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Definition of Guerezas
1. guereza [n] - See also: guereza
Lexicographical Neighbors of Guerezas
Literary usage of Guerezas
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Hand-book to the Primates by Henry Ogg Forbes (1897)
"All the Guerezas have a specially elongated tail, which is often tufted at ...
The Guerezas differ from the Guenons in having very small cheek-pouches and ..."
2. Mostly Mammals, Zoological Essays by Richard Lydekker (1903)
"Be this as it may, Dr. Gregory's observations have solved the problem of the use
of the remarkable coloration of the guerezas, which has so long puzzled ..."
3. British Museum Guides: Vertrbrates by British Museum (Natural History) (1906)
"The Guerezas, Colobus (Nos. 25 to 34), are closely allied to 8 & 9>J the Langurs,
... A number of specimens of these black and black-and-white Guerezas are ..."
4. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences by New York Academy of Sciences (1915)
"... which includes the langurs, the guerezas, the long-nosed monkey and others.
Were it not for their high vegetarian specializations these monkeys, ..."
5. The Cambridge Natural History by Sidney Frederick Harmer, Arthur Everett Shipley (1902)
"... containing the Monkeys known as Guerezas. These creatures are entirely confined
to the African continent, and they are arboreal in habit. ..."
6. The Standard Library of Natural History: Embracing Living Animals of Thw by Charles John Cornish (1908)
"... not often met with in THE Guerezas AND GUENONS Among the ordinary monkeys of
the Old World are some with very striking hair and colours. ..."
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