SYNOPSIS OF THE 



AMERICAN MONKEYS. 



Forming the second pbincipal sub-genus op Cuvier. 



Form approaching that of man. Cutting teeth |, cheek 

 teeth ^, bluntly tubercular, or ^ acutely tubercular ; 



6.0 •' 5-5 ■' ' 



nostrils separated by a broad septum and opening laterally ; 

 teats two-pectoral ; tail long, usually prehensile, cheek, 

 pouches or callosities none. 



I. Ateles, Geoifroy. Facial angle of 60°, head round, 

 limbs very thin, anterior hands destitute of thumbs, tail very 

 long, 'powerfully prehensile, having the lower part of its 

 extremity naked, 



58. \, S. A. Paniscus (the Coaita). Black; face nearly 

 naked, copper coloured ; no thumb to the anterior hands. 



Simla paniscus. Lin. Sys, Nat. 37. Ateles paniscus. 

 Geoff. Ann. Mu^. vii. 269. xvi. 105. 



Quatto, Vosm. 1768. Coaita, Buff, xv. 16. Four-fingered 

 monkey, Penn. Quad. 216. 



Icon. Buff. XV. 1. 1. Audeb. Hist. 5.§ 1. /. 2. F. Cuv. 

 Man. — Ency. Method, p. 16. /. 1. Schreb. t. 26. Shaw, 

 Zool. 1. t.28. 



Inhabits Guyana and Brazil. 



59. 2. S. A. niger, (the Black Coaita). Fur black ; face 

 hairy, black ; no thumb on the anterior hands. 



Ateles niger, F. Cuvier, Mamm. 



Atele coaita de Cayene, Geoff. Ann. Mus. xiii. 97. 



Inhabits Guyana. 



Icon. F. Cuvier, Mamm. Lithog. n. 39. #. 1 



Inhabits Guyana. 



60. 3. S. A. Belzebuth (The Marimonda). Fur black, belly 

 dirty white or yellowish in the male, and white in the young 

 or females. 



Ateles Belzebuth, Geoff. Ann. Mus. vii. 271. xix. 106. 

 Le Belzebuth; Brisson, Reg. Anim, 1. 211. Marimonda, 



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