Bibliography Record

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Simpson, George Gaylord (detail)
   
1930a
Sea sirens: the strange mammals from which came the ancient ideas of mermaids and sirens.
Nat. Hist. (New York) 30(1): 41-47. 6 figs. Jan. 1930.
–Pop. acc. of Recent and fossil sirs. Comments on possible West Indian or African origins of the name "manatee" (43).

Related Index Records (7)

Dugong Lacépède, 1799
  x 1930a Simpson, G.G. (pop. acc.; 41-47.)

Eotherium Owen, 1875 (non Leidy, 1853)
(= Eotheroides)
  x 1930a Simpson, G.G. (pop. acc.; 46.)

Eotheroides Palmer, 1899
  x 1930a Simpson, G.G. (pop. acc.; 46.)

Mermaid Legend
(SEE ALSO: Religious, Superstitious, or Ornamental Use or Observance; Ri)
  x 1930a Simpson, G.G. (pop. acc.; 41-42.)

Prorastomus Owen, 1855
  x 1930a Simpson, G.G. (pop. acc.; 44.)

Rytina Illiger, 1811
(= Hydrodamalis. Spelled Rhytina by Berthold, 1827, and most later authors; this is an unjustified emendation.)
  1930a Simpson, G.G.

Vernacular Names
  x 1930a Simpson, G.G. (TM, TS; Carib & West African; 43.)


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