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Identifier: animalkingdomar00cuvi
Title: The animal kingdom : arranged after its organization, forming a natural history of animals, and an introduction to comparative anatomy
Year: 1849 (1840s)
Authors: Cuvier, Georges, baron, 1769-1832 Metcalf Collection (North Carolina State University) NCRS Blyth, Edward, 1810-1873 Mudie, Robert, 1777-1842 Johnston, George, 1797-1855 Westwood, J. O. (John Obadiah), 1805-1893 Carpenter, William Benjamin, 1813-1885
Subjects: Animals
Publisher: London : Wm. S. Orr and Co., Amen Corner, Paternoster Row
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QU.VpilUiMAXA. 51) tlic larynx under the thyroid caitilagc, and which fdls with air wlien tliey cry out. Their tail ispendent, and takes no part in their movements ; [it varies in length from a tulicrcle to longer than thehody.] They proihiee early, but are not eonipletely adult for four or five years. The period of gesta-tion is seven months; during the rutting season the external generative organs of the female lieeonicexeessivcly distended [as in the Baboons]. Most of them [all] inhabit India [and its Arehipelago. At least seven species have hcen ascertained, the most remarkable of which is] The Mailed Macaque or Wandcroo (.Sim. Siieitus and leoninay Lin.)—Ulack, with an ash-coloured mane andwhitish beard surrounding the head. [Tail moderately lon^, and slightly tufted.] Inhabits Ceylon. (The Uonnetcd .Macaque (J/, siniciis), and the Toque (.U. radiatus), have the hairs on the top of the head dis-posed as radii; these, with the Uarc-lipped M. (.1/. ciiiiomolgiit), have long tails
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