Bibliography Record

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Schomburgk, Richard (detail)
   
1848
Versuch einer Fauna und Flora von Britisch-Guiana. Vol. 3 of: Reisen in Britisch-Guiana in den Jahren 1840-1844.
Leipzig, J. J. Weber: 534-1260.
–States (786) that T. manatus are frequently found at river mouths, but occur in the interior only during high water. However, they always remain below the falls of the Rio Branco. A missionary reported having kept a tame manatee for the past year at Fort São Joaquim on this river. Sir. material also in vol. 2: 156?

Related Index Records (6)

Brazil
  x 1848 Schomburgk, R. (?TI; Rio Branco; distr. & in capt.; 786.)

Captivity, Sirenians in
(SEE ALSO: Hunting and Capture; Weed Control)
  x 1848 Schomburgk, R. (?TI; Rio Branco, ?Brazil; 786.)

Guyana
(formerly British Guiana)
  x 1848 Schomburgk, R. (TMM, ?TI; distr. & in capt.; 786.)

Manatus americanus (Link, 1795) Illiger, 1815
(= Trichechus manatus; also used by many authors for T. inunguis)
  x 1848 Schomburgk, R. (syn. of M. australis; 786.)

Manatus australis Retzius, 1794
(= Trichechus manatus, in part; Trichechus senegalensis, in part; also used by many authors for T. inunguis)
  x 1848 Schomburgk, R. ([= TM] Guyana; [= TI?] Rio Branco, ?Brazil; 786.)

Trichechus manatus Linnaeus, 1758
  x 1848 Schomburgk, R. (syn. of Manatus australis; 786.)


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