Bibliography Record

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Smyth, W.; Lowe, F. (detail)
   
1836
Narrative of a journey from Lima to Para, across the Andes and down the Amazon....
London, John Murray: viii + 305. Figs. 2 maps.
–Brief account (with measurements and a good illustration) of a manatee caught at Sarayacu, Peru (197), and an account of manatee hunting and use by Indians (242-243). The constellation Scorpio is identified as the "Vaca Marina" (manatee) by the Sencis Indians (229).

Related Index Records (5)

Economic Uses
(SEE ALSO: Archeological Sites, Sirenia at; Hunting and Capture; Medicinal Applications; Religious, Superstitious, or Ornamental Use or Observance; Weed Control)
  x 1836 Smyth & Lowe (TI; Peru; meat; scapula used for spade; 243.)

Hunting and Capture
(SEE ALSO: Accidental Death or Injury; Archeological Sites, Sirenians at; Captivity, Sirenians in; Conservation; Economic Use; Natural Enemies; Weed Control)
  x 1836 Smyth & Lowe (TI; Peru; harpooned in rainy season; 242-243.)

Peru
  x 1836 Smyth & Lowe (TI; 197, 229, 242-243.)

Religious, Superstitious, or Ornamental Use or Observance
(SEE ALSO: Economic Use; Mermaid Legend)
  1836 Smyth & Lowe (Sencis Indians, Peru; constellation Scorpio identified as manatee; 229.)

Trichechus inunguis (Natterer in von Pelzeln, 1883) Thomas and Lydekker, 1897
  x v 1836 Smyth & Lowe (Sarayacu, Peru; 197, 242-243.)


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