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Patas
Pa-tas′
,Noun.
(Zool.)
A West African long-tailed monkey (
Cercopithecus ruber
); the red monkey. Definition 2024
patas
patas
See also: påtas
English
Noun
patas (plural patases)
- Erythrocebus patas, a ground-dwelling long-tailed monkey found in West and East Africa
- 1999, Robert W. Sussman, The Biological Basis of Human Behavior, ISBN 0137997353, page 173:
- When a male patas observes a predator approaching its group, he performs a noisy display, shaking the branches and overtly calling attention to himself.
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