﻿MAMMALS 
  OF 
  NORTHERN 
  COLOMBIA 
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  sent 
  abroad 
  in 
  1820 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  exploring 
  the 
  natural 
  history 
  

   of 
  little-known 
  regions. 
  The 
  first 
  of 
  the 
  student 
  travelers, 
  Godefroy, 
  

   was 
  killed 
  in 
  an 
  insurrection 
  by 
  natives 
  shortly 
  after 
  his 
  arrival 
  at 
  

   Manila. 
  The 
  second, 
  Havet, 
  died 
  in 
  Madagascar 
  following 
  hardships 
  

   he 
  endured 
  in 
  pursuing 
  his 
  work. 
  The 
  third, 
  Pl^e, 
  arrived 
  safely 
  at 
  

   the 
  island 
  of 
  St. 
  Thomas 
  in 
  the 
  Antilles. 
  He 
  then 
  proceeded 
  to 
  Mar- 
  

   tinique 
  and 
  was 
  supposed 
  to 
  have 
  continued 
  into 
  Colombia, 
  Venezuela, 
  

   and 
  the 
  United 
  States. 
  The 
  time 
  spent 
  by 
  Pl^e 
  in 
  his 
  travels 
  is 
  not 
  

   exactly 
  laiown. 
  He 
  made 
  three 
  shipments 
  of 
  his 
  collections 
  to 
  the 
  

   Paris 
  Museum, 
  but 
  the 
  specimens 
  sent 
  were 
  accompanied 
  by 
  little 
  or 
  

   no 
  data. 
  The 
  last 
  shipment 
  was 
  made 
  from 
  the 
  Antilles 
  in 
  1826, 
  after 
  

   Plee's 
  death. 
  Presumably, 
  Plee 
  kept 
  a 
  personal 
  account 
  of 
  his 
  itiner- 
  

   ary, 
  his 
  observations, 
  and 
  the 
  specimens 
  he 
  preserved. 
  Unfortu- 
  

   nately, 
  he, 
  like 
  the 
  others, 
  met 
  with 
  an 
  untimely 
  death 
  in 
  the 
  midst 
  

   of 
  his 
  work, 
  and 
  all 
  the 
  valuable 
  information 
  he 
  might 
  have 
  accumu- 
  

   lated 
  was 
  lost 
  with 
  him. 
  There 
  has 
  been 
  little 
  confusion, 
  however, 
  

   in 
  determining 
  the 
  Colombian 
  locality 
  of 
  certain 
  mammals 
  collected 
  

   by 
  Plee. 
  Comparison 
  of 
  Plee 
  specimens 
  with 
  Colombian 
  mammals 
  

   have 
  fairly 
  well 
  established 
  that 
  they 
  must 
  have 
  originated 
  at 
  various 
  

   points 
  along 
  the 
  banks 
  of 
  the 
  Rio 
  Magdalena 
  in 
  the 
  departments 
  of 
  

   Magdalena 
  and 
  Bolivar. 
  

  

  Specimens 
  examined. 
  — 
  Five. 
  Norosi, 
  4 
  (U.S.N.M.) 
  ; 
  Rio 
  San 
  Pedro, 
  

   1 
  (U.S.N.M.). 
  

  

  CEBUS 
  ALBIFRONS 
  VERSICOLOR 
  Pucheran 
  

  

  (C/. 
  p. 
  343 
  for 
  nomenclatorial 
  discussion) 
  

  

  Cebus 
  versicolor 
  Pucheran, 
  Rev. 
  Zool., 
  Paris, 
  vol. 
  8, 
  p. 
  335, 
  1845. 
  — 
  Cabrera, 
  

  

  Rev. 
  Real. 
  Acad. 
  Cienc. 
  Madrid, 
  vol. 
  16, 
  ser. 
  2, 
  p. 
  230, 
  1917. 
  

   Cebus 
  albifrons, 
  Schlegel, 
  Mus. 
  Hist. 
  Nat. 
  Pays-Bas, 
  p. 
  195, 
  1876 
  (part; 
  specimen 
  

  

  No. 
  3, 
  p. 
  197, 
  "prSs 
  de 
  MedeUin"). 
  — 
  Elliot, 
  A 
  review 
  of 
  the 
  Primates, 
  vol. 
  2, 
  

  

  p. 
  88, 
  1913, 
  (part). 
  

   Cebus 
  c[apucinus] 
  versicolor, 
  Pusch, 
  Zeitschr. 
  fUr 
  Sauget., 
  vol. 
  16, 
  p. 
  193, 
  1941, 
  

  

  part 
  (Colombia). 
  

  

  Holotype. 
  — 
  Mounted 
  specimen, 
  skull 
  in 
  skin, 
  Museum 
  National 
  

   d'Histoire 
  Naturelle, 
  Paris, 
  Type 
  Catalogue 
  No. 
  86, 
  Accession 
  Cat- 
  

   alogue 
  No. 
  559 
  (479); 
  received 
  from 
  M. 
  Jurgens 
  in 
  1844. 
  

  

  Type 
  locality. 
  — 
  Originally 
  given 
  as"Santa-Fe 
  de 
  Bogota," 
  Colombia. 
  

   No 
  monkeys 
  occur 
  in 
  the 
  immediate 
  vicinity 
  of 
  the 
  city 
  of 
  Bogota 
  (see 
  

   Remarks, 
  below). 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  The 
  middle 
  Rio 
  Magdalena 
  region 
  exclusive 
  of 
  the 
  

   western 
  slope 
  of 
  the 
  Cordillera 
  Oriental, 
  from 
  the 
  departments 
  of 
  Cun- 
  

   dinamarca 
  and 
  Tolima 
  north 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  the 
  southern 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  

   department 
  of 
  Magdalena 
  (Gamarra), 
  Colombia. 
  

  

  Characters. 
  — 
  Paler 
  than 
  pleei, 
  less 
  red 
  on 
  dorsal 
  surface; 
  darker 
  than 
  

   cesarae, 
  more 
  red 
  on 
  limbs. 
  Cap 
  Snuff 
  Brown 
  to 
  Prout's 
  Brown; 
  

   median 
  dorsal 
  region 
  Snuff 
  Brown 
  becoming 
  Tawny 
  posteriorly; 
  

  

  