﻿THE 
  SPIDER 
  MONKEYS 
  KELLOtIG 
  AND 
  tlOLDMAX 
  11 
  

  

  ATELES 
  PANISCUS 
  PANISCUS 
  (Linnacug) 
  

  

  Guiana 
  Black 
  Spider 
  Monkey; 
  Le 
  Coaita 
  

  

  [Siniin] 
  pdiii.srus 
  L^^•NA^n^s, 
  Systoiiia 
  natural, 
  cd. 
  10, 
  vol. 
  1, 
  p. 
  2(5. 
  1758. 
  

  

  SdiJitjoH 
  pani'^cufi 
  L.vcia'KDt; 
  Tableau 
  dcs 
  divisicms, 
  sous-divisions, 
  ordres 
  et 
  genres 
  

   lies 
  inaiimiifOres. 
  p. 
  4, 
  linit. 
  [Published 
  as 
  supplement 
  to 
  Di.scours 
  d'ouver- 
  

   turo 
  et 
  de 
  cloture 
  du 
  cours 
  d'histoire 
  naturelle, 
  et 
  tableaux 
  nu'thodique 
  des 
  

   inamniifdres 
  et 
  des 
  oiseaux. 
  ] 
  

  

  Ateles 
  pentadactyltis 
  E. 
  Gewfbroy, 
  Ann. 
  Mus. 
  Hist. 
  Nat. 
  Paris, 
  vol. 
  7, 
  p. 
  2G9, 
  180G. 
  

   Type 
  locality, 
  Cayenne, 
  P^rcnch 
  Guiana. 
  (Description 
  based 
  on 
  female 
  col- 
  

   lected 
  by 
  Martin.) 
  

  

  Atclea 
  nubpcnfadarti/Iuii 
  Desmakest, 
  Encyclopedie 
  methodique 
  (Zoologie), 
  Mam- 
  

   nialogie, 
  pt. 
  1, 
  p. 
  73. 
  1^20. 
  Typo 
  locality, 
  '"La 
  Cuyane 
  fran(;ai.se, 
  la 
  cote 
  de 
  

   liancet 
  au 
  P(>rou" 
  (part). 
  

  

  A[t€lc8] 
  utrr 
  F. 
  Cuvieb, 
  Ilistoire 
  naturelle 
  des 
  mammif^^res, 
  vol. 
  3. 
  livr. 
  X). 
  p. 
  [1 
  I, 
  

   pi. 
  — 
  , 
  Mar. 
  1823. 
  Type 
  k>cality, 
  Cayenne, 
  French 
  Guiana 
  (see 
  I. 
  Geofifroy, 
  

   1851, 
  Catalogue 
  methodique 
  de 
  la 
  collection 
  des 
  mammif«^res, 
  pt. 
  1 
  (Catalogue 
  

   des 
  Primates), 
  p. 
  48). 
  ("Le 
  Cayou" 
  is 
  based 
  on 
  a 
  rather 
  young 
  female.) 
  

  

  [Cebus 
  paniscus] 
  siirituiDirnsis 
  Fiscin^. 
  Synopsis 
  niammalium, 
  p. 
  39, 
  182f). 
  Type 
  

   locality, 
  not 
  designated. 
  

  

  [Cebus 
  panismi] 
  ftnioincnsis 
  Fischer, 
  Synopsis 
  mammaliuni, 
  p. 
  30, 
  1820. 
  Type 
  

   locality, 
  "Guyana 
  Gallica." 
  

  

  Ti/pe 
  locality. 
  — 
  "South 
  America 
  : 
  Brazil" 
  ["La 
  Guyane" 
  given 
  as 
  the 
  

   "Patrie" 
  by 
  E. 
  Geoflfroy, 
  Catalo^ruo 
  Mammi 
  feres 
  Mus. 
  Nat. 
  Hist. 
  Nat. 
  

   Paris, 
  p. 
  G, 
  18U3. 
  Here 
  restricted 
  to 
  French 
  Guiana.] 
  

  

  Type 
  specimen. 
  — 
  Unknown. 
  

  

  Dt.strihution. 
  — 
  North 
  side 
  of 
  Amazon 
  River 
  east 
  of 
  Manaos 
  and 
  

   north 
  to 
  Caribbean 
  coast 
  of 
  the 
  Guianas. 
  

  

  General 
  characters. 
  — 
  A 
  black 
  monkey 
  Avilli 
  face 
  normally 
  flesh- 
  

   cr)hjred 
  ; 
  pehi^e 
  silky, 
  lax, 
  and 
  very 
  long 
  (majority 
  of 
  hairs 
  on 
  mid- 
  

   line 
  of 
  back 
  75-150 
  mm. 
  in 
  length, 
  and 
  on 
  upper 
  basal 
  half 
  of 
  tail 
  

   50-100 
  mm. 
  in 
  lenglh) 
  ; 
  hind 
  foot 
  large 
  (190-220 
  mm.); 
  tail 
  often 
  

   more 
  than 
  t\vice 
  length 
  of 
  head 
  and 
  body. 
  Differs 
  from 
  chamek 
  of 
  

   Peru 
  mainly 
  in 
  normally 
  flesh-colored 
  instead 
  of 
  normally 
  black 
  face 
  

   and 
  in 
  longer 
  pelage 
  (majority 
  of 
  hairs 
  on 
  midline 
  of 
  back 
  less 
  than 
  

   75 
  mm. 
  in 
  length 
  and 
  on 
  iipjwr 
  base 
  of 
  tail 
  less 
  than 
  50 
  mm. 
  in 
  length 
  

   in 
  cham/'h). 
  Differs 
  from 
  A. 
  hehehuth 
  hclzelntth 
  of 
  Venezuela 
  in 
  

   much 
  longer 
  pelage 
  and 
  nearly 
  uniform 
  black 
  instead 
  of 
  contrasting 
  

   colors 
  of 
  upi)er 
  and 
  un(lerf)arts. 
  Differs 
  from 
  A. 
  hehehuth 
  maryinafus 
  

   ')f 
  the 
  Kio 
  Tapajoz 
  region 
  of 
  the 
  southern 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  Kio 
  Amazonas, 
  

   Hrazil, 
  in 
  longer 
  pelage, 
  larger 
  foot, 
  and 
  lack 
  of 
  the 
  semilunar 
  white 
  

   forehead 
  patch 
  present 
  in 
  maryinatim. 
  

  

  ( 
  ''ilor.--VjU\ 
  iic 
  pelage 
  deep 
  ghtssy 
  black 
  ; 
  face 
  noiinall 
  y 
  (lesh-coloied. 
  

  

  t</.ull. 
  — 
  ^kull 
  large, 
  with 
  anteiior 
  profile 
  strongly 
  inclined 
  backward 
  

   to 
  vault 
  of 
  brain 
  ca.se; 
  premaxillae, 
  when 
  viewed 
  from 
  above, 
  rela- 
  

   tively 
  brf)ad 
  ; 
  nasal 
  opening 
  much 
  elongated. 
  Very 
  similar 
  to 
  skulls 
  

   of 
  chamek 
  and 
  helzebrith^ 
  but 
  brain 
  case 
  somewhat 
  less 
  highly 
  arched 
  

   than 
  either; 
  rostrum 
  bioailer. 
  the 
  sides 
  more 
  inflalid 
  at 
  base 
  and 
  

  

  