Purus and Purús may refer to the following :
Places and jurisdictions in the Amazon basin
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Purus River or Rio Purús, a tributary of the Amazon River in South America
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Purús Communal Reserve The Purús Communal Reserve (''Reserva Communal Purús'') is a protected area in the Amazonian part of Peru. Located in the Madre de Dios Region and in the Ucayali Region
Ucayali () is an inland department and region of Peru. Located in the Ama ...
in Peru
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Purús Province in Peru
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Purús District in above Purús Province and in the Ucayali Region
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Purus National Forest in Amazonas state, Brazil
Other
* Latin for
pure, as in
Actus purus
In scholastic philosophy, ''Actus Purus'' (English: "Pure Actuality," "Pure Act") is the absolute perfection of God.
Overview
Created beings have potentiality that is not actuality, imperfections as well as perfection. Only God is simultaneously ...
* plural of
Puru (Vedic tribe)
See also
; Places and jurisdictions
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Alto Purús National Park in Peru
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Médio Purus Extractive Reserve in Amazonas state, Brazil
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Piagaçu-Purus Sustainable Development Reserve in Brazil
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Santa Rosa do Purus National Forest in Acre state, Brazil
* the former
Territorial Prelature of Acre and Purus
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Rio Branco ( la, Dioecesis Fluminis Albi Superioris) is a Latin suffragan see in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archbishop of Porto Velho (Rondônia), in the upper Amazon River basin).
Its cathedral ...
(now Roman Catholic Diocese of Rio Branco) in Brazil
; Animal species
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Purus jacamar
The Purus jacamar (''Galbalcyrhynchus purusianus'') is a species of bird in the family Galbulidae. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, and Peru.Tobias, J., T. Züchner, T.A. de Melo Júnior, and G. M. Kirwan (2020). Purus Jacamar (''Galbalcyrhynch ...
or Chestnut jacamar (''Galbalcyrhynchus purusianus'')
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Purus red howler
The Purús red howler (''Alouatta puruensis'') is a species of howler monkey native to Brazil, Peru
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(''Alouatta puruensis'')
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Rio Purus titi
The collared titi monkey (''Cheracebus torquatus'') is a species of titi, a type of New World monkey. It is endemic to northern Brazil.
Taxonomy
At the end of the 1980s the genus ''Callicebus'' was revised from the Hershkovitz concept of three ...
(''Callicebus purinus'')
* ''
Purussaurus'', a prehistoric reptile
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