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Title: Natural history – Animal kingdom – Monkeys and similar animals
Original Title: Histoire naturelle – Règne animal – Singes et animaux analogues
Volume and Page: Plates vol. 6 (1765)
Author: Unknown
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Citation (MLA): "Natural history – Animal kingdom – Monkeys and similar animals." The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert Collaborative Translation Project. Ann Arbor: Michigan Publishing, University of Michigan Library, 2010. Web. [fill in today's date in the form 18 Apr. 2009 and remove square brackets]. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.did2222.0001.512>. Trans. of "Histoire naturelle – Règne animal – Singes et animaux analogues," Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, vol. 6 (plates). Paris, 1765.
Citation (Chicago): "Natural history – Animal kingdom – Monkeys and similar animals." The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert Collaborative Translation Project. Ann Arbor: Michigan Publishing, University of Michigan Library, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.did2222.0001.512 (accessed [fill in today's date in the form April 18, 2009 and remove square brackets]). Originally published as "Histoire naturelle – Règne animal – Singes et animaux analogues," Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, vol. 6 (plates) (Paris, 1765).

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Monkeys and Similar Animals.

Plate XVIII: Natural History, Fig. 1. The Ruffed Lemur. Fig 2. The Mongoose. Fig. 3. The Loris.


Plate XIX: Natural History, Fig. 1. The Orangutan. Fig. 2. The Gibbon.


Plate XX: Natural History, Fig. 1. The Baboon. Fig. 2. The Lion-Tailed Macaque.


Plate XXI: Natural History, Fig. 1. The Macaque. Fig. 2. The Douc.


Plate XXII: Natural History, Fig. 1. The Red-Faced Spider Monkey. Fig. 2. The Sapajou.


Plate XXIII: Natural History, Fig. 1. The Tamarin. Fig. 2. The Marmoset.