, and Sense Perception; Brain and Nervous System; Digestive System; Skeleton; Sound Production)
  x * 1929 Petit & Rochon-Duvigneaud (DD; eye, 129-138; hearing, smell, taste, touch, 130-132.)


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