Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Either of two species of large arboreal leaf-eating monkeys (Brachyteles arachnoides or B. hypoxanthus) found only in Brazil, having a long prehensile tail and thick fleecy fur.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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The word muriqui comes from the Tupi Indian language, but among Portuguese-speaking Brazilians the species is best known as o mono carvoeiro—translated loosely, the charcoal monkey.
The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004
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The word muriqui comes from the Tupi Indian language, but among Portuguese-speaking Brazilians the species is best known as o mono carvoeiro—translated loosely, the charcoal monkey.
The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004
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ONE DIRECTION they pointed was toward the Atlantic forest of southeastern Brazil, where the largest of all New World monkeys, Brachyteles arachnoides, commonly known as the muriqui, survives in just two dozen or so tiny populations within isolated fragments of habitat.
The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004
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A muriqui is a big agile animal, capable of impressively belligerent behavior.
The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004
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ONE DIRECTION they pointed was toward the Atlantic forest of southeastern Brazil, where the largest of all New World monkeys, Brachyteles arachnoides, commonly known as the muriqui, survives in just two dozen or so tiny populations within isolated fragments of habitat.
The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004
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A muriqui is a big agile animal, capable of impressively belligerent behavior.
The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004
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The area gives shelter to several species of conservation concern, such as the jaguar and muriqui, and contains the largest number of karst caves known to exist in Brazil (300).
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The southern muriqui (Brachyteles arachnoides, EN) is one of the most threatened primates surviving in what remains of the Atlantic Forest in southeastern Brazil.
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Twelve mammal genera are endemic, including two primate genera that are flagships for the conservation of the Atlantic Forest — the lion tamarins (Leontopithecus spp.), with four species, one of which was discovered only in 1990 on the coast of northern Paraná, and the two species of muriqui (Brachyteles spp.), the largest of the New World primates.
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Some noteworthy species are jaguar Panthera onca (NT), ocelot Leopardus pardalis, bush dog Speothos venaticus (VU), La Plata otter Lutra longicaudis, 20 species of bats and various species of endangered primates, notably muriqui Brachyteles arachnoides (EN) and brown howler Alouatta fusca (VU).
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