The Naturalist on the River Amazons: A Record of Adventures, Habits of Animals, Sketches of Brazilian and Indian Life, and Aspects of Nature Under the Equator, During Eleven Years of TravelHumboldt Publishing Company, 1889 - 774 pages |
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Page 642
... monkeys ; they agree with them , however , in the sideway position of the nostrils , a character which distinguishes both from all the monkeys of the old world . The body is long and slender , clothed with soft hairs , and the tail ...
... monkeys ; they agree with them , however , in the sideway position of the nostrils , a character which distinguishes both from all the monkeys of the old world . The body is long and slender , clothed with soft hairs , and the tail ...
Page 750
... monkeys , and one that appears to have Scarlet - faced Monkeys - Parauacó Monkey - Owl - faced escaped the notice of Spix and Martius . I Night Apes - Marmosets - Jupurà - Bats - Birds - Cu- afterward made a journey to the district in ...
... monkeys , and one that appears to have Scarlet - faced Monkeys - Parauacó Monkey - Owl - faced escaped the notice of Spix and Martius . I Night Apes - Marmosets - Jupurà - Bats - Birds - Cu- afterward made a journey to the district in ...
Page 753
... monkeys annu- the space , resting its hands on the palms and ally for food . The species is very numerous tips of the outstretched fingers , with the in the forests of the higher lands , but , owing knuckles bent at an acute angle , and ...
... monkeys annu- the space , resting its hands on the palms and ally for food . The species is very numerous tips of the outstretched fingers , with the in the forests of the higher lands , but , owing knuckles bent at an acute angle , and ...
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