Definition of Arctocebus

1. Noun. A genus of Lorisidae.

Exact synonyms: Genus Arctocebus
Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Family Lorisidae, Lorisidae
Member holonyms: Angwantibo, Arctocebus Calabarensis, Golden Potto

Lexicographical Neighbors of Arctocebus

Arctic ground squirrel
Arctic hare
Arctic loon
Arctic loons
Arctic mouse-ear
Arctic skua
Arctic wolf
Arctic wolf spider
Arctica
Arctictis
Arctictis bintourong
Arctiidae
Arctium
Arctium lappa
Arctium minus
Arctocebus (current term)
Arctocebus calabarensis
Arctocephalus
Arctocephalus philippi
Arctonyx
Arctonyx collaris
Arctostaphylos
Arctostaphylos alpina
Arctostaphylos andersonii
Arctostaphylos manzanita
Arctostaphylos tomentosa
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
Arctotis
Arctotis stoechadifolia
Arctotis venusta

Literary usage of Arctocebus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Catalogue of Monkeys, Lemurs, and Fruit-eating Bats in the Collection of the by John Edward Gray (1870)
"Arctocebus. Tail very short. Hands and feet small, with the lower phalanges (not including the thumb) united in the skin, the two upper joints free; ..."

2. The Scientific Memoirs of Thomas Henry Huxley by Thomas Henry Huxley, Michael Foster (1899)
"The genera Perodicticus and Arctocebus are differentiated as follows (/. cp 150):— ... Arctocebus. " Tail very short. Hands and feet small, with the lower ..."

3. Proceedings by Zoological Society of London (1865)
"It generally exceeds, but sometimes falls short of, the spine of the axis in length. In Perodicticus and Arctocebus it very considerably exceeds it ; but in ..."

4. La Revue scientifique (1871)
"... et par l'absence d'ongle au tubercule représentant l'index à la main antérieure. L'espèce unique de ce genre est connue sous le nom à'Arctocebus ..."

5. The Geographical Distribution of Animals: With a Study of the Relations of by Alfred Russel Wallace (1876)
"... been discovered in the Eocene of France; and it is supposed to be most nearly allied to the peculiar West African genera, Perodicticus and Arctocebus. ..."

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