‘Colobus verus’
Date
1848-1852
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Dimensions
height (page): 355mm
width (page): 265mm
width (page): 265mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Zoological studies of a Colobus monkey, probably the olive colobus monkey, Procolobus verus (here styled Colobus verus) native to coastal regions of West Africa. In addition to the main study of the primate there are details of the animal’s skull (figures 2-3) and upper and lower jaws (figures 4-5).
Plate from the paper ‘Over colobus verus’, by H S Pel published in the journal Bijdragen tot de dierkunde. Deel 1. (Amsterdam, M. Westerman & Zoon, 1848-1854).
Inscribed below: ‘COLOBUS VERUS’.
Hendrik Severinus Pel (fl.mid-19th century) was a Dutch colonial official in what was the Gold Coast, now Ghana, West Africa.
Plate from the paper ‘Over colobus verus’, by H S Pel published in the journal Bijdragen tot de dierkunde. Deel 1. (Amsterdam, M. Westerman & Zoon, 1848-1854).
Inscribed below: ‘COLOBUS VERUS’.
Hendrik Severinus Pel (fl.mid-19th century) was a Dutch colonial official in what was the Gold Coast, now Ghana, West Africa.