'Nasalis larvatus' [Proboscis monkey] mb-height 2298 2nd August 1967

2nd August 1967

meets the Russian Bear

Botanical study of bush or wood oat grass with a sparsed panicle (Gramen avenaceum dumetorum panicula sparsa) and meadow grass with oblong spikes without awns (Gramen paniculatum spicis longis

Denny Hulme and Brian Redman

'Sunday Morning'

'Nasalis larvatus' [Proboscis monkey] mb-height 2298 2nd August 1967Zoological study of the proboscis monkey Nasalis larvatus, native to Borneo. Shown seated with one arm extended and holding a fruit. Plate 6 from The natural history of monkeys, by Sir William Jardine (Edinburgh, 1833) The Naturalist's Library. Mammalia. Vol. 1. Referred to in the text as 'The Kahau or proboscis monkey'. The plate is inscribed: 'PLATE 6. NASALIS LARVATUS. Lizars sc.' Original: etching. 1833