Bibliography and Index of the Sirenia and Desmostylia 
Bibliography Record
| x | Petit, G. | ||
| 1924a | Notes sur les dugongs des côtes de Madagascar. Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. (Paris) 30(2): 124-127. –Comments on the species of dugongs and their distribution; describes in detail their distribution in Madagascar; and notes that they feed mainly on Cymodocea australis, which they swallow nearly intact and without admixture of sand. | ||
Related Index Records
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Africa
(SEE ALSO: Indian Ocean; Egypt; Madagascar; Red Sea)
(SEE ALSO: Indian Ocean; Egypt; Madagascar; Red Sea)
| x | 1924e | Petit, G. (DD; Djibouti; m295.) |
Behavior, Aggregative
(SEE ALSO: Aerial Surveys of Distribution)
(SEE ALSO: Aerial Surveys of Distribution)
| x | 1924a | Petit, G. (DD; Madagascar; groups of 4 or 5; 126.) |
Dugong Lacépède, 1799
| x | 1924a | Petit, G. (etymology & nomenclatural suitability of name; 124.) |
Embryology and Ontogeny
(SEE ALSO: Age Determination; Growth Rates; Teratology)
(SEE ALSO: Age Determination; Growth Rates; Teratology)
| x | 1924b | Petit, G. (kidney; 245-246.) | ||
| x | 1924c | Petit, G. (kidney; 2197-2200.) |
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.)
(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 | 1924a | Petit, G. (DD; Madagascar; plants, 126; condition of stomach contents, 127.) |
Food Plants: Cymodocea australis
| x | 1924a | Petit, G. (Madagascar; 126-127.) |
Food Plants: Halophila ovalis
| x | 1924a | Petit, G. (Madagascar; 126.) |
Food Plants: Zostera capricornis
| x | 1924a | Petit, G. (m126.) |
Halicore australis (Retzius, 1794) Owen, 1847
| x | 1924a | Petit, G. ("H. australe"; distr. comp. w/ other species; 124-125.) |
Halicore dugong (Gmelin, 1788) Illiger, 1811
| x | 1924a | Petit, G. (distr.; Madagascar, natural history; 124-127.) | ||
| x | 1924c | Petit, G. (kidney; 2198-2200.) |
Halicore hemprichii Ehrenberg, 1832
| x | 1924a | Petit, G. (distr., comp. w/ other species; 124-125.) |
Halicore tabernaculi Rüppell, 1834
| x | 1924a | Petit, G. (syn. of H. hemprichi; m124.) |
Hydrodamalis stelleri Retzius, 1794
| x | 1924c | Petit, G. (kidney; 2199-2200.) |
Locomotion
(SEE ALSO: Respiration and Diving)
(SEE ALSO: Respiration and Diving)
| x | 1924e | Petit, G. (Trichechus; on land; m295.) |
Madagascar
| x | * | 1924a | Petit, G. (DD; distr. & food; 125-127.) |
Manatus inunguis Natterer in von Pelzeln, 1883
| x | 1924b | Petit, G. (kidney; m245.) |
Manatus latirostris Harlan, 1824
| x | 1924b | Petit, G. (kidney; 245.) |
Manatus senegalensis Desmarest, 1817
| x | 1924b | Petit, G. (kidney; 245.) | ||
| x | 1924c | Petit, G. (kidney; 2197-2200.) |
Mermaid Legend
(SEE ALSO: Religious, Superstitious, or Ornamental Use or Observance; Ri)
(SEE ALSO: Religious, Superstitious, or Ornamental Use or Observance; Ri)
| x | 1924e | Petit, G. (sir. origin of legend considered probable; 294-295.) |
Urogenital System
(SEE ALSO: Excretion and Defecation)
(SEE ALSO: Excretion and Defecation)
| x | 1924b | Petit, G. (kidney; 244-246.) | ||
| x | 1924c | Petit, G. (kidney; 2197-2200.) |
Vernacular Names
| x | 1924a | Petit, G. (DD; East Indies; 124.) |