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Definition of Genus Nasalis
1. Noun. Proboscis monkeys.
Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Cercopithecidae, Family Cercopithecidae
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Nasalis
Literary usage of Genus Nasalis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Magazine of Natural History edited by John Claudius Loudon, Edward Charlesworth, John Denson (1838)
"Geoffroy St. Hilaire in his lectures, indeed, admits the uncertainty in which
his genus Nasalis stands, when he says of the ..."
2. A Hand-book to the Primates by Henry Ogg Forbes (1897)
"genus Nasalis. Nasalis, Geoffr., Ann. Mus., xix., p. 90 (1812). This genus contains
only one species, THE PROBOSCIS MONKEY. NASALIS LARVATUS. ..."
3. The Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain), George Long (1840)
"The characters of the genus Nasalis, formed for the eception of the "Guenon à
long ni>z" (Simia Nasica, ..."
4. An Historical and Descriptive Account of China: Its Ancient and Modern by Hugh Murray, John Crawfurd, Peter Gordon, Thomas Lynn, William Wallace, Gilbert Thomas Burnett (1836)
"The native denomination is khi-doc, which sig- * It forms the genus Nasalis of
Geoffroy Ann. Mus. xix. ..."
5. An Historical and Descriptive Account of China: Its Ancient and Modern by Hugh Murray, John Crawfurd, Peter Gordon (1843)
"The native denomination is khi-doc, which sig- * It forms the genus Nasalis of
Geoffroy Ann. Mus. xix. ..."
6. Transactions by Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire (1863)
"The anomalous genus Nasalis I have before mentioned. In it, the nose is exceedingly
prominent; but the septum is certainly " tres mince. ..."
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