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x Marcoy, Paul (pseudonym of Laurent Saint-Cricq)
  1875
Travels in South America.
New York, Scribner, Armstrong, & Co. (2 vols.): Vol. 1: xii + 524; Vol. 2: viii + 496.
–A somewhat abridged and bowdlerized transl. of Marcoy (1869). "Lamantin" is incorrectly translated as "seal" (2: 42). Scientific names are added here and there (e.g., "Manatus americanus", 2: 187). The same illustrations are used as before. The sir. material is found in vol. 2: 42, 45, 187-194, 235-237.

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Behavior, Agonistic and Territorial
x  1875Marcoy, P. (Trichechus; South America; 2: 188-189.)
Behavior, Sexual
(SEE ALSO: Birth and Breeding)
   1875Marcoy, P. (Trichechus; South America; 2: 188-189.)
Birth and Breeding
(SEE ALSO: Age Determination; Behavior, Sexual; Population Biology; Urogenital System)
x  1875Marcoy, P. (Trichechus; South America; 2: 190.)
Economic Uses
(SEE ALSO: Archeological Sites, Sirenia at; Hunting and Capture; Medicinal Applications; Religious, Superstitious, or Ornamental Use or Observance; Weed Control)
x  1875Marcoy, P. (TI; hide, meat, oil; 2: 42, 187, 193-194.)
Embryology and Ontogeny
(SEE ALSO: Age Determination; Growth Rates; Teratology)
x  1875Marcoy, P. (TI; fetus; 2: 190.)
Food Plants: Alismaceae
x  1875Marcoy, P. (S. America; 2: 193.)
Hunting and Capture
(SEE ALSO: Accidental Death or Injury; Archeological Sites, Sirenians at; Captivity, Sirenians in; Conservation; Economic Use; Natural Enemies; Weed Control)
x  1875Marcoy, P. (Trichechus; South America; 2: 45, 187-191, 194.)
Manatus americanus (Link, 1795) Illiger, 1815
x  1875Marcoy, P. (South America; 2: 42, 45, 187-194, 235-237.)
Natural Enemies
(SEE ALSO: Natural Death or Injury)
x  1875Marcoy, P. (TI; Amazonia; jaguar; 2: 235-237.)
Religious, Superstitious, or Ornamental Use or Observance
(SEE ALSO: Economic Use; Mermaid Legend)
x  1875Marcoy, P. (South America; use of manatee hide in funeral; 2: 42.)
South America
(SEE ALSO under countries)
x  1875Marcoy, P. (TI; Amazonia; 2: 42, 45, 187-194, 235-237.)
Trichechus inunguis (Natterer in von Pelzeln, 1883) Thomas and Lydekker, 1897
xv 1875Marcoy, P. (Amazonia; hunting, etc.; 2: 42, 45, 187-194, 235-237.)