单词 | owl-faced monkey |
释义 | > as lemmasowl-faced monkey owl-faced monkey n. (a) = owl monkey n. at owl n. Compounds 3; (b) a central African guenon, Cercopithecus hamlyni. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > order Primates > suborder Anthropoidea (higher primates) > [noun] > family Cebidae > genus Aotus (night-monkey) douroucouli1821 night-ape1863 owl-faced monkey1863 night monkey1877 owl monkey1877 1863 H. W. Bates Naturalist on River Amazons II. ii. 102 The nocturnal, owl-faced monkey (Nyctipithecus trivirgatus). 1929 Times 17 May 18 (caption) A pair of douroucoulis, or nocturnal owl-faced monkeys, one of the feline, the other of the three-banded species, recently acquired by the Zoo. 1991 Biotropica 23 73/2 Density estimates varied greatly among species, spanning three orders of magnitude from blue monkeys (Cercopithecus mitis) to the exceedingly rare endemic owl-faced monkey (C. hamlyni). < as lemmas |
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