1. Links 
2. Literature

Links:

• James Patton and Bret Weinstein, 2000. "Hydrodamalis gigas", Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan.
• Ann Forsten & Phillip M. Youngman, the PDF-file.
  
• Georg Wilhelm Steller: "De Bestiis marinis", PDF-file. Latin-English translation by Walter Miller.
• Sirenian International: Steller's Seacow.
  
• Sirenian Evolution by Caryn Self-Sullivan
• Origin of Sirenians by Sharon Mooney and Edward T. Babinski
• Fossil bones found on Buldir-Island.
• The Steller's Sea Cow from "Yukon and Alaska History" von Murray Lundberg
• Russia's Great Voyages, California Academy of Sciences
• Bering Island by Kim MacQuarrie
• What’s wrong with the hands of Steller's sea cow, interesing reflections on man-made fingerbones on some museum specimen.
• The hand of Steller’s sea cow, revisited, above discussion continued. Very interesting!.
• in French: 'La Rhytine de Steller, a-t-elle vraiment disparu?' (has Steller's Seacow really disappeared?), by Michel Raynal.
• in German: Ullrich Wannhoff repeated Steller's journeys.
• Do not hesitate to send us your questions, comments and further information about Steller, his expeditions and the Seacow.

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• Rothauscher's Dugong Page
• Rothauscher's Homepage
• rothauschergmx.de

Literature and other Sources:

• Birula A. (1928) Notes about the pelvic bones of Rhyina stelleri.
• Domning, Daryl P., (1978), Sirenian Evolution in the North Pacific Ocean, University of California Publications in Geological Sciences, Volume 118.
• Domning, Daryl P., (1987), Sea Cow Family Reunion, Natural History 4/87
• Domning, D. P., J. Thomason, and D. G. Corbett. 2007. Steller's sea cow in the Aleutian Islands, Marine Mammal Science 23(4)976-983
• Erman, E. 1890, Nordenskiölds Vegafahrt, Brockhaus, Leipzig.
• Forsten, Ann, and Youngman, Phillip M., (1982), Hydrodamalis Gigas, Mammalian Species No 165. (download PDF-File here.)
• Frost, Orcutt, Bering, The Russian Discovery of America, 2003 Yale University Press, ISBN 0300100590
• Gibson, J. R. (2002) Die Stellersche Seekuh und das russische Vordringen von Sibirien nach Amerika 1741 bis 1768. In E. Donnert (Ed.), Europa in der Frühen Neuzeit (pp. 963-977). Köln: Böhlau Verlag.
• Golder, F. A., Biographical Note on Steller, in Bering's Voyages II.
• Hintzsche, Wieland and Nickol, Thomas, Die große Nordische Expedition, Katalog zur Ausstellung 1996 in Halle, ISBN 3-623-00300-X.
• Isakova, L.F., 2002, The fragments of Marine Cow in the Funds of Irkutsk Provincial Museum.
• Kasten, Erich, 1996, Nachwort zu "Beschreibung von dem Lande Kamschatka", Holos Verlag
• Kleinschmidt A. (1951) Über ein Skelet und eine Rekonstruktion des äußeren Habitus der Riesenseekuh Rhytina Gigas. Zool. Anz. 146 Heft 9/10
• Kleinschmidt A. (1982) Wissenswertes über die Säugerordnung der Seekühe (Sirenia). Braunschweiger Naturkundliche Schriften 1 (3).
• Kleinschmidt A. (1983) Notiz zu weiterem Skelet-Material der Stellerschen Riesenseekuh Rhytina gigas (Sirenia, Mammalia). Braunschweiger Naturkundliche Schriften 1 (4).
• Mattioli, S. and D.P. Domning. 2006. Annotated list of skeletal material of Steller's sea cow. Aquatic Mammals 32(3):273-288. Parallel project to these web-pages.
• Mohr, Dr. Erna (1957) Sirenen oder Seekühe, Neue Brehm Bücherei Nr. 197
• Petzsch, Hans, Urania Enzyklopädie, Säugetiere, ISBN 3-332-01173-1.
• Reynolds, John E. III and Daniel Odell, Manatees and Dugongs.
• Ripple, Jeff and Perrine, Doug , Manatees and Dugongs of the World.
• Savinetsky, Arkady B. et al (2004), Dynamics of Sea Mammals of the Bering Sea region over the last several millenia.
• Stefen C. (2003) Hydrodamalis gigas (Mammalia, Sirenia, Dugongidae) material in the Museum für Tierkunde, Dresden. Zoologische Abhandlungen (Dresden) 53: 205-214
• Stejneger, Leonhard, How the Great Northern Sea-Cow (Rytina) Became Exterminated, American Naturalist, Vol. 21, No. 12 (Dec., 1887) , pp. 1047-105
• Steller, Georg Wilhelm: Beschreibung von sonderbaren Meerthieren, 1753 (de Bestiis marinis).
• Steller, Georg Wilhelm , 1751, "De Bestiis marinis". Above document, Latin to English translation by Walter Miller. download PDF-File here.
• Steller, Georg Wilhelm: Topographische und physikalische Beschreibung der Beringinsel, 1781
• Steller, Georg Wilhelm: Tagebuch seiner Seereise aus dem Petripauls Hafen von Kamtschatka bis an die westlichen Küsten von Amerika, und seiner Begebenheiten auf der Rückreise, 1793.
• Steller, Georg Wilhelm , as above, translated by L. Stejneger (see also Golder, above).
• Vaksmut, N.S., 25 April 1899 in the weekly newspaper 'Amur Pages': Notes on the Skeletons of Morskaja Korowa.
• Wannhoff, Ullrich, and Törmer, Karen: Leben am Ende der Welt', Life on Bering Island today, ISBN 3-930398-01-X
• Waxell, Sven, Die Brücke nach Amerika, Walter-Verlag 1968
• Weinstein, B. and Patton,J., 2000. "Hydrodamalis gigas", Animal Diversity Web (download PDF-File here).
• Whitmore, J. , F.C., Jr., and Gard, L.M., Jr., 1977, Steller's sea cow (Hydrodamalis gigas) of late Pleistocene age from Amchitka, Aleutian Islands, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1036.
• Wikipedia Enzyklopädie Herbst 2004.

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• I found informationen about Nordenskiölds and Stejnegers research on Bering-Island, and reports on alleged recent sightings in French on the Cryptozoology-Pages of Michel Raynal, URL in above list of Links.
• 'Die große Nordische Expedition von 1733 bis 1743' aus der Bibliothek des 18. Jahrhunderts, C.H. Beck Verlag, ISBN 3-406-33596-9, contains the abridged Steller texts.
• Dr. Daryl Domning, Dr. Hélène Jousse, Dr. Stefano Mattioli, Evgueni V. Novomodnyi of the Museum Chabarovsk and Ullrich Wannhoff supplied valuable information on whereabouts of skeletons. S. Mattioli also supplied the 'List of Scientific Literature'. Further information came from emails and the web pages of the museums.
• Photos and drawings were made available by Brian Ferriera, Valter Fogato, Klaus Harder, Bill Monteleone, Marko Müller, Evgueni V. Novomodnyi, Dugald Stermer and Ullrich Wannhoff, the list of Scientific Literature by Stefano Mattioli.

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