ATELES. 



ATKI.IN. 



,:i 



Indiana. " It is," say this celebrated traveller, "MI animal very Mow 

 in its movera-Miti, and of a gentle, melancholy, mid timid character; 

 if it occasionally l>it, it doe* BO only in ita fiU of terror. The Mnri- 

 mondu unite in great companies and form the most grotesque groups. 



Ol.l W.irlil. Kxcept in tin- total want of the thiiinl> n tin- m 

 extremities,' roaches very near 



species, and appeal* indeed to be intermediate between it and the 

 , .mu. on (Juata. 



7. A. kgpoxmMui (Kuhl), the M-n... or Miriki, inhabit* the forests 

 in the interior ><f Hr.i/.il. and, as has just been obnrved, approachei 









The MarlmonJu (Altln IMittub). 



All their attitudes announce the extremity of sloth. I have frequently 

 Keen them, when exposed to the heat of a tropical sun, throw their 

 heads backward*, turn their eyes upwards, bend their arms over their 

 backs, and remain motionle w "in this extraordinary position for many 

 hour* together." The young of this species appear to have the upper 

 parts of the body mixed slightly with gray, but this mixture gradually 

 disappears as it grows towards maturity, till the adult animal presents 

 the uniform black above and white below, as already described. 



6. A. melanoehfir, Geoff., with the native Indian name of which 

 we are unacquainted, is also a distinct species. The head, members, 

 and tail are black or dark brown on the superior surface ; the internal 

 face of the arms and fore-arms as far as the wrists, and of the thigh* 

 and legs, the under surface of the tail, the throat, breast, belly, and 

 sides of the hips, are white or silvery gray ; the shoulders are 

 yellowish gray, and the remainder of the upper parts of the body, as 

 well as the whiskers, are pure gray ; the four hands and the naked 

 part of the tail are black, as are also the face, the cheeks, and the under 

 half of the nose; but round the mouth and eyes the fi-r i 

 coloured. The hair is uniformly of a silky quality : that on the black 

 and white parts is of the same colour throughout, but on the gray 

 parts it is annulated with alternate rings of black and white. This 

 species, as well as all those hitherto described, is entirely deprived 

 of the fore thumb, and does not even exhibit n rudiment of that 

 organ. Only a single individual lias been observe 1 alive : its manners 

 are the same as those of the Aide* in general, but its habitat has not 

 been definitely determined. 



8. A. Arachnoid**, or the Brown Quata, as it is called by Karon 

 Cuvirr, partakes in fact very much of the character! and appearance 

 of the common Quata, from which it is principally distinguished- by 

 ita uniform reddish-brown colour. This species when full 

 measures rather more than 2 feet in length ; the tail is about 2 inches 

 longer than the body ; the fore legs are '"- 1-ir-. tl 



legs 1 foot 8 inches, ami the handl 6 inches. The hair is short, fine, 

 and soft, and that of the forehead is directed backwards, contrary to 

 what in usually observed in the other Ateles ; the back mill upper 

 part* of the body are, generally speaking, well cover. I w ith hair, but 

 the breast, Ix-lly, and groins are nearly naked, or at \> 

 covered with scattered hairs, of a longer and coarser quality thin 

 those on other parts ; the root of the tail is rather thick and l.u-hy. 

 but it is gradually attenuated towards the point, and for the last ten 

 inches naked underneath. The general colour is uniform ok 

 brown, the first of thene colours becoming clearer and more in: n r 

 upon the head, and more especially round the eyes ; the forehead is 

 bordered by a circle of stiff coarse black hairs, beneath which a 

 semicircle of light silvery gray passes over the oyrs in the form of 

 brows, and becomes gradually more mid nior -11 it is finally 



lost in the uniform reddish brown of the temples. The face is naked 

 and flesh-coloured, tl> irts of the Unly of a silv 



slightly tinged with yellow, with tl .loinen. which, 



as well as the inner surface of the thighs, and the naked stripe 

 underneath the tail, are of a bright rod colour. Tin- manners and 

 habit* of this species are unknown in its nat, Tin...- which 



have been observed in a state of cnntin'-mcnt exhibited ; ,|l tl,,. 

 g -ntli-nein ami listing 



from th common mo \ineriea, as eminently as they 



do the Cihb'iiiK of the Indian isles from 



III, Mono (Alflea /II.;MIJVI 



very nearly to the A. Arachnoiflei, ns well in the colour of its fur as 

 in the general form and proportions of its body ami 

 but it is readily distinguished from that species as well as from all the 

 other Atdu hither: 1. l>y the presence of a small rudimentary 



thu nil i on the fore hands. The face also is more uniformly covered 



with hair than in the generality of the other sj ies, being naked only 



about the region of the eyes ; the hairs which compose the ey ' 

 are long, black, and directed upwards : the cheeks, lips, nose, and 

 narrow line descending from the forehead, are covered with short hairs 

 of a pale yellowish-white colour; the chin also is furnished with short 

 hair of the same colour and quality, but intermixed with thinly 

 scattered long black hairs, forming a species of beard, and extending 

 over the upper lip in the form of thin moustaches. The ears are 

 small and nearly concealed by the hair of the head, which though not 

 very long is thickly furnished, and of a pale gray colour si 

 tinged with yellow. The whole body nnd members are of a uniform 

 grayish-fawn colour, only differing in the greater degree of intcii-ity 

 which distinguishes the back and upper parts from those beneath, and 

 in the 1 ;inge which predominates on the extremities. The 



backs of the lingers- arc hairy down to the very nails, and there is a 

 nt of a thumb on the fore hands, covered with a short 

 compressed nail. 



The Mono was discovered by Prince Maximilian of Neuwied, during 

 his travels in Hni7.il. It is the largest, species of the Quadrumanes 

 which inhabit the part of the country through which that scientific 

 traveller passed, am) though sufficiently common in particular district*, 



ographical range. 



Its hide is said to be more impervious to moisture than any other 

 "f fur known in that part of the world, and for this 

 i . i , n i he i-i l .in sporl !'!.:, have OMM "i ' li< kin , <t' t In- Mono 

 made to protect HH 1< guns from the rain. 



8. A - tl"' rhameck. the last sp. 



the genus distinctly known at present, resembles the Mono in having 



iy thumb on the anterior extremities. hn< 



without a nail, and in other resjiccta the two animal.* are sufficiently 

 distinguished b\ tin rr ditl'ercnce of colour and habitat. The * 'hameck 

 indi ' d approaches more nearly in external form and 

 Quata than to any other of ita congcii' furnished 



of long dense hair, of an intense and uniform black 

 colour; but it may be n-adih di-iinu'uii-h'-d from that fpcnrs 

 presence of the rudimentary thumb on the anterior member-, u well 

 -si/.e, which considerably i - 



protlllH-rall* llMlx/lc. and its lips, like those of the I. 



of prolongation: the )..p'h. -ad i.' hi:-h : th. l':i.-e, cheeks, cars, and chin, 



