360 MANATID^. 



2. Manatus Senegalensis. The Lamantin. 

 Nasal bones none attached to the skull ; frontal bones thick in 

 front; uj^per part of front of lower jaw concave, with two small 

 separate processes in front below. Gonyx of lower jaw convex, 

 rounded. Ribs slender, compressed, high, rather compressed at the 

 sternal end. — See Gray, Ann. 6f Mag. Nat. Hist. 1865, xv. 134. 



La Doima, AM. Zucchelli, Joiirnei/ in Congo, 146. 



Lamantin, Adanson, Voy. Seneg. 143 ; Christol, Ann. Sci. Nat. xv. t. 7. 



f. 13, 15, 16 (arm-bones). 

 LamentjTi (female), Barbot, Guin. 562. t. 7 (bad). 

 Lamantin du Senegal, Drnib. in Huffon, N. H. xiii. 431 (no figure) ; 



Cuv. Oss. Foss. V. 254. t. 19. f. 4, 5 (skull); ? Bobert, Compt. Bmd. 



Acad. Set. 1836, 363. 

 Trichecus Manatus Africanus, Okmi, Lelirb. Nat. 688, 1815. 

 Manatus Senegalensis, Desm. Mamm. 508 ; Lesson, (Euvr. Buffmi, i. 



69 ; iV. Beg. Anim. 155 ; Fischer, Syn. 502 ; Schreb. Sauqeth. t. 381 



(skull), t. 380. f. 3, 4; F. Cuv. Cete, t. ; Gray, List Mamm. B. M. 



106; Cat. Cetac. B. M. 140; Edin. Journ. Sci. ii. 186; Lesson, Cetac. 



69; Hamilton, Jardine, Nat. Lib. viii. 298. 1. 19. f. 2, 3 ; Beichb. Syn. 



Mamm. 17; Anat. Cetac. t. 28, from Cuvier ; A. Smith, African Zool. 



123 ; Oliphant, Bep. Brit. Assoc. Glasgow, 1855, Trans. 116, 1856. 

 Womanfish, Purchas, ii. 1446. 

 Round-tailed Manate, Pe7iti. Quad. ii. 296. ? 102. 

 Manatus nasutus, Perkins, Proc. Boston N. H. S. ii. 198 ; Amer. Journ. 



Sci. ix. 13. t. ; Wyman, Proc. Boston N. H. S. ii. 192, 1850. 

 Manatus Owenii, iJu Chaillu, Proc. Boston N. H. Soc. 1860 ; Gray, 



Aim. Sr Mag. N. H. 1861, 64. 

 Manatus Vogelii, O^ven, Proc. Brit. Assoc. 1856, 100 ; Baikie, P. Z. S. 



1857, 33. t. 51 (skull); Ann. i^ Mag. N H. 1857, xx. 70; Fdin. 



Ne%v Phil. Journ. n. s. iv. 1856, 345. 

 Manatus Senegalensis, Gray, P. Z. S. 1857, 59 ; Ann. ^ Mag. N. H. 



1857, XX. 312 ; Ann. ^ Mag. N. H. 1865, xv. 134. 

 Anat. Cuvier, Ann. Mus. xiii. t. 19. f. 4, 6 ; Oss. Foss. v. 1. 17. f. 2, 3 



(? skull); Schreber, Sauqeth. t. 381; Jardine, Nat. Lib. viii. t. 19. 



f. 2, 3 ; Beichb. Anat. Cet. t. 28 ; Blainv. Osteogr. t. 



Inhab. West coast of Africa. 



\iilKv^tel a. Stuffed. West Coast of Africa. Presented by Messrs. Forster, 

 J gg^ f. Smith, and Co. 



b. Skin. West Africa. 



c. Skeleton. West Africa. 



2. HALICORE. 



Cutting-teeth ^ ; two inner upper and the four lower deciduous ; 

 the two outer upper conical, elongate, permanent. Canine none. 

 Grinders f . f , truncate, with two lateral grooves. Lips bristly ; 

 fore feet fin -shaped, clawless. Caudal fin lunate, sinuated. Body 

 hairy. Cervical vertebrae 7. Caecum undivided. Pelvic bones 

 distinct. 



Dugungus, Tiedemann, Zool. i. 554. 



Odobenus, Bajin. Anal. Nat. 60, 1815. 



Dugong, Lnccp. 



Halicore, Illiger, Prodr. 140, 1811; Oken, Lehrb. 689, 1818; Schinz, 



