1934] Halt, African Manatees 537 



1856. Manatus Vogelii Owen, Edinburgh Phil. Journ., N.S., IV, p. 346. The name 

 was tentatively proposed for the specimen taken by Vogel 1 from the 

 river Benue. 



1861. Manatus Oweni Du Chaillu, Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., VII, p. 367. 

 Type locality : the Camma country, in the mouth of the Gaboon. The 

 British Museum has four of the Du Chaillu specimens, the Mus. Coll. 

 Surgeons, one. 



1883. Manatus inunguis Natterer (in Pelzeln), Verh. Zool. Bot. Ges. Beiheft, 

 XXXIII, p. 89. Pelzeln, who quoted Natterer's notes in full, considered 

 inunguis a synonym of australis. Natterer's name is based on five speci- 

 mens from the Rio Madeira, Brazil. Though several other older names 

 have been used for this manatee, none of these names is clearly restricted 

 to this one species. 



1897. Manatus Koellikeri Kukenthal, Zool. Anz., XX, p. 40. Type locality: 

 Surinam and hence a synonym of manatus. No specimen is mentioned. 



The African Manatee 

 Trichechus senegalensis Link 



Phoca manatus Brisson, 1762 (part), 'Regnum Animale,' p. 164. This is a re- 

 combination of Linnaeus's Trichechus manatus, but includes the African manatee. 



Manati Trichechus Boddaert, 1784 (part) 'Elenchus Animalium,' I, p. 173, 

 Rotterdam . ' Reference from Allen' s ' Bibliography. ' Original not seen . 



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

 I, part 1, p. 60, Lipsiae. 



Manatus australis Retzius, 1794 (part), Kungl. Sven. Vet. Akad. Handl., XV, 

 p. 291. 



Trichechus senegalensis Link, 1795, 'Beytrage zur Naturgeschichte,' Band I, 

 St. 2, p. 109. The name is referred to Buffon wherein is described (1782, Suppl., VI, 

 p. 403) 'Le Petit Lamantin du Senegal,' based mainly on Adanson's account. Adan- 

 son's Senegal skull in the Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, is described in Buffon 

 (1765, XIII, pp. 431-432). 



Trichechus aequatorialis Lacepede, 1799 (part), 'Tableaux des Mammiferes/ 

 An. VII [1799], p. 17, Paris. 



Trichechus Australis Shaw, 1800, ' General Zoology,' I, part 1, p. 244. This name 

 is here limited to the African manatee. A meager description is given, and a specimen 

 in the Leverian Museum noted. Pennant's fanciful figure of a "round-tailed 

 manatee" is reproduced. 



Manatus stroggylonurus Bechstein, 1800, in Pennant's 'Algemeine Uebersicht 

 der vierfiissigen Thiere,' II, p. 732. Weimar. 



Trichechus senegalensis Daudin, 1802, in Lacepede's and Daudin's 'Tableaux des 

 Mammiferes' in Buffon's 'Histoire Naturelle,' XIX, 'Quadrupeds,' XIV, Didot and 

 Didot Edition, p. 194. Said to be 'Le Petit Lamantin du Senegal' and referred to 

 Vol. IX, p. 254, where a description of the Senegalese manatee taken chiefly from 

 Adanson is found. 



iThis communication was read before the 1856 meeting of the British Association for the Advance- 

 ment of Science. It was first published in the Edinburgh Philosophical Journal and subsequently 

 (1857) with slight differences in the Report of the 26th Meeting of the British Assoc. Adv. Sci. and in 

 the " Institute " (1857) . I have not seen the latter reference. 



