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Definition of Cynocephalus
1. Noun. Type genus of the family Cynocephalidae.
Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Cynocephalidae, Family Cynocephalidae
Member holonyms: Colugo, Flying Cat, Flying Lemur
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cynocephalus
Literary usage of Cynocephalus
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)
"Cynocephalus. Tail moderate, cylindrical. Neck not maned. ... 15. Hob. South Africa :
Cape of Good Hope. See Cynocephalus ..."
2. Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians, by Sir John Gardner Wilkinson (1841)
"Mummies of the Cynocephalus are put up in a sitting posture, which is that usually
given to the animal in the sculptures, when representing the God Thoth ..."
3. Catalogue of the Fossil Mammalia in the British Museum, (Natural History) by Richard Lydekker (1887)
"Genus Cynocephalus (pt. ip 4). Cynocephalus falconeri ... Cynocephalus, sp. Ilab.
India. M. 2959. Cast of the second left lower true molar. ..."
4. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Pierre André Latreille (1831)
"He is originally from Barbary, but is said to have become naturalised in the most
inaccessible parts of the rock of Gibraltar.(S) Cynocephalus, C.(6) The ..."
5. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1872)
"... (Cynocephalus hamadryas). By ALEXANDER MACALISTER, MB, Professor of Zoology,
University of Dublin. THE Dublin Zoological Gardens received from Viscount ..."
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