Golden-backed uakari
Date
1884
Creator
Joseph Smit (1836 - 1929, Dutch) , Illustrator
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Dimensions
height (print): 154mm
width (print): 251mm
width (print): 251mm
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Description
Zoological study showing the Golden-backed uakari, or Black-headed uakari Cacajao melanocephalus (here termed Brachyurus melanocephalus). The primate, native to the Amazon rainforest in South America, is shown walking on the forest floor near a fallen tree.
Plate 6 in The collected scientific papers of the late William Alexander Forbes, edited by F.E. Beddard (London, R.H. Porter, 1885). Originally published as ‘On the external characters and anatomy of the red Uakari monkey…’, Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1880, pp.627-647.
Inscribed above ‘Pl. VI. P.Z.S. 1880 Pl.LXIII.’ and below: ‘J.Smit lith. Hanhart imp. BRACHYURUS MELANOCEPHALUS.’
William Alexander Forbes (1855-1883) British zoologist travelled to Brazil, and West Africa where he died.
Plate 6 in The collected scientific papers of the late William Alexander Forbes, edited by F.E. Beddard (London, R.H. Porter, 1885). Originally published as ‘On the external characters and anatomy of the red Uakari monkey…’, Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1880, pp.627-647.
Inscribed above ‘Pl. VI. P.Z.S. 1880 Pl.LXIII.’ and below: ‘J.Smit lith. Hanhart imp. BRACHYURUS MELANOCEPHALUS.’
William Alexander Forbes (1855-1883) British zoologist travelled to Brazil, and West Africa where he died.
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