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  In 
  the 
  synonymy 
  of 
  capucinus, 
  Erxleben 
  cited 
  the 
  references 
  to 
  Simia 
  

   capucina 
  Linnaeus 
  1754 
  and 
  1758, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  the 
  1766 
  version 
  of 
  capu- 
  

   cina 
  and 
  numerous 
  other 
  citations 
  to 
  black, 
  gray, 
  and 
  brown 
  monkeys 
  

   which 
  he 
  thought 
  differed 
  little, 
  if 
  at 
  all, 
  from 
  apella, 
  a 
  "tufted" 
  

   Cebus. 
  However, 
  Opinion 
  91 
  of 
  the 
  International 
  Commission 
  on 
  

   Zoological 
  Nomenclature, 
  which 
  placed 
  "Cebus 
  ErxL, 
  1777, 
  44, 
  type 
  

   Simia 
  capucina 
  Linn., 
  1758a, 
  29" 
  in 
  the 
  official 
  list 
  of 
  generic 
  names, 
  

   automatically 
  restricts 
  the 
  identification 
  of 
  Erxleben's 
  capucinus. 
  

  

  Cebus 
  capucinus, 
  of 
  authors. 
  Soon 
  after 
  the 
  generic 
  name 
  Cebus 
  

   was 
  reserved 
  for 
  the 
  species 
  listed 
  above 
  (see 
  capucinus 
  Erxleben), 
  the 
  

   specific 
  name 
  capucinus 
  was 
  adopted, 
  erroneously, 
  for 
  the 
  dark 
  brown 
  

   "un 
  tufted" 
  Cebus 
  of 
  the 
  Guianas, 
  Venezuela, 
  and 
  northern 
  Brazil. 
  

   Humboldt 
  (1812, 
  pp. 
  324-325) 
  described 
  this 
  species, 
  his 
  "Matchi" 
  of 
  

   Caracas 
  and 
  Calabozo, 
  under 
  the 
  name 
  Simia 
  capucina 
  and 
  distin- 
  

   guished 
  it 
  from 
  the 
  "tufted" 
  apella. 
  He 
  was 
  soon 
  followed 
  by 
  

   E. 
  Geoff 
  roy 
  (1812, 
  p. 
  Ill), 
  who 
  also 
  used 
  the 
  name 
  capucinus 
  for 
  the 
  

   dark 
  brown 
  "untufted" 
  Cebus. 
  Geoffroy 
  included 
  in 
  the 
  sjmonymy 
  

   of 
  Cebus 
  capucinus 
  the 
  Sal 
  of 
  Buff 
  on 
  and 
  of 
  Audebert 
  (fam. 
  5, 
  sect. 
  2, 
  

   pi. 
  4, 
  1797), 
  both 
  beyond 
  a 
  shadow 
  of 
  a 
  doubt 
  identical 
  with 
  the 
  

   animal 
  later 
  described 
  by 
  Wagner 
  as 
  C. 
  nigrivittatus. 
  Cuvier 
  (1820, 
  

   p. 
  2, 
  pi.) 
  added 
  an 
  excellent 
  colored 
  figure 
  of 
  the 
  dark 
  brown 
  "un- 
  

   tufted" 
  Cebus 
  with 
  the 
  wedge-shaped 
  coronal 
  cap 
  to 
  the 
  previous 
  ones 
  

   identified 
  as 
  Cebus 
  capucinus 
  by 
  early 
  post-Linnaean 
  authors. 
  Con- 
  

   cerning 
  this 
  figure, 
  the 
  sojou 
  brun 
  femelle, 
  Cuv^ier 
  remarked, 
  "C'est 
  

   sans 
  doute 
  le 
  Simia 
  capucina 
  des 
  auteurs 
  systematiques, 
  si 
  mon 
  Sal 
  

   est 
  leur 
  Simia 
  appella 
  [sic]." 
  It 
  is 
  clear, 
  however, 
  that 
  the 
  name 
  

   capucinus 
  cannot 
  be 
  applied 
  to 
  the 
  brown 
  "untufted" 
  Cebus 
  of 
  authors. 
  

   Its 
  use 
  is 
  restricted 
  by 
  the 
  original 
  description 
  in 
  1(758 
  to 
  what 
  is 
  held 
  

   to 
  be 
  the 
  black 
  white-fronted 
  Cebus. 
  It 
  has 
  already 
  been 
  shown, 
  

   amply 
  and 
  repeatedly, 
  by 
  various 
  authors 
  that 
  the 
  capucinus 
  of 
  early 
  

   post-Linnaean 
  authors 
  is 
  equivalent 
  to 
  the 
  conspecific 
  nigrivittatus 
  

   Wagner 
  and 
  olivaceus 
  Schomburgk. 
  This 
  was 
  first 
  indicated 
  by 
  

   Pucheran 
  (1856, 
  p. 
  34), 
  then 
  by 
  Schlegel 
  (1876, 
  p. 
  191), 
  by 
  Cabrera 
  

   (1917a, 
  p. 
  227), 
  and 
  finally 
  by 
  Bourdelle 
  and 
  Mathias 
  (1928, 
  p. 
  188). 
  

   Again, 
  Cabrera 
  (1939, 
  p. 
  19) 
  reviewed 
  the 
  history 
  of 
  capucinus 
  of 
  

   authors 
  and 
  affirm.ed 
  its 
  identity 
  with 
  C. 
  nigrivittatus 
  Wagner. 
  Cabrera 
  

   has 
  gone 
  farther, 
  however, 
  in 
  asserting 
  that 
  Simia 
  capucina 
  Linnaeus, 
  

   1766, 
  not 
  1758, 
  must 
  be 
  regarded 
  as 
  the 
  genotype 
  fixed 
  by 
  Elliot 
  

   (1907a, 
  p. 
  560). 
  That 
  capucinus 
  Linnaeus, 
  1766, 
  is 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  

   capucinus 
  of 
  early 
  authors 
  is 
  debatable. 
  The 
  primary 
  reference 
  makes 
  

   it 
  a 
  synonym 
  of 
  capucinus, 
  1758, 
  The 
  secondary 
  reference 
  makes 
  it 
  a 
  

   homonym, 
  if 
  the 
  animal 
  described 
  is 
  at 
  all 
  identifiable. 
  Elliot, 
  in 
  

   designating 
  the 
  type 
  of 
  the 
  genus 
  Cebus 
  Erxleben, 
  gave 
  only 
  "Simia 
  

   capucina 
  Linnaeus." 
  In 
  his 
  synonymy 
  of 
  capucinus 
  as 
  the 
  genotype 
  

  

  