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angwantibo, n.|æŋˈgwɒntɪbəʊ, æŋgwænˈtiːbəʊ|
[Efik, perh. f. angwá cat.]
A small rare primate, Arctocebus calabarensis, related to the potto and loris, and native to western Africa.
[1860Proc. R. Physical Soc. Edinb. 1859–1862 ii. 172 The Calabar people call it Angwántibo.] 1864Proc. Zool. Soc. 314 (heading) On the Angwántibo (Arctocebus calabarensis, Gray) of Old Calabar. 1894H. O. Forbes Hand-bk. Primates I. 28 The ‘Angwantibo’, as this species is called, is known only from Old Calabar, on the west coast of Africa. 1953G. M. Durrell Overloaded Ark ix. 163, I carefully tipped the Angwantibo out of the basket... He looked not unlike a teddy-bear. 1978Sci. Amer. Feb. 42/2 The stout potto and the slenderer angwantibo never leap but climb with a silent, deliberate motion. |