A Hand-book to the Primates, Volume 1 (of 2)Forbes, Henry O. (Henry Ogg)
Science
A Hand-book to the Primates, Volume 1 (of 2)
Forbes, Henry O. (Henry Ogg)
Primates
CHARACTERS.--Fur soft and woolly, mixed with numerous long stiff hairs;
face black; back grizzly blackish-grey in colour; tail the same but darker;
the basal part and tips of the hairs grey, with an intermediate band below
the tips, black; tip of the tail sometimes white; the cheeks, throat,
hands, feet, legs, and the under side of the body, dark reddish bay; the
ears coppery-red.
PLATE XIV.
[Illustration: THE RED TITI.]
{161}DISTRIBUTION.--This species is found throughout the whole of the
Peruvian Amazons, though not in very large numbers--indeed, it is said to
be rare. It has been recorded from Cashiboya on the Ucayali, and Santa Cruz
on the Huallaga. Mr. O. Thomas mentions his having examined twelve
specimens from the Copataza river, and one from Andoas in Ecuador. Of these
he says: "The Andoas specimen, which is a male, differs from the rest in
having the fur on the back of a dirty orange-grey colour, without
annulations, instead of being of a bright annulated black and white. One of
the others, a female, shows a tendency to this condition of the hair, which
is, therefore, probably a seasonal change, as the Andoan specimen was shot
in September, while the others were obtained between December and
February."
III. THE WHITE-CHESTED TITI. CALLITHRIX AMICTA.
_Simia amicta_, Humboldt, Obs. Zool., i., p. 357 (1811).
_Callithrix amicta_, Spix, Sim. et Vespert. Bras., p. 19, pl. xiii.
(1833).
_Callithrix amictus_, Geoffr., Ann. Mus., xix., p. 114 (1812); Gray, Cat.
Monkeys Brit. Mus., p. 54 (1870).
_Callithrix torquata_, Schl., Mus. Pays Bas, vii., p. 235 (part, 1876).
CHARACTERS.--Agrees with the last species in the character of the fur; but
the general colour is black, washed with rufous; the forehead is black; the
chest has a pure white spot; the hands are white, but the feet black; the
tail has the hairs entirely black throughout.
DISTRIBUTION.--Guiana.
IV. THE REED TITI. CALLITHRIX CINERASCENS.
_Callithrix cinerascens_, Spix, Sim. et Vespert. Bras., p. 20, pl. 14
(1823).
_Callithrix donacophilus_, d'Orb., Voy. Amér. Sud, iv., p. 10, pl. 5
(1826); Gray, Cat. Monkeys Brit. Mus., p. 55 (1870).
_Callithrix donacophila_, Geoffr., Cat. Méth. Primates, p. 41 (1851);
Schl., Mus. Pays Bas, vii., p. 240 (1876).
{162}CHARACTERS.--Fur long and similar in character to that of _C.
torquata_; chest and under side of body pale grey or dark reddish-grey;
hands and feet grey; back of the same colour; tail mottled grey,--the hairs
being grey, with black tips.
In some species the fur varies from dark grey washed with rufous, to almost
white, the red wash, where it occurs, sometimes deepening, or almost
vanishing.
DISTRIBUTION.--Mr. Bates observed this species at Serra dos Parentins, in
the Lower Amazon Region above the confluence of the Tapajos with the
Amazon. It also extends to Bolivia and Peru.
V. THE ORABASSU TITI. CALLITHRIX MOLOCH.
_Cebus moloch_, Hoffman, Mag. Gesell. Berlin, x., p. 97 (1807).
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
Reviews
Reviews
No reviews yet
Be the first to share your thoughts on this work.
Elsewhere in the archive
Join the Discussion
Join the discussion
Sign in to leave a comment or review.
Sign InorCreate an account