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Scheffer, Victor B.
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The last days of the sea cow.
Smithsonian 3(10): 64-67. 3 figs. Jan. 1973.
–Fictional account of a Russian boy's encounter with the last individual of Hydrodamalis, illustrated with two artist's reconstructions of the sea cow. Also relates a story, told to Scheffer by L. Stejneger, of how the latter acquired sea cow bones by bribing Russian workmen on Bering Island. Finally, summarizes recent studies on Hydrodamalis.
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Related Index Records (3)
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Fiction
(SEE ALSO: Children's Literature)
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1973 |
Scheffer, V.B. (HG; Bering Is.; 64-65.) |
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Hydrodamalis gigas (Zimmermann, 1780) Palmer, 1895
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1973 |
Scheffer, V.B. (gen. acc. & recent research; 64-67.) |
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Pacific Ocean
(SEE ALSO: East Indies; Palau; circumpacific regions)
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1973 |
Scheffer, V.B. (HG; distr. & history; 65-66.) |
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