MANATID.E. MANATUS. 1<)1 



The Australian Dugong. Halicore australis. 



Owen, Voy. Flv, ii. p. 325. fig. 1, p. 327. fig. 3, p. 328. fig. 5 ; Orr'a 

 Circle of the Sciences, i. p. 229. fig. 26 (skeleton), 1854. 



Cervical vertebrae 7 



Dorsal 19 



Lumbar, Sacral, and Caudal 33 



a. Skeleton. Australia. Purchased of Mr. Strange. 



b, c. Two upper jaws. N.E. coast of New Holland. Presented by 



J. B. Jukes, Esq. 



d. Skull. Presented by J. B. Jukes, Esq. 



e. Skull. Darnley Island, Torres Straits. Presented by the Earl of 



Derby. 

 /, g. Two skulls. Moreton Bay. Presented by Captain Stanley. 



Voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake. 

 h. Skeleton. Moreton Bay. Presented by J. Harris, Esq. 



Pam. 5. MANATIDiE. 



MANATUS. 



Teeth:— Incisors £*; Canines^; Molars tf; = 34. 



The Manate. Manatus australis. 



Lamantin d'Amenque, Cuv., Oss. Foss. v. p. 242. tab. 19. fi»s. 2, 3, 9, 

 10, 11, 14-19 (skull, &c.).—Blmnv., Ost. Atl. G. Manatus (lati- 

 rostris), pi. 1 (skeleton), pi. 2 (skull), pi. 3 (skull). 



Manatus americanus, Spix, Cephalog. tab. 7 & 24 (skull). — Owen, 

 Odont. pi. 96. figs. 1-5 (dentition).— J 1 . Cuv., Dents des Maram. 

 p. 236. no. 96 (dentition) ; Hist. Nat. des Ct5taces, pi. 2. figs. 1, 2 

 (skull), pi. 3 (skeleton), 1836.— Vrolik, Bijdragen tot de Dier- 

 kunde, p. 53. pi. 3 (skeleton, &c), pi. 4 (skull, adult and young), pi. 5 

 (dentition), 1848.— Schreb., Saugth. vii. pi. 380. figs. 1*2 (skull).— 

 Mobiles, Arch. Naturg. 1861, xxvii. p. 149. t. 7 (palate). 



a. Skull. South America? 



b. Skull. Jamaica. From Mr. Gosse's Collection. 



c. Skeleton (imperfect). Cuba. Presented by H. Christy, Esq. 



d. Skull. W. Indies. 



The Lamantin. Manatus senegalensis. 



Desm., Mamm. 508.— Schreb., Siiugth. tab. 381 (skull).— Cuv., Oss. 

 Foss. v. tab. 17. figs. 2, 3 (skull).— Blainv., Ost. Atl. G. Manatus, 

 pi. 3 (skull).— Schreb., Siiugth. vii. pi. 380. fig; 1 (upper surface of 

 skull), figs. 3, 4 (skull). 



Manatus vogelii, Owen, Proc. Zool. Soc. 18a£, p. 33. pi. 51 (skull). • >/ 



a-e. Skeletons. W.Africa. Purchased of Mr. Du Chaillu. 



