360 MANATID*. 



2. Manatus Senegalensis. The Zamantin. 

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

 front ; upper part of front of lower jaw concave, with two small 

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

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

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



La Doima, Ant, ZucchelK, Journey in Conga, 146. 



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



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

 Lamentyn (female), Barbot, Quin. 662. t. 7 (bad). 

 Lamantin du S^n^gal, Dauh. in JBuffon, N. H. xiii. 431 (no figure) ; 



Cuv. Oss. Foss. V. 254. 1. 19. f. 4, 6 (skull) ; ? RoheH, Cmript. Mend. 



Acad. Sci. 1836, 363. 

 Trichecus Manatua AMcanus, Oken, Lehrh. Nat. 688, 1815. 

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



69; JV: -B^^. Anim. 155; mscher, Syn. 602; Schreb. Sdugeth. t. 381 



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



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



69 ; Hamilton, Jardine, Nat. JM. viii. 298. 1. 19. f. 2, 3 ; Reichb. Syn. 



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



123 ; Oliphant, B£p. Brit. Assoc. Glasgow, 1855, Trans. 116, 1866. 

 Womanfisn, Purchas, ii. 1446. 

 Eound-taUed Manate, Pain. Quad. ii. 296. ? 102. 

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



Sci. ix. 13. t. ; Wyman, Proc. Boston N. H. 8. ii. 192, 1850. 

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



Ann. 8f Mag. N. H. 1861, 64. 

 Manatus Vogelii, Owen, Proc. Brit. Assoc. 1856, 100 ; Baikie, P. Z. 8. 



1857, 33. t. 51 (skull); Ann. 8f Mag. N. H. 1857, xx. 70; Edin. 



New Phil. Joum. n. s. iv. 1866, 346. 

 Manatus Senegalensis, Gray, P. Z. S. 1867, 59; Ann. ^ Mag. N. H. 



1867, XX. 312; Ann. it Mag. N. H. 1865, xv. 134. 

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



(? skull) ; Schreber, Sdugeth t. 381; Jardine, Nat. Lib. viii. 1. 19. 



f. 2, 3 ; Peichb. Anat. Cet. t. 28 ; Blainv. OsUogr. t. 



Inhab. West coast of Africa. 



a. Stuffed. West Coast of Africa. Presented by Messrs. Forster, 



Smith, and Co. 

 6. Skin. West Africa. 

 c. Skeleton. West Africa. 



2. HALICOBE. 



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

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

 Grinders I- . |-, truncate, with two lateral grooves. Lips bristly ; 

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

 hairy. Cervical vertebrse 7. Csecum undivided. Pelvic bones 

 distinct. 



Dugungus,'7Vc<femaK», Zool. i. 554. 



Odobenus, Rqfin. Anal. Nat. 60, 1815. 



Dugong, LacSp. 



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



