Bibliography and Index of the Sirenia and Desmostylia 
Bibliography Record
| x | Spix, Johann Baptist von; Martius, Carl Friedr. Phil. von | ||
| 1831 | Reise in Brasilien auf Befehl Sr. Majestät Maximilian Joseph I. Königs von Baiern in den Jahren 1817 bis 1820 gemacht.... Dritter und letzter Theil.... Munich, bei dem Verfasser; Leipzig, Friedr. Fleischer (entire work: 3 vols., 1823-31): Vol. 3: lvi + 887-1388. 1 map. –Allen 774. Repr. Stuttgart, 1967. Discusses the distribution (coastal and fluviatile), natural history, and economic uses of "Manatus americanus" in Brazil (1122-1123). States that manatees are hunted at high water; that they reach a size of 20 feet and 80 hundredweight in the Amazon basin; that the Indians believe their gestation lasts 11 months and their nursing half a year; and that the Indians "commit a shameful vice" with captured manatees, especially females, to increase their luck in the hunt. | ||
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Brazil
| x | 1831 | Spix & Martius (Trichechus; 1122-1123.) |
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 | 1831 | Spix & Martius (TI; Brazil; oil, meat, 1122; mixira, 1123.) |
Food Plants: Echinochloa elephantipes
| x | 1831 | Spix & Martius (Brazil; 1123.) |
Food Plants: Panicum
| x | 1831 | Spix & Martius (Brazil; 1123.) |
Food Plants: Paspalum
| x | 1831 | Spix & Martius ("Paspalus"; Brazil; 1123.) |
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 | 1831 | Spix & Martius (TI; Brazil; hunted during high water; 1122.) |
Manatus americanus (Link, 1795) Illiger, 1815
| x | 1831 | Spix & Martius (Brazil; natural history & econ. use; 1122-1123.) |
Religious, Superstitious, or Ornamental Use or Observance
(SEE ALSO: Economic Use; Mermaid Legend)
(SEE ALSO: Economic Use; Mermaid Legend)
| x | 1831 | Spix & Martius (Indians, Brazil; ?intercourse with manatees; 1123.) |
Vernacular Names
| x | 1831 | Spix & Martius (TI, Brazil, goaravá, goaragoá, peixe boy de azeite, 1122; TS, Africa, peixe mulher; 1123.) |