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Schuhmann, Hans-Jörg (detail)
   
1995
Der Manati, Trichechus senegalensis, im Rio Geba, Guinea-Bissau.
Natur und Museum (Frankfurt a. M.) 125(12): 402-409. 1 tab. 9 figs. Dec. 1, 1995.
–Repr.: Säugetierk. Mitt. 44(3): 121-128, 1999. Presents results of two surveys by boat and interview (including the successful use of sonar to detect submerged manatees), with some notes on the natural history of African manatees. (The survey team included personnel from the Toba Aquarium in Japan, which soon thereafter acquired African manatees from this region for display.) Despite their continued hunting by gun and net, Schuhmann regards manatees as abundant in Guinea-Bissau, having detected the presence of 109 along 140 km of river; but his extrapolation of this figure to a guesstimate of some 10,000 manatees in the entire country seems excessive.

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Africa
(SEE ALSO: Indian Ocean; Egypt; Madagascar; Red Sea)
  x 1995 Schuhmann, H.-J. (TS; Guinea-Bissau; 402-409.)

Behavior, Aggregative
(SEE ALSO: Aerial Surveys of Distribution)
  x 1995 Schuhmann, H.-J. (TS; Guinea-Bissau; groups of up to 15; m405.)

Economic Uses
(SEE ALSO: Archeological Sites, Sirenia at; Hunting and Capture; Medicinal Applications; Religious, Superstitious, or Ornamental Use or Observance; Weed Control)
  x 1995 Schuhmann, H.-J. (TS; Guinea-Bissau; meat; 407-409.)

Hunting and Capture
(SEE ALSO: Accidental Death or Injury; Archeological Sites, Sirenians at; Captivity, Sirenians in; Conservation; Economic Use; Natural Enemies; Weed Control)
  x 1995 Schuhmann, H.-J. (TS; Guinea-Bissau; firearms, 404, 409; nets, 405.)

Locomotion
(SEE ALSO: Respiration and Diving)
  x 1995 Schuhmann, H.-J. (TS; Guinea-Bissau; estimated maximum swimming speed greater than 30 km/hr.; 404.)

Respiration and Diving
(SEE ALSO: Locomotion)
  x 1995 Schuhmann, H.-J. (TS; Guinea-Bissau; maximum submergence 25 min.; 403.)

Sonar or Radar Detection of Sirenians
  x 1995 Schuhmann, H.-J. (TS; Guinea-Bissau; 402-405, 407-408.)

Trichechus senegalensis Link, 1795
  x 1995 Schuhmann, H.-J. (Guinea-Bissau; 402-409.)


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