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Definition of Arctocebus
1. Noun. A genus of Lorisidae.
Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Family Lorisidae, Lorisidae
Member holonyms: Angwantibo, Arctocebus Calabarensis, Golden Potto
Lexicographical Neighbors of Arctocebus
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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