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Thurston, Edgar (detail)
   
1895
Rámésvaram Island and the fauna of the Gulf of Mannar.
Madras Govt. Mus. Bull. 1(3): 79-138.
–Dugong material repr. in Phipson (1895). Brief account of the dugong (98-99), including the native tradition that a box of money was found in a dugong's stomach.

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Economic Uses
(SEE ALSO: Archeological Sites, Sirenia at; Hunting and Capture; Medicinal Applications; Religious, Superstitious, or Ornamental Use or Observance; Weed Control)
  x 1895 Thurston, E. (DD; Sri Lanka; meat, 98; fat, 99.)

Food
(SEE ALSO: Behavior, Ingestive; Captivity, Sirenians in; Digestive System; Food Plants; Weed Control) (NOTE: Plants reported as part of the captive but not the natural diet of sirs. will not necessarily be found under Food Plants. Papers referring to them are, however, indexed here.)
  x 1895 Thurston, E. (DD; Sri Lanka; m99.)

Halicore dugong (Gmelin, 1788) Illiger, 1811
(= Dugong dugon)
  x 1895 Thurston, E. (India, Sri Lanka; 98-99.)

India
(SEE ALSO: Indian Ocean)
  x 1895 Thurston, E. (DD; m98-99.)

Medicinal Applications
(SEE ALSO: Economic Use)
  x 1895 Thurston, E. (DD; Sri Lanka; fat; 99.)

Religious, Superstitious, or Ornamental Use or Observance
(SEE ALSO: Economic Use; Mermaid Legend)
  x 1895 Thurston, E. (DD; Sri Lanka; treasure in stomach; 98-99.)

Sri Lanka
(formerly Ceylon)
  x 1895 Thurston, E. (DD; 98-99.)


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