﻿THE 
  SPIDER 
  MONKEYS 
  — 
  KELLOGG 
  AND 
  GOLDMAN 
  3 
  

  

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  is 
  a 
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  piwiously 
  jmblislied 
  

   ofenerio 
  name 
  that 
  has 
  the 
  same 
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  and 
  meaning 
  but 
  that 
  dill'ers 
  

   from 
  the 
  hitter 
  in 
  more 
  than 
  one 
  letter. 
  If 
  the 
  "one 
  letter" 
  rule 
  is 
  

   strictly 
  adhered 
  to, 
  then 
  Sopajou 
  Lacepi'de 
  (Tableau 
  des 
  divisions, 
  

   sous-divisions, 
  ordres 
  et 
  genres 
  des 
  mannniferes, 
  p. 
  4. 
  Published 
  as 
  

   supplement 
  to 
  Discours 
  d'ouverture 
  et 
  de 
  cloture 
  du 
  cours 
  d'histoire 
  

   naturellc, 
  et 
  tableaux 
  nu'thodiques 
  des 
  mannniferes 
  et 
  des 
  oiseaux, 
  1799) 
  

   is 
  the 
  oldest 
  available 
  name 
  for 
  the 
  spider 
  monkeys. 
  The 
  genotype 
  of 
  

   Sapajou 
  Lacepede 
  is 
  Sapaj&u 
  paniscus 
  Lacepede=/S'/wMf 
  paniscus 
  Lin- 
  

   naeus. 
  Pending 
  an 
  opinion 
  from 
  the 
  International 
  Commission 
  on 
  

   Zoological 
  Xomenclature, 
  the 
  generic 
  name 
  Ateles 
  E. 
  Geoffroy 
  (Ann. 
  

   Mus. 
  Hist. 
  Nat. 
  Paris, 
  vol. 
  7, 
  p. 
  2G2, 
  1806) 
  , 
  of 
  which 
  the 
  genotype 
  is 
  

   likewise 
  Simla 
  paiiiscus 
  Linnaeus, 
  is 
  here 
  retained 
  for 
  the 
  spider 
  

   monkeys. 
  

  

  We 
  have 
  been 
  unable 
  to 
  reach 
  any 
  satisfactory 
  conclusions 
  regarding 
  

   the 
  identity 
  of 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  descril)ed 
  spider 
  monkeys 
  allocated 
  to 
  this 
  

   genus. 
  The 
  '"Antigua 
  Monkey" 
  was 
  described 
  by 
  Pennant 
  (His- 
  

   tory 
  of 
  quadrupeds, 
  vol. 
  1, 
  p. 
  206 
  (no. 
  212), 
  1781) 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  

  

  Mfonkey] 
  with 
  a 
  short 
  nose; 
  black 
  face, 
  hair 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  long; 
  back 
  and 
  sides 
  

   orango 
  and 
  black, 
  intimately 
  mixed 
  ; 
  holly 
  white; 
  outside 
  of 
  lops 
  black 
  ; 
  inside 
  ash- 
  

   I'olorotl 
  ; 
  tail 
  of 
  a 
  dusky 
  ash; 
  its 
  length 
  20 
  inches; 
  that 
  of 
  body 
  oightocn. 
  

  

  Lately 
  in 
  possossion 
  of 
  Richard 
  Morris, 
  Esq. 
  of 
  the 
  Navy-Offico; 
  brought 
  from 
  

   Antigua; 
  but 
  its 
  native 
  place 
  uncertain; 
  very 
  good-natured, 
  lively, 
  and 
  full 
  of 
  

   tricks; 
  frequently 
  hung 
  by 
  its 
  tail. 
  

  

  This 
  monkey 
  subsecpiently 
  became 
  the 
  basis 
  for 
  [^Sinua] 
  Sapajus 
  

   variefjatuH 
  Kerr 
  (The 
  Animal 
  Kingdom, 
  p. 
  79, 
  1792) 
  and 
  Simia 
  antiqu- 
  

   ana 
  Pechstein 
  (Thomas 
  Pennant's 
  Allgemeine 
  Uebersicht 
  der 
  vierfiis- 
  

   sigen 
  Thiere, 
  vol. 
  1, 
  p. 
  227, 
  footnote, 
  1799). 
  In 
  our 
  judgment 
  these 
  

   names 
  apply 
  clearly 
  to 
  a 
  spider 
  monkey, 
  and 
  quite 
  likely 
  to 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  

   Middle 
  American 
  subspecies, 
  but 
  since 
  the 
  characters 
  given 
  are 
  not 
  

   sufficient 
  to 
  identify 
  the 
  race 
  positively, 
  we 
  believe 
  both 
  shoidd 
  be 
  held 
  

   unident 
  ifiable. 
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  Atclcs 
  variegatws 
  (Kerr) 
  antedates 
  .1 
  tchfi 
  va/ic 
  

   fjahiJi 
  ^^'agner, 
  the 
  latter 
  being 
  preoccupied 
  must 
  be 
  supplanted 
  by 
  

   Ateles 
  hehehutli 
  E. 
  Geoffroy, 
  which 
  also 
  has 
  priority. 
  

  

  Despite 
  strongly 
  contrasting 
  patterns 
  of 
  color, 
  dilfering 
  lengths 
  of 
  

   pelage, 
  and 
  to 
  some 
  extent 
  varying 
  tail 
  and 
  foot 
  proportions, 
  the 
  strik- 
  

   ing 
  similarity 
  of 
  all 
  the 
  spider 
  monkeys 
  in 
  the 
  more 
  essential 
  cranial 
  

   features 
  seems 
  to 
  indicate 
  close 
  reiationsiiips. 
  The 
  nominal 
  sjxries 
  

   arc 
  here 
  reduced 
  to 
  foiii-. 
  mimI 
  it 
  seems 
  to 
  us 
  probable 
  that 
  additional 
  

   study 
  of 
  the 
  genus 
  based 
  on 
  moiv 
  complete 
  collections 
  may 
  result 
  in 
  a 
  

   further 
  le.ssening 
  of 
  the 
  number. 
  The 
  most 
  divergent 
  forms 
  are 
  the 
  

   I'lack 
  paniscus 
  of 
  French 
  Ciuiana 
  and 
  the 
  silvery-bellied 
  yucatanensis 
  

   (jf 
  Qiiintana 
  Koo. 
  Perhaps 
  the 
  most 
  clearly 
  defined 
  line 
  of 
  demarca- 
  

   tion 
  between 
  species, 
  as 
  we 
  understand 
  them, 
  is 
  in 
  eastern 
  Panama, 
  

   where 
  the 
  range 
  of 
  the 
  deep 
  reddish 
  panamcnsM, 
  a 
  member 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  