In Literature
The Calabar angwantibo, along with its close relative the potto, makes an appearance in Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin novels. Stephen Maturin acquires a Calabar angwantibo on his travels and becomes 'absurdly attached' to it.
The search for an angwantibo is also a minor focus of Gerald Durrell's first book, The Overloaded Ark.
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