Loughman, William D.

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Loughman, William D.; Frye, Fredric L.; Herald, Earl S. (detail)
1970The chromosomes of a male manatee Trichechus inunguis.
Internatl. Zoo Yearbk. 10: 151-152. 1 tab. Pl. 49.
—Describes and illustrates the karyotype of the Steinhart Aquarium's manatee. He was found to have 56 chromosomes, like both species of elephants, but of different types, indicating a rather distant relationship.