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Nanosiren Domning in Domning & Aguilera, 2008 ( 4 )
  *2008aDomning & Aguilera (n.gen., Late Mioc.-Early Plioc., Venezuela & Florida)
x  2013Lambert & Muizon (cf. Nanosiren sp.; Late Mioc., Sacaco Basin, Peru; m719.)
x  2015Amson et al. (comp. w/ supposed sir. rib reidentified as sloth; 2.)
   2018Domning, D.P. (Nanosiren sp.; Mioc.; Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina; 251-255.)
Nanosiren garciae Domning in Domning & Aguilera, 2008 ( 2 )
  *2008aDomning & Aguilera (n.gen.n.sp., Early Plioc., Florida)
   2012Vélez-Juarbe et al.
Nanosiren sanchezi Domning & Aguilera, 2008 ( 2 )
  *2008aDomning & Aguilera (n.sp., Late Mioc., Venezuela)
  *2012Koyabu & Sánchez (Late Mioc., Venezuela)
Natural Death or Injury ( 92 )
(SEE ALSO: Captivity, Sirenians in; Natural Enemies; Pathology; Temperature, Effects of)
x  1881Crane, A. (?TI; shattered humerus & spinal injury; 459.)
x *1899Steller, G.W. (HG; ice, surf, rocks; 184, 198, 200.)
x  1904Freund, L. (DD; fractured metacarpals; 375-376, pls. 14-15.)
x  1906Annandale, N. (DD; ?shark bite; m240.)
x  1923aPetit, G. (DD; scratched by shells; 77.)
x  1928Prater, S.H. (DD; India; m88.)
   1931Loth, E.
   1931Slijper, E.J.
x  1932Korschelt, E. (DD, rib fractures, 450; TML, lesion on radius, 451.)
   1936Slijper, E.J.
   1940Loth, E.
x  1953Fernand, V.S.V. (DD; scars from ?coral or ?shells; 142.)
x  1953Moore, J.C. (TML; Florida; calf; 121.)
   1959bAnon. (DD; New South Wales; stranding; 49.)
x  1960Mani, S.B. (DD; India; stranding; 216-217.)
x  1961Silas, E.G. (DD; India; stranding; 263-264.)
x  1962Marlow, B.J. (DD; New South Wales; stranding; 433.)
x  1963Lal Mohan, R.S. (DD; India; strandings; 152.)
x  1965Layne, J.N. (TML; Florida; cold & ?red tide; 166-167.)
x  1967aJones, S. (DD; India; cyclone & salinity change; 217.)
x  1972aAnon. (TML; Florida; "played with" by porpoises; 4.)
x  1973Bertram & Bertram (DD; Somalia; surf; m302.)
x  1975Domning & Frye (Metaxytherium jordani; fractures; 2.)
x  1975Pinto da Silveira, E.K. (TI; females killed by mating herds; 225.)
x  1976Gallagher, M.D. (DD; Bahrain; cold, nets, oil, or seismic surveys as possible causes of death; 211.)
x  1978Anderson & Heinsohn (DD; Australia; ?mass mortality; 20.)
x  1978Odell et al. (TM; Bahamas; 292.)
x  1979Hartman, D.S. (TML; Florida; gashes on belly, 38; mortality factors, 123-125.)
   1980Harper, H. (TML; Florida)
x  1981Beck et al. (TML; Florida; mortality, 1978; 76-85.)
x  1981Brownell & Ralls (TML; Florida; carcasses salvaged, 1974-77; 147-154.)
x  1981Campbell & Irvine (TML; Florida; cold mortality, 1976-77; 86-91.)
x  1981Irvine, Odell, & Campbell (TML; Florida; mortality, 1974-77; 67-75.)
x  1981Powell et al. (TMM; Puerto Rico; calf stranded; 645.)
x  1982Rathbun et al. (TML; U.S.A. north of Florida; starvation, cold; 153-154, 156.)
x  1983Best, R.C. (TI; bowel obstruction during fasting; 62.)
x *1983Bonde et al. (TM; salvage & necropsy manual; i-v, 1-175.)
x  1983Buergelt & Bonde (TM; toxoplasmic meningoencephalitis; 1294-1296.)
x  1984Buergelt et al. (TML; Florida; necropsy findings; cold mortality, malnutrition, meningoencephalitis, periventriculitis, 1331-1334; red tide, 1334.)
x  1984Buergelt, C.D. (TML; Florida; summary of necropsy findings, 1980-83; 28-29.)
x  1984cMarsh, H. (DD; Australia; stranding by cyclone; 106-107.)
x  1984Robinson, N.H. (DD; New South Wales; strandings; 157.)
x *1985O'Shea, Beck et al. (TML; Florida; mortality, 1976-81; 1-11.)
x  1985Packard, Frohlich et al. (TML; Florida; cold mortality; 16.)
   1986Marsh, Freeland et al. (DD; Australia; stranding by cyclone)
x  1987Walsh et al. (TML; Florida; omphalitis & peritonitis; 702-704.)
  *1988Beeler & O'Shea (TML; southeastern U.S.A.)
x  1988Hasegawa, H. (DD; Okinawa; 23.)
x  1988Ho, H.C. (DD; Singapore; strandings; 24-25.)
x  1988aO'Shea, T.J. (TML; southeastern U.S.A.; historical records of mortality; 186-187, 190-191, 199.)
x  1988Rathbun et al. (TMM; Honduras; starvation in lagoon; 306-307.)
x  1989aMarsh, H. (DD; Australia; stranding by cyclone; 78-84.)
   1990Oliveira et al. (TMM; northeastern Brazil; mortality)
x  1990Rathbun et al. (TM; northwestern Florida, 1982-85; 22-23, 30-32.)
xD 1990Repenning & Packard (Paleoparadoxia; Mioc., California; 199-203.)
x *1991O'Shea et al. (TML; Florida; red tide, 1982; 165-179.)
x  1993Brown, J. (DD; Australia; seagrass dieoff; pop. acc.; 11.)
   1993Geraci & Lounsbury
   1994Spielman, D. (stranding)
x  1994Tilmant et al. (TML; Florida; no observed mortality from 1992 hurricane; 236.)
x *1995Ackerman et al. (TML; Florida; mortality, 1974-1992; 223-258.)
x  1995bAnderson, P.K. (DD; Shark Bay, Australia; scars, 207-210; ?sunburn, 210.)
x *1995O'Shea & Hartley (TML; Blue Spring, Florida; early-age survival; 157-170.)
x *1995O'Shea & Langtimm (TML; Florida; adult survival; 194-222.)
x *1995Preen & Marsh (DD; Hervey Bay, Queensland; starvation; 507-519.)
   1995Reid et al. (TML; Atlantic coast, Florida; reproduction & mortality)
x  1996dAnon. (TML; Florida; 1996 die-off ?due to red tide; 456-457.)
x  1996Behler, D.A. (TML; southwest Florida; 1996 die-off; 16.)
x  1996Holden, C. (TML; Florida; 1996 die-off due to red tide; 191.)
x  1996Turner, R.O. (TML; southwest Florida; 1996 die-off; 27.)
x *1998Bossart et al. (TML; Florida; 1996 die-off due to red tide; 276-282.)
x  1999Das & Dey (DD; Nicobar Is.; ?cyclone; 197.)
x  2000Cowan, D.F. (TM; Texas; death from starvation & cold; 5.)
  *2003Langtimm & Beck (TML; Florida; mortality from hurricanes)
   2003Dybas, C.L. (algal blooms)
   2004Parente et al. (TMM; Brazil; strandings)
x  2005Flewelling et al. (TML; Florida; red tide, 2002: 755-756.)
   2005Raloff, J. (TML; red tide; gen. acc.)
   2006Langtimm et al. (TML; Florida; effects of hurricanes)
   2008Schwarz, L.K. (TML; determining perinatal status of carcasses)
   2008Meirelles, A.C.O. (TMM; Ceará, Brazil; mortality)
   2009Landsberg et al. (TML, Florida; Karenia brevis red tides)
   2009Joly et al. (TML; necropsies; cause-specific mortality rates)
   2010Sas & Baatz (TML; red tide; brevetoxin-2)
   2010Aragones et al. (DD; Philippines; strandings, 1998-2009)
   2012Sadchatheeswaran et al. (TML; southwest Florida; brevetoxin levels)
  *2012Bonde, Mignucci-Giannoni, & Bossart (pathology & mortality assessment)
   2013Laist et al. (TML; Florida; warm-water refuges & cold stress)
  *2019Martony et al. (TML; cold-stress syndrome)
   2019Martony, Isaza et al. (TML; cold-stress syndrome; measurement of core body temperature)
   2020Conceição et al. (TMM; Panaquatira, Maranhão, Brazil; stranding)
   2022Landsberg et al. (TML; Florida; Indian River Lagoon mortality event; clostridial infection)
Natural Enemies ( 82 )
(SEE ALSO: Natural Death or Injury)
   1745Gumilla, J. (TMM; Guianas; "Tigres")
x  1763Bellin, S. (TMM; Guianas; "Tigres"; m66.)
x  1855aGervais, P. (TI; Amazonia; jaguar; 116.)
x  1869Marcoy, P. (TI; Amazonia; jaguar; 2: 202-204.)
x  1870Delfortrie, E. (Halitherium; Early Mioc., France; bones scarred by fish teeth; 261.)
x  1871Farge, E. (Halitherium; Middle Mioc., France; bone scarred by sharks; 265-268, pl. 2.)
x  1872Farge, E. (Halitherium; Middle Mioc., France; bone scarred by sharks; 412-416.)
x  1872Kingston, W.H.G. (TI; Amazonia; jaguars; 184-190.)
   1875Barbosa Rodriguez, J. (TI; Brazil; jaguars)
x  1875Marcoy, P. (TI; Amazonia; jaguar; 2: 235-237.)
x  1886Portis, A. (Felsinotherium; Plioc., Italy; bones scarred by sharks; 357.)
x  1906Annandale, N. (DD: India; sharks; m240.)
x  1925Lee, I. (DD; Australia; sharks; 20.)
x  1934Thomson, D.F. (DD; Australia; sharks; 242.)
x  1935Barrett, O.W. (TMM, sharks, caimans, m218; DD, crocodiles, 219-220.)
x  1937Johnson, E. (TS; Gambia; crocodiles; 63.)
x  1937Promus, J. (DD; Australia; killing shark with tusks; 41.)
x  1937Sunter, G.H. (DD; Northern Territory, Australia; dugong killing crocodile by falling on top of it; 60.)
   1939Patterson, E.K. (DD; Torres Strait; shark attack)
x  1941Landa, D. de (TMM; Yucatan; bats; 191.)
x  1944Pereira, M.N. (TI; Brazil; jaguar & shark only known predators; 63-65.)
x  1948Bessac & Villiers (TS; Senegal; bitten by small fish, especially "Silures", but "friendly" with crocodiles; 189.)
x  1955MacMillan, L. (DD; Australia; sharks, killer whales; 18.)
x  1958Leakey, L.S.B. (DD; East Africa; crocodiles; m19.)
x  1960Allsopp, W.H.L. (TMM; Guyana; immune to electric eels; 762.)
   1963Bertram, G.C.L. (Trichechus; South America; fish)
x  1964aBertram & Bertram (TMM; Guyana; caimans, parrot-fish; m119.)
   1964Norwood, V.G.C.
x  1966Jarman, P.J. (DD; Kenya; sharks; 84.)
x  1966Kellogg, R. (Metaxytherium calvertense; Middle Mioc., Maryland; bones scarred by sharks; 67.)
x  1967aJones, S. (DD; India; wounded by stingray; 219.)
x  1967Welsby, T. (DD; Moreton Bay, Queensland; sharks, 2: 234; sharks eating drowned dugongs in nets, 2: 238-239.)
x  1968Charnock-Wilson, J. (TMM; Belize; alligators; 293-294.)
x  1971Kingdon, J. (DD; East Africa; sharks; 397.)
x  1974Fondi & Pacini (Metaxytherium forestii; Plioc., Italy; bone scarred by ?shark tooth; 50-51, pl. 46.)
x  1975aHusar, S.L. (DD; Australia; carcasses not molested by sharks; m18.)
x  1975Pinto da Silveira, E.K. (TMM, sharks; TI, jaguars, caimans, anacondas; 226.)
x  1978Anderson & Heinsohn (DD; Australia; sharks, crocodiles, "porpoises", stingrays, stonefish; 19-20.)
x  1978bDomning, D.P. (HG; possible predators; 115-116.)
x  1978Stanbury, P.J. (DD; Australia; shark, fide Dampier; 18.)
x  1979Anderson, P.K. (DD; blood clotting & "skin hardening" as ?anti-predator adaptations, 127; scar from shark attack, 128, 131; sharks, ?crocodiles, ?killer whales, ?stonefish, 135.)
x  1979Hartman, D.S. (Trichechus; South America; piranhas; m123.)
x  1980Belitsky & Belitsky (TMM; Dominican Republic; sharks; 317-319.)
x  1981bAnderson, P.K. (DD; Australia; sharks; 103, 107.)
x  1981Brownell, Anderson et al. (DD; Palau; carcasses scavenged by crocodiles; 34-35.)
  *1982Rancurel & Intes (DD; New Caledonia; remains in tiger shark stomachs)
x  1982aAnderson, P.K. (DD; Shark Bay, Australia; association of sharks with groups of dugongs; 78, 82-83.)
x  1982Barnett & Johns (DD; Queensland; sharks; 519.)
x  1982Best & Teixeira (TMM; Brazil; ?shark bites; 45.)
x  1982Boaz & Cramer (Metaxytherium; Plioc., Libya; sharks; pop. acc.; 37, 40-41.)
x  1982cDomning, D.P. (Metaxytherium serresii; Plioc., Libya; bones scarred by shark Carcharodon megalodon; 29, 32.)
x  1982Ridgway, B. (cf. Halianassa; Mioc., Florida; bones scarred by sharks; 13, 15.)
x  1984Marsh, Heinsohn & Marsh (DD; Australia; attack by tiger shark; 788.)
x *1985Anderson & Prince (DD; Shark Bay, Australia; attacks by killer whales; 554-556.)
x  1986cAnderson, P.K. (DD; pop. acc.; sharks, 162-165; dolphin harassing dugongs, 166.)
x  1987Domning & Thomas (Metaxytherium serresii; Plioc., Libya; bones scarred by sharks; 209.)
x  1988Reddacliff, G. (DD; Australia; cookie-cutter shark [Isistius]; 133-134.)
x  1989Morgan, G.S. (Metaxytherium; Early Mioc., Florida; sharks; 33, 37-38.)
xD 1990Repenning & Packard (Paleoparadoxia; Mioc., California; sharks; 199-201.)
x  1993Loyer, B. (DD; Vanuatu; wounds from sharks; attempts to ?drown turtles; 55.)
x  1995Reynolds et al. (TMM; Costa Rica; sharks; m195.)
   2001Heithaus, M.R. (tiger sharks; Shark Bay, Australia)
  *2001Simpfendorfer et al. (DD; Western Australia; remains found in tiger shark stomachs)
   2001Heithaus, M.R. (DD; Shark Bay, Australia; tiger sharks)
x *2001Taylor, G. (DD; Shark Bay, Australia; sharks; 36-37, 41.)
x *2003Falcón et al. (TMM; Puerto Rico; shark; 6-11.)
x  2004Aguilera & De Aguilera (early Mioc., Venezuela; scars of shark bites on sir. bones; 376-378.)
   2004Aguilera & Rodrigues (indeterminate dugongids; Mioc., Venezuela; shark predation)
  *2007bWirsing et al. (DD; tiger sharks)
   2007aWirsing et al. (DD; foraging tactics & shark avoidance)
   2007cWirsing et al. (DD; foraging tactics & shark avoidance)
   2008Wirsing et al. (DD; Shark Bay, Australia; foraging tactics & shark avoidance)
   2008Garrigue et al. (DD; New Caledonia; sharks; 86.)
   2009Rateau et al. (sharks; Metaxytherium medium, Mioc., Channay-sur-Lathan, France.)
   2011Wirsing & Ripple (DD; responses to tiger sharks)
   2011Wirsing et al. (DD; feeding and diving mode in presence of tiger sharks)
   2012Luiselli et al. (TS; Nigeria; habitat overlap with crocodiles)
   2013aDiedrich, C.G. (Halitherium schinzii; Germany; shark predation)
   2013bDiedrich, C.G. (Halitherium; Olig., Germany; shark predation)
  *2020Reeves & Gillett-Kaufman (TML; Florida; bitten by mosquitoes [Aedes, Anopheles, & Culex])
  *2021Nowicki et al. (DD; Shark Bay, Australia; tiger sharks; effects of apex predator removal and extreme climatic events)
  *2021Feichtinger et al. (Metaxytherium cf. medium; middle Mioc., Styria, Austria; tiger shark (Galeocerdo aduncus))
Nemodermus Rafinesque, 1815 ( 2 )
x *1815Rafinesque, C.S. (n.gen.; nomen nudum; in classification; 60.)
x  1978cDomning, D.P. (syn. of Trichechus; m578.)
Neodesmostylus Khomenko, 1928 ( 3 )
xD*1928aKhomenko, J.P. (n.gen.; Pleist., Siberia; 519-520.)
xD 1941Kretzoi, M. (in classification; 153, 155.)
xD 1963Mitchell & Repenning (not considered a desmostylian; m4.)
Neodesmostylus primigenius Khomenko, 1928 ( 2 )
xD*1928aKhomenko, J.P. (n.gen.n.sp.; Pleist., Siberia; 519-520.)
 D 1966cShikama, T.
Neoparadoxia Barnes, 2013 ( 2 )
 D 2011Harris, J.M. (ed.) (nomen nudum; 23.)
 D*2013Barnes, L.G. (new genus)
Neoparadoxia cecilialina Barnes, 2013 ( 3 )
 D 2011Harris, J.M. (ed.) (nomen nudum; 23.)
 D*2013Barnes, L.G. (n.gen.n.sp.; Late Mioc., Orange Co., California)
 D 2015Thomas & Barnes (Late Mioc., California; osteochondrosis; 28-31.)
Neoparadoxia repenningi (Domning and Barnes, 2007) Barnes, 2013 ( 1 )
 D*2013Barnes, L.G. (n.comb.)
Nepus Fischer von Waldheim, 1814 ( 5 )
  *1813-14Fischer v. Waldheim, G. (n.gen.)
x  1840Baer, K.E.v. (syn. of Rytina; m53.)
x  1872aGill, T. (syn. of Rhytina; m92.)
   1925ICZN (syn. of Hydrodamalis; m38.)
x  1978bDomning, D.P. (syn. of Hydrodamalis; 75.)
Nepus stelleri (Retzius, 1794) Fischer von Waldheim, 1814 ( 2 )
  *1813-14Fischer v. Waldheim, G. (n.comb.)
x  1978bDomning, D.P. (syn. of Hydrodamalis gigas; 75, 93.)
Nervous System: Nervous System: SEE Brain and Nervous System ( 0 )
Netherlands, The ( 4 )
   1975Bosch et al. ("Halitherium" [actually Metaxytherium])
x  1977Hooijer, D.A. (Metaxytherium cf. medium; Mioc., Eibergen: 2, 12.)
x  1982Hooijer, D.A. (indeterminate sir.; Western Scheldt; 261-262, pl. 1.)
x  1999Erdbrink & Van Bree (indeterminate sir.; Western Schelde; 17-20.)
New Jersey ( 4 )
x  1856bLeidy, J. (Manatus antiquus; 165.)
x  1981Miller, R.R. (TML; Long Beach Is.; netting; m53.)
x *1989Gallagher et al. (Trichechus sp.; ?Pleist.; 107-108.)
   2018Domning, D.P. (cf. Metaxytherium, Mioc.; Trichechus sp., ?Pleist.; 246.)
Nicaragua ( 17 )
(SEE ALSO: Central America)
   1847Young, T. (TMM)
x  1910Allen, J.A. (TMM; m89, m94.)
x  1920Goldman, E.A. (TMM; 69.)
x *1935Barrett, O.W. (TMM; 216-219.)
x  1965Jones, J.K., Jr. (TMM; Indian name; 354.)
   1973Nietschmann, B. (TMM)
x *1976Loveland, F.O. (TMM; hunting, ritual & myth; 70-82.)
   1978Magnus, R.W. (TMM)
x  1982Wing & Reitz (TMM; at archeological sites; m16.)
x  1989Lefebvre et al. (TMM; distr., status, & biogeography; 582-583, 606.)
   1994Carr, T. (TMM; distr., Miskito Coast)
  *2000Jiménez P., I. (TMM)
   2002Jiménez P., I. (TMM; poaching)
  *2003Jiménez P., I. (TMM)
   2005Jiménez P., I. (TMM; Costa Rica & Nicaragua; habitat use)
   2010Jamieson, M.
   2012Self-Sullivan & Mignucci-Giannoni (TM; status & conservation)
Norosiren Samonds, Ernat, Andrianavalona, and Domning, 2019 ( 1 )
  *2019Samonds et al. (n.gen.; Mioc., Madagascar)
Norosiren zazavavindrano Samonds, Ernat, Andrianavalona, and Domning, 2019 ( 1 )
  *2019Samonds et al. (n.gen.n.sp.; Mioc., Madagascar)
North America ( 18 )
(SEE ALSO under countries and states)
x  1837Richardson, J. (Manatus americanus, M. latirostris, Rytina borealis; m162.)
x  1856aLeidy, J. (Ischyrotherium, supposed sir. from Nebraska; 89.)
x  1941aGunter, G. (TML; distr.; 60-64.)
x  1942Gunter, G. (TML; distr.; 89-90.)
x  1942Simpson, G.G. (fossil sirs. on Atlantic coast; m177.)
x  1954Gunter, G. (TM; distr.; 543-544.)
x  1974Domning, D.P. (fossil sirs.; southeastern U.S.A.; pop. acc.; 7-9.)
x *1989Lefebvre et al. (TM; distr., status, & biogeography; 576-580, 589-591, 599, 603-605.)
x *1996Reid, J.P. (TML; Rhode Island; northernmost recorded occurrence in North America; 13.)
   2001Valentine & Heck (Thalassia testudinum; NE Gulf of Mexico)
  *2001Lefebvre et al. (TML, TMM; status & biogeography)
   2003Deutsch et al. (TML; movements & site fidelity along Atlantic coast of USA)
  *2003Deutsch et al. (TML; Atlantic coast of USA; migration & site fidelity)
x *2004Williams & Domning (TM; ?Pleist., Arkansas, Ohio; 167-176.)
  *2005Fertl et al. (TM; northern Gulf of Mexico)
  *2008bDomning, D.P. (sir. fossil record)
 D*2008cDomning, D.P. (desmostylian fossil record)
x  2011Jackson & Thorpe (TML; Memphis, Tennessee; children's book; 1-26.)
North Carolina ( 22 )
   1858Emmons, E.
   1860Emmons, E.
x  1875Cope, E.D. (Ontocetus emmonsii referred to Sirenia [actually Odobenidae]; 51.)
   1908Brimley, C.S. (TM)
x  1919Stiles, C.W. (TML; in capt.; 658.)
x  1931Brimley, H.H. (TML; captured, 1919; 320-321.)
   1946Brimley, H.H. (TML)
x  1960Funderburg, J.B. (TML; Pleist. & Recent records; 521.)
   1960Smith et al. (TM)
   1965Caldwell & Golley
   1976Lee, D.S.
x  1977Browne & Lee (TML; abstract of interview survey; 40.)
x  1977Campbell, H.W. (TML; gen. acc.; 396-397.)
x  1982bDomning, D.P. (Ribodon sp., ?Plioc., 604; Trichechus sp., Pleist., 605.)
x *1982Domning, Morgan & Ray (Eoc. sirs.; 4, 6, 13-17, 39.)
x *1982Rathbun et al. (TML; 153-154, 156, 160-163.)
x  1984bDomning, D.P. (fossil sirs.; pop. acc.; 5.)
x  1988aO'Shea, T.J. (TML; 187, 198-199.)
   1989Lee & Socci
x *1995Schwartz, F.J. (TM; 1919-1994; 53-60.)
x  1997bDomning, D.P. (cf. Crenatosiren; Late Oligocene, Onslow Beach; 399.)
   2018Domning, D.P. (Metaxytherium crataegense, Nanosiren sp., aff. Corystosiren sp.; Mioc., Lee Creek Mine; 245.)
Nutrition: Nutrition: SEE Digestive System; Food; Milk ( 0 )