Manatee Collection

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A mermaid compared with the manatee at the Zoological Gardens, London

West Indian manatee, Trichechus manatus, and dugong, Dugong dugon. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rene Primevere Lessons Complements de Buffon, Pourrat Freres, Paris, 1838

South American tapir and manati
South American tapir, Tapirus terrestris, young with spotted hide, and manati or West Indian manatee, Trichechus manatus. Copperplate engraving by Barlow after an original illustration by Captain

American manatee, Trichechus manatus. Vulnerable. Trichecus manatus Linn. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andreas Hoffer after an illustration by Jacques de Seve from Johann Christian Daniel

Cetaceans
Bowhead whale, Balaena mysticetus, sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus, short-beaked dolphin, Delphinus delphis, extinct Stellers sea cow, Hydrodamalis gigas, West Indian manatee, Trichechus manatus

African manatee, harbour seal and harp seal
African manatee, Trichechus senegalensis, vulnerable 1, harbour seal varieties, Phoca vitulina 2, 3, harp seal, Pagophilus groenlandicus 4

Dugong and Amazonian manatee
Dugong, Dugong dugon, vulnerable 1 and Amazonian manatee, Trichechus inunguis, vulnerable 2. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder

Belize - Manatee Lagoon - Fruit Day
Belize (formerly British Honduras) - Manatee Lagoon - Water Buffalo cart transporting bananas on Fruit Day. Date: 1915

Manatee River Fleet, Bradentown, Florida, USA
Manatee River Fleet, Bradentown (Bradenton), Florida, USA, showing four steamboats, the Pokanoket, the Favorite, the H B Plant and the Manatee. Date: circa 1910

Round-tailed manati or manatee, Trichechus manati.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from The Naturalists Pocket Magazine; or

Walrus, Odobenus rosmarus, and West Indian manatee, Trichechus manatus (vulnerable).. Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Frederic Cuviers Dictionary of Natural Science: Mammals, Paris

Odobenus rosmarus, walrus
Trichechus rosmarus, walrus. Plate 12 from British Mammals Vol. 1 & 2 by Archibald Thorburn, 1920-21

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