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Siamang   Listen
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Siamang  n.  (Zool.) A gibbon (Hylobates syndactylus), native of Sumatra. It has the second and third toes partially united by a web.






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"Siamang" Quotes from Famous Books



... accurate account of what was known when it was made; and it does not appear to me to be more than apparently weakened by the subsequent discovery of the relatively small development of the posterior lobes in the Siamang and in the Howling monkey. Notwithstanding the exceptional brevity of the posterior lobes in these two species, no one will pretend that their brains, in the slightest degree, approach those of the Lemurs. And if, instead of putting Hapale out of its natural place, as Professor ...
— The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex • Charles Darwin



Words linked to "Siamang" :   genus Hylobates, Hylobates syndactylus



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