Bibliography and Index of the Sirenia and Desmostylia 
Bibliography Record
| x | Edwards, William H. | ||
| 1847 | A voyage up the River Amazon. New York, D. Appleton & Co.: 1-256. Illus. –Describes the external appearance of an Amazonian manatee and the hunting and use of manatees by Indians (187-188, 1 fig.). The skull was given to a Dr. Morton, who recognized it as a species distinct from the West Indian manatee. Also mentions a manatee in captivity in Pará (= Belém), and two taken to New York by a Captain Appleton. A British ed. (London, John Murray: 1-210, 1847) has the identical material on pp. 149-150 but lacks the fig. | ||
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Brazil
| x | 1847 | Edwards, W.H. (TI; Amazon R.; 187-188.) |
Captivity, Sirenians in
(SEE ALSO: Hunting and Capture; Weed Control)
(SEE ALSO: Hunting and Capture; Weed Control)
| x | 1847 | Edwards, W.H. (TI; Par & New York; 188.) |
Economic Uses
(SEE ALSO: Archeological Sites, Sirenia at; Hunting and Capture; Medicinal Applications; Religious, Superstitious, or Ornamental Use or Observance; Weed Control)
(SEE ALSO: Archeological Sites, Sirenia at; Hunting and Capture; Medicinal Applications; Religious, Superstitious, or Ornamental Use or Observance; Weed Control)
| x | 1847 | Edwards, W.H. (TI; meat, hide, bone; 187.) |
Hunting and Capture
(SEE ALSO: Accidental Death or Injury; Archeological Sites, Sirenians at; Captivity, Sirenians in; Conservation; Economic Use; Natural Enemies; Weed Control)
(SEE ALSO: Accidental Death or Injury; Archeological Sites, Sirenians at; Captivity, Sirenians in; Conservation; Economic Use; Natural Enemies; Weed Control)
| x | 1847 | Edwards, W.H. (TI; Brazil; harpoons; 187.) |
Trichechus inunguis (Natterer in von Pelzeln, 1883) Thomas and Lydekker, 1897
| x | v | 1847 | Edwards, W.H. (Amazonia; 187-188.) |