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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  MUSEUM 
  vol. 
  es 
  

  

  of 
  the 
  Colombian 
  Andes, 
  while 
  A. 
  t. 
  microdon 
  Dollman, 
  nigriceps 
  

   Dollman 
  (miconax 
  Thomas, 
  a 
  synonym), 
  and 
  A. 
  t. 
  boliviensis 
  Elliot 
  

   (bidentatus 
  Lonnberg, 
  a 
  synonym) 
  are 
  parallel 
  forms 
  distributed 
  

   along 
  the 
  Ecuadorian, 
  Peruvian, 
  and 
  Bolivian 
  Andes, 
  respectively. 
  

   In 
  the 
  following 
  account 
  only 
  the 
  night 
  monkeys 
  recorded 
  from 
  

   Central 
  America 
  and 
  western 
  Colombia 
  are 
  discussed 
  in 
  detail. 
  

  

  Vernacular 
  names 
  of 
  night 
  monkeys 
  are 
  derived 
  from 
  their 
  external 
  

   appearance 
  or 
  resemblance 
  to 
  other, 
  better-known 
  animals, 
  from 
  their 
  

   special 
  markings, 
  and 
  from 
  their 
  habits 
  and 
  cries. 
  These 
  are, 
  of 
  

   course, 
  the 
  principal 
  basic 
  origins 
  of 
  vernacular 
  names 
  for 
  other 
  

   animals 
  as 
  well. 
  In 
  many 
  parts 
  of 
  Colombia, 
  Aotus, 
  in 
  common 
  with 
  

   Potosflavus 
  and 
  Caluromys 
  laniger, 
  is 
  known 
  as 
  marta 
  or 
  its 
  variants, 
  

   martica 
  and 
  marteja. 
  The 
  name 
  marta 
  was 
  applied 
  by 
  Spanish 
  

   colonizers 
  to 
  these 
  species 
  because 
  of 
  a 
  casual 
  resemblance 
  between 
  

   them 
  and 
  the 
  European 
  marten 
  in 
  size, 
  arboreal 
  habits, 
  and 
  texture 
  

   and 
  color 
  of 
  fur. 
  In 
  Colombia 
  and 
  Venezuela 
  the 
  indigenous 
  name 
  

   cusicusi 
  is 
  also 
  used 
  indiscriminately 
  for 
  Aotus, 
  Potos, 
  and 
  Caluromys 
  

   because 
  of 
  this 
  same 
  sort 
  of 
  similarity. 
  The 
  descriptive 
  names 
  cari- 
  

   rayado 
  and 
  cuatro 
  ojos, 
  invented 
  by 
  the 
  Spaniards, 
  have 
  no 
  known 
  

   equivalent 
  in 
  any 
  native 
  tongue. 
  According 
  to 
  Humboldt 
  the 
  name 
  

   duruculi 
  {douroucouli 
  in 
  French 
  phonetic) 
  is 
  applied 
  to 
  Aotus 
  by 
  the 
  

   Marabitanas 
  Indians. 
  This 
  name, 
  like 
  ei-a, 
  also 
  used 
  in 
  the 
  upper 
  

   Rio 
  Negro-Orinoco 
  region, 
  is 
  derived 
  from 
  what 
  is 
  heard 
  as 
  the 
  cry 
  

   of 
  the 
  night 
  monkey. 
  In 
  southern 
  Brazil 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  Chaco, 
  the 
  

   Guarani 
  name 
  mirikind 
  is 
  commonly 
  used. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  range 
  

   of 
  the 
  genus 
  the 
  most 
  prevalent 
  names 
  for 
  Aotus 
  are 
  the 
  Spanish 
  

   mico 
  (or 
  mono) 
  de 
  noche, 
  the 
  Portuguese 
  macaco 
  de 
  noite, 
  and 
  the 
  

   Quechua-Spanish 
  combination, 
  tuta 
  mono, 
  all 
  meaning 
  night 
  monkey. 
  

   A 
  nearly 
  related 
  name 
  of 
  very 
  little 
  usage, 
  though 
  common 
  in 
  Htera- 
  

   ture, 
  is 
  the 
  Spanish 
  dormilon, 
  or 
  sleepy-head. 
  

  

  ACTUS 
  TRIVIRGATUS 
  GRISEIMEMBRA 
  Elliot 
  

  

  P[ithecia] 
  hirsuta, 
  Schott 
  (nee 
  Spix) 
  Exec. 
  Doc, 
  vol. 
  7, 
  No. 
  9, 
  36th 
  Congress, 
  

  

  2d 
  session, 
  appendix 
  E, 
  zoology, 
  p. 
  214, 
  1861 
  (Rio 
  Sucio, 
  near 
  mouth 
  at 
  

  

  Rfo 
  Atrato). 
  

   Nyctipithecus 
  felinus, 
  Bangs 
  (nee 
  Spix), 
  Proc. 
  New 
  England 
  Zool. 
  Club, 
  vol. 
  1, 
  

  

  p. 
  102, 
  1900 
  (Santa 
  Marta, 
  Colombia). 
  

   Aoioes 
  [sic] 
  lemurinus, 
  Allen 
  (nee 
  Geoflfroy), 
  Bull. 
  Amer. 
  Mus. 
  Nat. 
  Hist., 
  vol. 
  20, 
  

  

  p. 
  465, 
  1904 
  (part; 
  Bonda; 
  Valparaiso). 
  

   Aotus 
  griseimembra 
  Elliot, 
  Bull. 
  Amer. 
  Mus. 
  Nat. 
  Hist., 
  vol. 
  31, 
  p, 
  33, 
  1912. 
  — 
  

  

  Allen, 
  Bull. 
  Amer. 
  Mus. 
  Nat. 
  Hist., 
  vol. 
  31, 
  p. 
  95, 
  1912 
  (Ceret6, 
  Rfo 
  Sin6, 
  

  

  Bolivar); 
  vol. 
  35, 
  p. 
  235, 
  1916 
  (Colombia: 
  Hacienda 
  Cincinnati; 
  Bonda; 
  

  

  Valparaiso). 
  

   Aotus 
  zonalis 
  Goldman, 
  Smithsonian 
  Misc. 
  Coll., 
  vol. 
  63, 
  No. 
  5, 
  p. 
  6, 
  1914 
  (type 
  

  

  locality, 
  Gatun, 
  Canal 
  Zone, 
  Panamd). 
  — 
  Allen, 
  Bull. 
  Amer. 
  Mus. 
  Nat. 
  

  

  Hist., 
  vol. 
  35, 
  p. 
  235, 
  1916 
  (Colombia: 
  Rio 
  Sinii, 
  Bolfvar). 
  — 
  Anthony, 
  

  

  Bull. 
  Amer. 
  Mus. 
  Nat. 
  Hist., 
  vol. 
  35, 
  p. 
  374, 
  1916 
  (Panamd: 
  Boca 
  de 
  Cupe; 
  

  

  