A subplot in Gerald Durrell's first book, The Overloaded Ark, centres on his attempts to secure an angwantibo for zoological study.
The Calabar angwantibo, along with its close relative the potto, makes an appearance in Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin novels.
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The search for an angwantibo is also a minor focus of Gerald Durrell's first book, The Overloaded Ark.