A Hand-book to the Primates, Volume 1 (of 2)Forbes, Henry O. (Henry Ogg)
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A Hand-book to the Primates, Volume 1 (of 2)
Forbes, Henry O. (Henry Ogg)
Primates
_Callithrix moloch_, Geoffr., Arch. Museum, iv., p. 33, pl. 3(1844), id.,
Ann. Mus., xix., p. 114 (1812); Gray, Cat. Monkeys Brit. Mus., p. 55
(1870).
CHARACTERS.--Differs from the Reed Titi in having the cheeks, chest, and
belly red. Hands and feet of the same colour as the back, grey.
The cerebral convolutions of this animal are, according to M. C. Dareste,
exactly those of a "Maki," or _Lemur_.
DISTRIBUTION.--Throughout Brazil.
VI. THE ORNATE TITI. CALLITHRIX ORNATA.
_Callithrix discolor_, Verreaux, M.S. (nec Geoffr.).
_Callithrix ornata_, Gray, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., xvii., p. 57 (1866).
_Callithrix ornatus_, Gray, Cat. Monkeys Brit. Mus., p. 55 (1870).
{163}CHARACTERS.--General colour black and grey, grizzled; forehead and
ears white, instead of black as in _C. caligata_, or coppery-red as in _C.
cuprea_; temples, cheeks, throat, under side of body, and inner side of
legs, bright chestnut; hands and feet grey; tail black, with a grey
tinge,--the hairs being grey, with a dark ring near the tip of each; hands
and feet the colour of the back.
DISTRIBUTION.--U. S. Colombia; vicinity of Bogotá.
HABITS.--This species is arboreal, like the other members of its genus, and
it is said to be nocturnal. It spends the day rolled up very much as many
of the Lemurs do.
VII. THE MASKED TITI. CALLITHRIX PERSONATA.
_Callithrix personatus_, Geoffr., Ann. Mus., xix., p. 113 (1812); Spix,
Sim. et Vespert. Bras., p. 18, pl. 12 (1823); Gray, Cat. Monkeys Brit.
Mus., p. 56 (1870).
_Callithrix brunnea_, Wagner, Arch. f. Naturg., 1842, i., p. 357 (ex
Natterer, MSS.).
_Pithecia melanops_, Vigors, Cat. Coll. Zool. Soc., p. 6.
_Callithrix personata_, Schl., Mus. Pays. Bas, vii., p. 231 (1876).
CHARACTERS.--Size larger than that of the other Titis. Style of fur the
same as in the previous species, but longer, and the long stiff hairs more
bristly; general colour black, mottled with grey rings on the hairs; back
grizzled grey; entire head, hands, feet, and lower part of limbs, black;
chest, under side of the body, and tail dark ashy-grey, the latter washed
at the base, sometimes extensively, with rufous, and grey towards the tip
below.
FEMALE.--Body strongly washed with whitish-yellow, and the tail with
rufous; forehead between the ears, black.
{164}DISTRIBUTION.--Upper Amazon. Of all the species of the genus, this
ranges furthest to the south--to 14° S. lat.
VIII. THE BLACK-FRONTED TITI. CALLITHRIX NIGRIFRONS.
_Callithrix nigrifrons_, Spix, Sim. et Vespert. Bras., p. 21, pl. 15
(1823); Gray, Cat. Monkeys Brit. Mus., p. 56 (1870); Schl., Mus. Pays
Bas, vii., p. 232 (1876).
CHARACTERS.--Nearly allied to the Masked Titi (_C. personata_), but
distinguished by the nearly white back of the head and nape of the neck,
and by the hairs at the base of the tail being entirely red.
DISTRIBUTION.--Upper Amazonia.
IX. THE RED-BELLIED TITI. CALLITHRIX CASTANEIVENTRIS.
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