Murie, Olaus Johan

2 publications

Murie, Olaus Johan (detail)
1937Notes on the mammals of St. Lawrence Island, Alaska. In: O. W. Geist & F. G. Rainey (eds.), Archaeological excavations at Kukulik, St. Lawrence Island, Alaska.
Univ. Alaska Misc. Publ. No. 2, Appendix 3: 335-346. 3 figs.
—P. 345: {"Family TRICHECHIDAE, Manatees / Rhytina gigas, Steller's Sea cow. / Mr. [Otto William] Geist reports that the Eskimo "talk about a 'real walrus' obtained in olden days, without tusks." This would indicate the Steller's sea cow and is most interesting information. However, no bones have been obtained as yet. This Eskimo tradition may, of course, have come originally from some other locality, yet it deserves special attention in future work on the island."}
Murie, Olaus Johan (detail)
1959Fauna of the Aleutian Islands and Alaska Peninsula.
North American Fauna (U.S. Fish & Wildl. Serv.) No. 61: xiv + 364.
—Steller's sea cow, 332-333.