Du Chaillu, Paul Belloni

2 publications

Du Chaillu, Paul Belloni (detail)
1861a[Descriptions of new species of mammals discovered in western equatorial Africa.]
Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 7: 358-367. Read Nov. 7, 1860.
—Tentatively proposes the new specific name Manatus Oweni, which "probably" is synonymous with M. Vogelii, if the latter be valid(!). Gives the vernacular name manga from the "Camma country", with a short description and measurements of a manatee that lacked nails; notes that the species eats leaves fallen from the banks and aquatic grass, and avoids salt water (367). See also J.E. Gray (1862).
Du Chaillu, Paul Belloni (detail)
1861bExplorations & adventures in equatorial Africa; with accounts of the manners and customs of the people, and of the chace of the gorilla, crocodile, leopard, elephant, hippopotamus, and other animals.
London, John Murray: xviii + 479. Illus. 1 map.
—Lists "Manatus Oweni" among "Species Discovered by F. [sic] B. Du Chaillu" (471). See also J.E. Gray (1861).