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Simpson, George Gaylord (detail)
   
1941a
Vernacular names of South American mammals.
Jour. Mamm. 22(1): 1-17. Feb. 14, 1941.
–Suggests that the name "manatee" is derived from the Carib manatí = (a woman's) breast (14).

Related Index Records (2)

Trichechus Linnaeus, 1758
  x 1941a Simpson, G.G. (etymology of word "manatee"; 14.)

Vernacular Names
  x * 1941a Simpson, G.G. (TM; Carib; 14.)


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