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x True, Frederick W.
  1884a
A provisional list of the mammals of North and Central America, and the West Indian islands.
Proc. U.S. Natl. Mus. 7: 587-611. Nov. 29, 1884?
–P. 588: {"Order SIRENIA. Sea-cows. / Family TRICHECHIDAE. The Manatees. / Trichechus manatus, Linné. South American Manatee. / Texas to Brazil. / Trichechus latirostris, (Harlan) True. Florida Manatee. / Florida."} The combination T. latirostris is new here.

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Alabama
x  1884bTrue, F.W. (TM; m114.)
Alaska
x *1884bTrue, F.W. (HG; supposedly seen alive at Attu; 136.)
Birth and Breeding
(SEE ALSO: Age Determination; Behavior, Sexual; Population Biology; Urogenital System)
x  1884bTrue, F.W. (Trichechus; Americas; 118.)
Economic Uses
(SEE ALSO: Archeological Sites, Sirenia at; Hunting and Capture; Medicinal Applications; Religious, Superstitious, or Ornamental Use or Observance; Weed Control)
x  1884bTrue, F.W. (Trichechus; Americas; meat, hide, oil, bones, "stones" [ear bones]; 127-128.)
Florida
x *1884bTrue, F.W. (TML; distr.; 114-115, 122-123.)
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.)
x  1884bTrue, F.W. (Trichechus; Americas; 118-119.)
Hunting and Capture
(SEE ALSO: Accidental Death or Injury; Archeological Sites, Sirenians at; Captivity, Sirenians in; Conservation; Economic Use; Natural Enemies; Weed Control)
x  1884bTrue, F.W. (Trichechus; Americas; nets, guns, harpoons, crossbows; 123-127.)
Louisiana
x  1884bTrue, F.W. (TM; m114.)
Manatus antiquus Leidy, 1856
x  1884bTrue, F.W. (m116.)
Manatus australis Retzius, 1794
x  1884bTrue, F.W. (Britain; m114, 116.)
Manatus inornatus Leidy, 1873
x  1884bTrue, F.W. (m116.)
Rytina gigas (Zimmermann, 1780) Gray, 1850
x *1884bTrue, F.W. ("Rhytina"; gen. acc.; 128-136.)
South America
(SEE ALSO under countries)
x  1884bTrue, F.W. (Trichechus; distr.; 115-116, 123.)
Texas
x  1884bTrue, F.W. ("South American manatee"; 115.)
Trichechidae Gill, 1872 (1821)
x  1884aTrue, F.W. (in classification; 588.)
Trichechus latirostris (Harlan, 1824) True, 1884
x *1884aTrue, F.W. (n.comb.; in classification; 588.)
x *1884bTrue, F.W. (gen. acc.; 114-128.)
Trichechus manatus Linnaeus, 1758
x  1884aTrue, F.W. (in classification; 588.)
x *1884bTrue, F.W. (gen. acc.; 114-128.)
Vernacular Names
x  1884bTrue, F.W. (origin of manatee & other names; 116.)
West Indies
(SEE ALSO: Caribbean Sea; Cuba; Dominican Republic; Haiti; Jamaica; Puerto Rico)
x  1884bTrue, F.W. (TM; distr.; 115.)