Howler monkey
Date
1879
Creator
Johannes Gerardus Keulemans (1842 - 1912, Dutch) , Illustrator
Creator - Organisation
M & N Hanhart, Lithographer
Object type
Library reference
41158
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (page): 310mm
width (page): 241mm
width (page): 241mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Zoological study of a howler monkey, Aloutta, referred to here as Mycetes villosus, shown in left profile on a tree branch. Howler monkeys are native to South and Central American forests.
Inscribed above: ‘Biol Centr Am Mammalia Tab 1.’
Below: ‘MYCETES VILLOSUS
J. G. Keulemans lith. M & N Hanhart imp.’
Table 1 from Biologia centrali-Americana; or, Contributions to the knowledge of the fauna and flora of Mexico and central America, the Mammalia volume, authored by Edward Aliston and co-edited by Frederick Du Cane Godman and Osbert Salvin.
Frederick Du Cane Godman (1834-1919) British entomologist and ornithologist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1882.
Osbert Salvin (1835-1898) British naturalist and ornithologist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1873.
Inscribed above: ‘Biol Centr Am Mammalia Tab 1.’
Below: ‘MYCETES VILLOSUS
J. G. Keulemans lith. M & N Hanhart imp.’
Table 1 from Biologia centrali-Americana; or, Contributions to the knowledge of the fauna and flora of Mexico and central America, the Mammalia volume, authored by Edward Aliston and co-edited by Frederick Du Cane Godman and Osbert Salvin.
Frederick Du Cane Godman (1834-1919) British entomologist and ornithologist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1882.
Osbert Salvin (1835-1898) British naturalist and ornithologist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1873.
Associated place