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Definition of Genus perodicticus

1. Noun. A genus of Lorisidae.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Perodicticus

Literary usage of Genus perodicticus

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

1. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, Exhibiting a View of the Progressive by Robert Jameson, Sir William Jardine, Henry D Rogers (1862)
"... and apparently a new species of the genus perodicticus, of Bennett. By JOHN ALEXANDER SMITH, MD* (Plate III.) The interesting little animal (now ..."

2. Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh by Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh (1863)
"This anatomical difference forms a good distinction or character between section (a), the genus perodicticus, Benn., and the other Genera, which Van der ..."

3. Island Life, Or, The Phenomena and Causes of Insular Faunas and Floras by Alfred Russel Wallace (1880)
"... such as the curious lemur called the "potto" which is found only at Sierra Leone, and forms the genus Perodicticus; the true chinchillas found only in ..."

4. Studies Scientific & Social by Alfred Russel Wallace (1900)
"The African species mostly belong to the genus Galago, which consists of small long-tailed active animals, and two others of the genus Perodicticus, ..."

5. A Geographical History of Mammals by Richard Lydekker (1896)
"which is the exclusive home of all the man-like apes and of the lemurs of the genus Perodicticus. To this sub-region also belong ..."

6. The Scientific Memoirs of Thomas Henry Huxley by Thomas Henry Huxley, Michael Foster (1899)
"... and apparently to the genus Perodicticus of Bennett." The specimen from which this notice was drawn up was sent home by the Rev. ..."

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