. Zoology for high schools and colleges. Zoology. 696 ZOOLOGY. Steller's manatee {Rhytina Stelleri) was in the last century found in abundance on the shores of Behring's Island on the coast of Kamtchatka; twenty-seven years afterwards (in 1768) it was totally exterminated by the sailors ; a few im- perfect skeletons exist in tlie National museum. This is the. § â s 1'! r largest Sirenian known ; it was over six metres in length. It differed remarkably from the other forms, in having no teeth, but was provided with a very large, horny, palatine plate, and a corresponding one covering the enlar
. Zoology for high schools and colleges. Zoology. 696 ZOOLOGY. Steller's manatee {Rhytina Stelleri) was in the last century found in abundance on the shores of Behring's Island on the coast of Kamtchatka; twenty-seven years afterwards (in 1768) it was totally exterminated by the sailors ; a few im- perfect skeletons exist in tlie National museum. This is the. § â s 1'! r largest Sirenian known ; it was over six metres in length. It differed remarkably from the other forms, in having no teeth, but was provided with a very large, horny, palatine plate, and a corresponding one covering the enlarged point of union, or symphysis, of the lower jaws. In the Tertiary. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Packard, A. S. (Alpheus Spring), 1839-1905. New York, H. Holt and Company
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