22 THE URSINE HOWLER. 
In captivity, the Marimonda is a gentle and affectionate animal, attaching 
itself strongly to those persons to whom it takes a fancy, and playing many 
fantastic gambols to attract their attention, Its angry feelings, although per- 
haps easily roused, do not partake of the petulant malignity which so oftun 
characterises the monkey race, and are quite free from the rancorous 
vengeance which is found in the baboons. Very seldom does it attempt to 
bite, and even when such an event does take place, it is rather the effect of 
sudden terror than of deliberate malice. 
On account of its amiable nature it is often brought into a domesticated 
state, and, if we may give credence to many a traveller, is trained to become 
not only an amusing companion, but a useful servant. 
The colour of this animal varies much, according to the age of the indi- 
vidual. 
When adult, the leading colour is of a uniform dull black, devoid of the 
glossy lustre which throws back the sunbeams from the coaita’s furry mantle. 
On the back, the top of the head, and along the spine, the hair is of a dense, 
dead black, which seems to have earned for the animal the very inapposite 
name with which its nomenclators have thought fit to dedecorate the mild 
and amiable Marimonda. P 
The throat, breast, inside of the limbs, and the under side of the tail are 
much lighter in tint, while in some individuals a large, bright chestnut patch 
covers the latter half of the sides. 
It seems to be of rather a listless character, delighting to bask in the sun’s 
rays, and lying in the strangest attitudes for hours without moving. One of 
the postures which is most in vogue is achieved by throwing the head back 
with the eyes turned up, and then flinging the arms over the head. The 
position in which this animal is depicted in the illustration is a very favourite 
one with most of the Spider Monkeys. 
THE animal which is here engraved is an example of the celebrated 
group of HOWLING Mon- 
KEYS, cr ALOUATTES, as 
they are termed by some 
naturalists, whose strange 
customs have been so often 
noticed by travellers, and 
whose reverberating cries 
rend their ears. Little 
chance is there that the 
Howling Monkeys should 
ever fade from the memory 
of anyone who has once 
suffered an unwilling mar- 
tyrdom from their mourn- 
ful yells. 
Several species of Howl- 
ing Monkeys are known to 
science, of which the 
= ARAGUATO, as it is called 
URSINE HOWLER.—(Mycetes ursinus.) in its own land, or the 
URSINE HOWLER, as it is 
popularly named in this country, is, perhaps, the commonest and most con- 
spicuous. It is larger than any of the New World monkeys which have 
hitherto been noticed ; its length being very nearly three feet when it is fully 
grown,,and the tail reaching to even a greater length. 
The colour of the fur is a rich reddish brown, or rather bay, enlivened by 
