RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1868.11.08. Hoolock gibbon. CUL-DAR80.B97. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 10.2021. 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.

Darwin cited this in Descent 1: 192.


[B97]

Nov 8 /68. Hoolock Gibbon - Black with white stripe over eyebrows - nose slightly aquiline reminding one of presbytes though so eminently arboreal, it can, as I saw move as a true biped on the level ground, with much ease & celerity

Man


Return to homepage

Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

File last updated 25 September, 2022