DOUROUCOULI  , apparently the native name (perhaps derived from their cries) of a small See also:

• GROUP

group of See also:

• AMERICAN

American monkeys ranging from See also:

• NICARAGUA

Nicaragua to Amazonia and eastern See also:

• PERU
• PERU (apparently from Biru, a small river on the west coast of Colombia, where Pizarro landed)

Peru, and forming the genus Nyctipithecus . In addition to the See also:

• ABSENCE (Lat. absentia)

absence of prehensile See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power in their tails, douroucoulis, also known as See also:

• NIGHT

night-apes, are distinguished by their large eyes, the sockets of which occupy nearly the whole front of the upper See also:

• PART

part of the See also:

• SKULL

skull, the See also:

• PARTITION

partition between the nostrils being in consequence narrower than usual . The ears are See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short, and the See also:

• HAIR (a word common to Teutonic languages)

hair See also:

• ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round the eyes forms a disk . Douroucoulis live in parties, and are purely nocturnal, sleeping during the See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day in hollow trees, and coming out at night to feed on See also:

• INSECTS

insects and fruits, when they utter piercing See also:

• CAT
• CAT, CIVET
• CAT, HOUSE

cat-like screams .