44 ATELEUS 



Ateleus geoffroyi Kuhl. 



Ateles (!) geoffroyi Kuhl, Beitr. Zool., 1820, p. 26; Wagn., 

 Schreb., Saugth. Suppl., I, 1840, p. 40; V, 1855, p. 200, pi. 

 XXVI E; Schleg., Mus. Pays-Bas, Simias, 1876, p. 181; 

 Alston, Biol. Centr. Amer., I, Mamm., 1879, p. 8; Anders., 

 Cat. Mamm. Ind. Mus. Calc, 1881, p. 83; Forbes, Handb. 

 Primates, I, 1894, p. 233 ; Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 

 1904, p. 5 ; Elliot, Mamm. Middle Amer. and W. Indies, Field 

 Columb. Mus. Pub., IV, Pt. II, 1904, p. 733, Zool. Ser. ; Id. 

 Check-L. Mamm., N. Amer. Cont. and W. Ind., Field 

 Columb. Mus. Pub., VI, 1905, p. 535, Zool. Ser. 



Ateles (!) melanochir Desm., Mamm., 1820, p. 76; Less., Spec. 

 Mamm., 1840, p. 133 ; Wagn., Schreb., Saugth. Suppl., I, 

 1840, p. 200; V, 1855, p. 78; I. Geoff., Cat Primates, 1851, p. 

 49; Dahlb., Stud. Zool. Reg. Fam. Anim. Natur., fasc. I, 

 1856, pp. 171, 172; Reichenb., Vollstand Naturg. Affen, 1862, 

 p. 62, fig. 155; Sclat., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1870, p. 797; 

 1871, p. 226, pi. XV; 1875, p. 419, pis. XLVIII, XLIX ; Gray, 

 Cat. Monkeys, Lemurs and Fruit-eating Bats, Brit. Mus., 

 1870, p. 43. 



Eriodes frontatus Gray, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 1842, p. 256; Id. 

 Voy. Sulphur, Zool., p. 9, pi. I; Frantz., Wieg^., Archiv., 

 XXXV, 1869, p. 257; Sclat., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1882, p. 

 186; Reichenb., Vollstand. Naturg. Affen, 1862, p. 57, figs. 

 138, 139. 



Sapajou geoffroyi Slack, Proc. Acad. Nat. Scien. Phila., 1862^ p. 

 511, $. (nee c?). 



Ateles ( !) melanochir var. frontatus Gray, Cat. Monkeys, Lemurs 

 and Fruit-eating Bats, Brit. Mus., 1870 p. 44. 



Ateles ( !) albifrons Gray, Cat. Monkeys, Lemurs and Fruit- 

 eating Bats, Brit. Mus., 1870, p. 44. 



Ateles ( !) ornatus Gray, Cat. Monkeys, Lemurs and Fruit-eating 

 Bats, Brit. Mus., 1870, p. 44. 



Large Yellowish Brown Spider Monkey Belt, Nat. Nicarag., 1874, 

 p. 117. 



CEOFFROY'S SPIDER MONKEY. 



Type locality. Unknown. Type in Paris Museum. 

 Geogr. Distr. Nicaragua, Central America to Colombia, South 

 America. Pozo Azul, Central Costa Rica, (Allen). 

 Genl. Char. Thumb absent. 

 Color. This species varies greatly and has been described under 



