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
XII. THE THICK-FURRED CAPUCHIN. CEBUS VELLEROSUS.
_Cebus vellerosus_, Is. Geoffr., Cat. Méth. Primates, p. 44 (1851,
part.); Gray, Cat. Monkeys Brit. Mus., p. 49 (1870).
_Cebus frontatus_, Schl., Mus. Pays Bas, vii., p. 206 (1876, part.).
CHARACTERS.--Hairs of crown short; those on the side of the dark and narrow
crown-spot, produced on the sides into two horns or crests. Fur thick and
long, mingled with still longer glancing hairs; general colour
blackish-brown; top of head, nape of neck, and whiskers black. (_Gray._)
DISTRIBUTION.--Brazil.
The following species has been described by Dr. Gray, but very little, if
anything, is known of its habits or of the exact locality in which it
lives.
XIII. THE PALE CAPUCHIN. CEBUS FLAVESCENS.
_Cebus unicolor_ (nec Spix), Spix, Sim. et Vespert., Bras., p. 7 pl. 4
(1823, part).
_Cebus gracilis_ (nec Spix), Gray, List Mamm. Brit. Mus., p. 12 (1843).
_Cebus flavescens_, Gray, P. Z. S., 1865, p. 827; id. Cat. Monkeys Brit.
Mus., p. 51 (1870).
CHARACTERS.--Fur nearly uniform pale yellowish-fulvous; the {218}cheeks,
whiskers, and hair under the throat, greyish; the crown, nape, and middle
part of the back rather darker; outside of the leg somewhat redder; hair on
top of head and nape rather elongate, directed backward, but not forming a
crest.
DISTRIBUTION.--Brazil.
XIV. THE GOLDEN-HANDED CAPUCHIN. CEBUS CHRYSOPUS.
_Cebus chrysopes_, F. Cuvier, Hist. Nat. Mamm., pl. 51 (part.).
_Cebus chrysopus_, Fischer, Syn. Mamm., p. 51 (1829); Is. Geoffr., Cat.
Méth. Primates, p. 47 (1851); Gray, Cat. Monkeys Brit. Mus., p. 51
(1870).
_Cebus albifrons_, Schl., Mus. Pays Bas, vii., p. 195 (1876, part.).
CHARACTERS.--Fur soft; hairs of crown of head radiating from a centre,
directed forward in front, forming a transverse crest on the middle of the
crown. Face, throat, chest, and front of shoulders, pale greyish-brown;
back of head and eyebrows blackish. General colour of body pale
sooty-brown, washed with golden; outer side of limbs golden-buff.
DISTRIBUTION.--United States of Colombia.
XV. THE BONNETTED CAPUCHIN. CEBUS SUBCRISTATUS.
_Cebus subcristatus_, Gray, P. Z. S., 1865, p. 827; id. Cat. Monkeys
Brit. Mus., p. 52 (1870).
_? Cebus frontatus_, Schl., Mus. Pays Bas, vii., p. 206 (1876, part.).
CHARACTERS.--Hair of crown elongate, divided by a central line diverging to
the eyebrows, forming an erect transverse crest behind them. Fur
blackish-brown; sides of face pale ashy; {219}front of shoulders and of
arms and outer side of legs, yellowish. Digits long and very slender.
DISTRIBUTION.--Brazil.
XVI. THE CAPPED CAPUCHIN. CEBUS CAPILLATUS.
_Cebus capillatus_, Gray, P. Z. S., 1865, p. 827, fig. 1; id. Cat.
Monkeys Brit. Mus., p. 52 (1870).
_? Cebus frontatus_, Schl., Mus. Pays Bas, viii, p. 206 (1876, part.)
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