SYNOPSIS OF THE 



clumsy, the two first only united to the sternum ; stomach 

 divided into several pouches ; bifurcated caecum ; inflated 

 colon. 



These animals live in troops, and feed only on vegetable 

 substances. ■ = ■ >o. 



Inhabit the shores of the Atlantic tovi'ards the mouth of 

 the great rivers of the western coast of Africa and the 

 eastern coast of South America. 



899. 1. Manatus Americanus (American Lamantin.) 

 Osseous head, rather elongated in proportion to breadth 

 in the region of the muzzle and nostrils ; nasal foramina 

 thrice as long as broad ; zygomatic apophysis of the tem- 

 poral very high ; lower edge of the lower jaw strait ; some- 

 times twenty feet long. 



Manati Phocse genus, Clus. Exot. p. 132. Manate ou 

 Vache Marine, Dampiefs Voyage, torn. i. p. 46. Sea Cow, 

 Shane's Jamaica, vol. n.p. 529. La Condamine''s Voyage, 

 p. 154. Grand Lamantin des Antilles, Buff. Hist. Nat. 

 torn. XIII. p. 377 and 425. Ejusd. Suppl. torn. vi. p. 396. 

 Cuv. Ann. Mus., torn. xiii. p. 282. Ejusd. Recherch. sur les 

 Oss. Foss. torn. iv. Mem. sur les Phoques Desm. Nouv. 

 Diet. d'Hist. Nat. torn, xviii. p. 213. F. Cuv. Nouv. Diet, 

 des Sci. Nat. 



Icon. French. Encyc. pi. \\2fig. 2 and 3. Clus. ut supra. 

 Buff, ut supra, pi. 57. Cuv. Ann. Mus. ut Sup. pi. 19. 

 Mem. sur les Phoque. Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. torn. xvm. 

 pl.G.^.^ 



Inhabits the river of the Amazons, the Orinoco, Cayenne, 

 the Antilles. Grown rare in frequented places. 



Obs. The Baron cannot aiRrm if the Lamantin, placed 

 by some authors on the coasts of Peru, be of this species 

 or not. '»^t .... 



900. 2. iVL Sencgalensis (Lamantin of Senegal.) Head 



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