RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Abstract of Desmarest, Mammalogie, ou, Description des espèces de mammifères. CUL-DAR83.71. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 2.2022. RN1
NOTE: See record in the Darwin Online manuscript catalogue, enter its Identifier here. Reproduced with permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library and William Huxley Darwin. The volumes CUL-DAR80-86 contain material for Darwin's book Descent of man (1871).
Darwin cited this in Descent 2: 283, n17: "Rengger, 'Säugethiere,' &c., s. 14; Desmarest, 'Mammalogie,' p. 66."
Desmarest, A.-G. (Anselme-Gaëtan). 1822. Mammalogie, ou, Description des espèces de mammifères. Paris.
[71]
Desmarest p. 65 Macacus with ♀ [illeg] crest - & Red or Rhesus
p. 66 - see all other species for here ♀ most ornamented.
colour good in Mycetes
Rengger p 14 on young
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