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  • The mammals include long-tounged bat Scleronycteris ega (VU), two endemic primates, the white uakari monkey Cacajao calvus calvus which is found only within the Reserve and the blackheaded squirrel monkey Saimiri vanzolinii.

    Central Amazonian Conservation Complex, Brazil 2008

  • a modern metaphysician, any more than the fallacy of 'calvus' or

    Parmenides 427? BC-347? BC Plato 1855

  • Terrestrial mammal diversity is smaller because the habitat is often flooded; two narrow endemic primates inhabit this region, the white uakari monkeys (Cacajao calvus calvus) and blackish squirrel monkeys (Saimiri vanzolinii).

    Purus varzea 2008

  • The Mamirauá Reserve is home to the two narrow endemics, white uakari monkeys (Cacajao calvus calvus) and blackish squirrel monkeys (Saimiri vanzolinii).

    Purus varzea 2008

  • Many of these are now rare in Thailand, including green peafowl Pavo muticus, red-headed vulture Torgos calvus, Kalij pheasant Lophura leucomelana, Burmese peacock-pheasant Polyplectron bicalcaratum, rufous-necked hornbill Aceros nipalensis and white-winged wooduck Cairina scutulata.

    Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuary, Thailand 2008

  • The rare red uakari monkeys (Cacajao calvus) are found in the north in swamp forests.

    Southwest Amazon moist forests 2008

  • The southern bald ibis (Geronticus calvus VU), Cape vulture (Gyps coprotheres VU) and wintering lesser kestrel (Falco naumanni VU) are other globally threatened bird species that occur in the ecoregion.

    Drakensberg alti-montane grasslands and woodlands 2007

  • I happened during the first afternoon to show my hosts a picture of the bald-headed chimpanzee, Nchígo Mbúwwe (Troglodytes calvus), here more generally called Nchígo Mpolo, “large chimpanzee,” or Nchígo Njúe, “white-haired chimpanzee.”

    Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo 2003

  • The other three vultures common on the Nilgiris are the Pondicherry vulture (_Otogyps calvus_), the long-billed vulture (_Gyps indicus_), and the white-backed vulture (_Pseudogyps bengalensis_).

    Birds of the Indian Hills Douglas Dewar 1916

  • On the other hand, that of the black or Pondicherry vulture (_Otogyps calvus_) is beginning.

    A Bird Calendar for Northern India Douglas Dewar 1916

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