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bonnet monkey

American  

noun

  1. a long-tailed South Indian macaque, Macaca radiata, having a gray-brown coat and a caplike thatch of hair at the top of its head.


bonnet monkey British  

noun

  1. an Indian macaque, Macaca radiata , with a bonnet-like tuft of hair

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They were placed on a bonnet monkey which was in full typhus eruption.

From More Science From an Easy Chair by Lankester, E. Ray (Edwin Ray), Sir

There is thus no doubt whatever that typhus fever can be carried in this way from bonnet monkey to bonnet monkey.

From More Science From an Easy Chair by Lankester, E. Ray (Edwin Ray), Sir

The bonnet monkey is of the genus macacus, and is to be found in many parts of India.

From Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. by Various

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