Bibliography and Index of the Sirenia and Desmostylia 
Bibliography Record
| x | Thomson, Donald Fergusson | ||
| 1934 | The dugong hunters of Cape York. Jour. Roy. Anthrop. Inst. Great Britain & Ireland 64: 237-263. 9 figs. Pls. 29-31. July-Dec. 1934. –Detailed description of dugong hunting by the Aboriginal tribes of the eastern Cape York Peninsula, Australia, including their canoes, harpoons and lines, harpooning and butchering techniques, magic, and ritual; a myth of the making of the first dugong harpoon rope; and specialized vocabulary for dugongs and dugong hunting. | ||
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Australia
| x | * | 1934 | Thomson, D.F. (DD; Cape York Peninsula; Aboriginal hunting lore; 237-263, pls. 29-31.) |
Behavior, Shelter-seeking or Escape
(SEE ALSO: Hunting and Capture; Migration and Movements; Natural Death or Injury; Temperature, Effects of)
(SEE ALSO: Hunting and Capture; Migration and Movements; Natural Death or Injury; Temperature, Effects of)
| x | 1934 | Thomson, D.F. (DD; Australia; coming inshore to escape sharks; 242.) |
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 | 1934 | Thomson, D.F. (DD; Australia; trade in hunting charms, 240; meat, oil, 241-242, 250; butchering, 247-250, pls. 30-31.) |
Halicore dugong (Gmelin, 1788) Illiger, 1811
| x | 1934 | Thomson, D.F. (Cape York, Australia; hunting lore; 237-263, pls. 29-31.) |
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 | * | 1934 | Thomson, D.F. (DD; Cape York, Australia; Aboriginal hunting lore; 237-263, pls. 29-30.) |
Natural Enemies
(SEE ALSO: Natural Death or Injury)
(SEE ALSO: Natural Death or Injury)
| x | 1934 | Thomson, D.F. (DD; Australia; sharks; 242.) |
Religious, Superstitious, or Ornamental Use or Observance
(SEE ALSO: Economic Use; Mermaid Legend)
(SEE ALSO: Economic Use; Mermaid Legend)
| x | * | 1934 | Thomson, D.F. (DD; Cape York, Australia; hunting magic & ritual; 240-241, 250-255.) |
Vernacular Names
| x | 1934 | Thomson, D.F. (DD; Koko Ya'o Aborigines, Australia; wote'i; 261.) |