Bibliography and Index of the Sirenia and Desmostylia 
Bibliography Record
| x | Petit, G. | ||
| 1924e | Les mammifères marins de l'ordre des siréniens et la légende des sirènes. L'Anthropologie (C.R. Séances Inst. Fr. Anthrop.) 34(3/4): 294-295. July 1924 (read Mar. 19, 1924). –Favors a sirenian origin for the mermaid legend; briefly responds to a question about whether manatees can venture ashore. | ||
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.) |