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entellus

American  
[en-tel-uhs] / ɛnˈtɛl əs /

noun

  • entelluses
    plural
  1. hanuman.


entellus British  
/ ɛnˈtɛləs /

noun

  1. Also called: hanuman.  an Old World monkey, Presbytes entellus, of S Asia. This langur is regarded as sacred in India

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Origin of entellus

From New Latin, dating back to 1835–45, a specific epithet

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With these are associated a monkey, allied to the Semnopithecus entellus, now living in the Himalaya, and many ruminants.

From The Student's Elements of Geology by Sir Charles Lyell

On Presbytis entellus, see the ‘Indian Field,’ 1859, p.

From The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex Volume II (1st Edition) by Charles Darwin

We never heard the animals utter sounds, but it is said that the common Indian langur, Pygathrix entellus, gives a loud whoop as it runs through the tree tops.

From Camps and Trails in China A Narrative of Exploration, Adventure, and Sport in Little-Known China by Roy Chapman Andrews

On Presbytis entellus, see the 'Indian Field,' 1859, p.

From The Descent of Man by Charles Darwin

In these particulars this species resembles P. entellus.

From Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon by Robert Armitage Sterndale

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