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Faunus is frequently called Inuus or the fertilizer, and Lupercus or the one who wards off wolves.
Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome E.M. Berens
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There they say that Evander, who belonged to the tribe of Arcadians, [10] that for many years before had possessed that country, appointed the observance of a feast, introduced from Arcadia, in such manner, that young men ran about naked in sport and wantonness, doing honour to Pan Lycæus, whom the Romans afterwards called Inuus.
The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 Titus Livius
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Gibraltar (where it may have been introduced), and referable to the otherwise Asiatic group of macaques, in which it alone represents the subgenus _Inuus_.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" Various
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Evander, an Arcadian, had held that territory many ages before, and had introduced an annual festival from Arcadia in which young men ran about naked for sport and wantonness, in honour of the Lycaean Pan, whom the Romans afterwards called Inuus.
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[15] Brehm remarks (` Thierleben, 's. 68) that the eyebrows of the Inuus ecaudatus are frequently moved up and down when the animal is angered.
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Other kinds, as the Inuus ecaudatus, apparently do not thus act.
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Instantly the whole expression of the face of the Inuus changed; the mouth was opened much more widely, the canine teeth were more fully exposed, and a hoarse barking noise was uttered.
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So does the Barbary ape (Inuus ecaudatus) to an extraordinary degree; and I observed in this monkey that the skin of the lower eyelids then became much wrinkled.
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Tail longer than in _Inuus_, and face not so lengthened; otherwise as in that genus.
Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon Robert Armitage Sterndale 1870
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There has been a certain amount of confusion between this animal and _Inuus silenus_, the lion monkey, which had the name _Wanderu_ applied to it by Buffon, and it is so figured in
Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon Robert Armitage Sterndale 1870
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