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
HABITS.--This species, called "Mico Maizero" by the inhabitants of Tolima,
lives as all the _Cebi_ do, in considerable troops in the forests. When
wild, it is restless and destructive, but in captivity it is docile and
affectionate.
VI. THE VARIEGATED CAPUCHIN. CEBUS VARIEGATUS.
_Cebus variegatus_, Geoffr., Ann. Mus., xix., p. 111 (1812).
{212}CHARACTERS.--Head round; muzzle protruding. Fur black, ringed with
golden-yellow; under side of body rufous. Hairs of back brown at base, red
higher up, black at the tips.
DISTRIBUTION.--Brazil.
VII. THE TUFTED CAPUCHIN. CEBUS CIRRIFER.
_Le Sajou negre_, Buffon, Hist. Nat. Mamm. Suppl., p. 109, pl. 28.
_Cebus cirrifer_, Geoffr., Ann. Mus., xix., p. 110 (1812); Gray, Cat.
Monkeys Brit. Mus., p. 49 (1870).
_Cebus cucullatus_, Spix, Sim. et Vespert., Bras., p. 9, pl. 6 (1823,
juv.).
_Macaco prego_, Bates, Nat. Amazon., i., p. 323 (1863).
_Cebus niger_, Schl., Mus. Pays Bas, vii., p. 202 (1876).
CHARACTERS.--Head round; hairs of crown short and reversed, sometimes
elongated into two retrorsal tufts. Fur short, close, and in general colour
maroon, turning to black, darker on the under surface; face, chin, sides of
forehead and a streak above the eyebrows, yellowish-white.
DISTRIBUTION.--Lower Amazon region.
HABITS.--Little is known of this Monkey beyond what Mr. Bates has told us,
viz., that it is a great depredator of the fruit trees. "It is a most
impudent thief; it destroys more than it eats by its random, hasty way of
plucking and breaking the fruits, and when about to return to the forest,
carries away all it can in its hands or under its arms."
VIII. THE CRESTED CAPUCHIN. CEBUS ROBUSTUS.
_Cebus robustus_, Kuhl, Beitr. Zool., p. 35 (1820, ex Neuwied MSS.); Is.
Geoffr., Cat. Méth. Primates, p. 43 (1851); Gray, Cat. Monkeys Brit.
Mus., p. 51 (1870).
{213}_Cebus frontatus_, Kuhl, Beitr. Zool., p. 34 (1820); Schl., Mus.
Pays Bas, vii., p. 206 (1876, part).
_Cebus variegatus_, Schl., Mus. Pays Bas, vii., p. 208 (1876, part).
CHARACTERS.--Crown with hairs elongated into a conical central crest. Fur
bright red; crown bright red like the back, with a black spot.
DISTRIBUTION.--Brazil.
IX. THE GRIZZLED CAPUCHIN. CEBUS ANNELLATUS.
_Cebus annellatus_, Gray, P. Z. S., 1865, p. 827, fig. 3; id. Cat.
Monkeys Brit. Mus., p. 51.
CHARACTERS.--Hair of crown long and erect, forming a central conical crest.
Fur brown, reddish-washed, especially on the thighs, the hairs with several
pale rings; a streak on the sides of the neck bent down on the front of the
shoulders, yellow; belly reddish; crown, temples, whiskers, outer and inner
side of the limbs and tail, black; hair of face deep black; crown-spot
broad, with a broad line to the forehead and another, on each side, to the
whiskers.
DISTRIBUTION.--Brazil.
X. THE WHITE-FRONTED CAPUCHIN. CEBUS ALBIFRONS.
_Simia albifrons_, Humb., Obs. Zool., p. 323 (1811).
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