1934] Halt, African Manatees 535 



Specific and Subspecific Names of Recent Manatees 

 Referable to Trichechus 



1758. Trichechus manatus Linnaeus, 'Systema Naturae,' 10th Ed., I, p. 34. 

 "Habitat in Mari Americano." The type locality is fixed by Thomas 

 (1911, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, p. 132) as "West Indies." 



1784. Manati Trichechus Boddaert, 'Elenchus Animalium,' I, p. 173, Rotterdam 

 (reference from J. A. Allen's 'Bibliography of Cetacea and Sirenia.' 

 Original not seen). According to Allen, this is based on Pennant's 

 'Broad-tailed Manati,' which was (in the 1781 edition, the only one in 

 which the name had appeared) applied to both American and African 

 manatees. For purposes of standardization I assign the type locality 

 to the West Indies. 



1788. Trichechus manatus australis Gmelin, 'Systema Naturae,' 13th Ed., I, part 

 1, p. 60, Lipsiae. " Mari africano et americano." The name was applied 

 to the true manatees in contradistinction to T. m. borealis (=Rhytina 

 borealis). In 1800 its use was restricted by Shaw to the Senegal manatee, 

 for which another name was already available. 



1795. Trichechus antillarum Link, 'Beytrage zur Naturgeschichte,' Band 1, St. 2, p. 

 109. The name is referred to Buffon's ' Grand Lamantin des Antilles,' 

 for which T. manatus was already available. As type locality, I designate 

 the West Indies. 



1795. Trichechus americanus Link, idem. The name refers to Buffon's 'Le Petit 

 Lamantin de l'Amerique, ' which is a confused account of a small species 

 of manatee inhabiting American waters from the Amazon to Campeche 

 and Cuba, including records now referable to the Central American 

 manatee and the true South American river manatee. I assign the 

 West Indies as the type locality. 



1795. Trichechus senegalensis Link, idem. Based on Buffon's 'Le Petit Lamantin 

 du Senegal,' which in turn was founded on Adanson's description and the 

 skull which he secured in Senegal. This latter is said to be in the Paris 

 Museum. The type locality may be fixed as Senegal. 



1799. Manatus aequatorialis Lacepede, 'Tableaux des Mammiferes.' An. VII 



[1799], p. 17, Paris. Manatus aequatorialis is the only species of the 

 genus named, and since the name is unaccompanied by diagnosis, and 

 since it is not referable to any one species, it is a nomen nudum. 



1800. Manatus Guyannensis Bechstein, in Pennant's 'Algemeine Uebersicht der 



vierfussigen Thiere,' II, p. 732. Weimar. This name, was applied 

 to Pennant's "Guiana manatee," which is the Trichechus manatus of 

 Linnaeus. 

 1800. Manatus Oronocensis Bechstein, idem. This name was applied directly to 

 Pennant's "Orinoko manatee," for which Shaw this same year proposed 

 the name Amazonius. Despite the name given, I assign the West Indies 

 as type locality on the ground that Pennant's "species" was founded on 

 Buffon's composite 'Le Petit Lamantin de l'Amerique,' and any other 

 assignation would necessitate revision of nomenclature or lead to con- 

 fusion. 



