2 AOTUS 



LITERATURE OF THE SPECIES. 



1812. E. Geoffroy St. Hilaire, in Annates du Museum d'Histoire 



Naturelle, Paris. 



AoTUS MiEiQUOUiNA first described as Pithecia miriquouina. 

 1811? Humboldt, Recueil d' Observations de Zoologie et d'Anatomie 

 (1815). Comparee. 



AoTUS MIRIQUOUINA redescribcd as Simia {Pithecia) azarce; 



and A. trivirgatus, first described as Simia trivirgata. 

 1820. Kuhl, Beitrdge zur Zoologie. 



A. trivirgatus is given in its proper genus ; A. miriquouina is 



given as Pithecia miriquouina; and A. infulatus is first 



described as Callithrix infulatus. 

 1823. Spix, Simiarum Vespertilionum Brasiliensium, Species Nova:. 



A. infulatus redescribed as Nyctipithecus felinus; and A. 



vociferans first described as TV. vociferans. 

 1829. Fischer, Synopsis Mammalium. 



Three species of Aotus are here given under the genus Cebus. 



A. trivirgatus; A. felinus = A. infulatus; and A. miri- 

 quouina. 

 1829. Vigors and Horsfield, in Zoological Journal 



A species of Aotus is here described, but, except as to the 



genus, is undeterminable. 

 1840. R. P. Lesson, Species des Mammiferes Bimanes et Quadru- 



manes. 



The genus Nyctipithecus is here employed for the species of 



Aotus, one species and two varieties being recognized. They 



are {N.) trivirgata; and var. (A'^.) vociferans; and var. 



Le miriquouina = A. miriquouina. 

 1840. Wagner, Schreber, Die Sdugthiere in Abbildungen nach der 



Natur mit Beschreibungen. Supplementband. 



One species is given in this work, A. trivirgatus in the genus 



Nyctipithecus; but A. felinus, = A. infulatus, and A. 



VOCIFERANS are considered synonymous. 

 1843. /. Geoffroy St. Hilaire, in Comptes Rendus. 



A. VOCIFERANS rcdescribcd as Nyctipithecus lemurinus. 

 1848. /. Geoffroy St. Hilaire, in Comptes Rendus 



A. OSERYI first described as Nyctipithecus oseryi. 

 1851. /. Geoffroy St. Hilaire, Catalogue des Primates. 



Three species are here given under Nyctipithecus: A^. felinus = 



A. infulatus ; N. oseryi ; and A^ lemurinus = A. vociferans. 



