MAMMALIA. PRIMATES. Sapajous. 75 



fure; by which they are enabled to hang upon branches, or to lay hold of any thing which is be- 

 yond the reach of their hands t ufing the extremity of the tail like a finger or hand ; the partition 

 between the riofirils is very thick, and the apertures are fituated on the fides of the nofe ; the but- 

 tocks are clothed with hair, and have no callofities ; the cheeks have no pouches ; the females of 

 this fubpenus do not menftruate ; and this race of animals is only to be found in America : This 

 fubdivifion of the genus is made, with great propriety, by Dr Gmelin, in imitation of the Count de 

 Buffon. 



I, Guariba.— 33. S. Sapajus Beelzebub. 12. 



Is of a black colour, with the extremity of the tail and the feet brown ; and has a 

 beard. 



Black cercopithccus, with brown feet. Brifl*. quad. 194. — Guariba. Mzrcg. Bntf. 226. — Howl- 

 ing baboon. Bancroft Guiana, 133. — Ouarine. Sm. BufF. viii. 176. — Preacher monkey. Penn. 

 hill:, of quad. n. 1 14. «. 



Inhabits South America. — This fpecies wanders in flocks, moftly at night, making the woods con- 

 tinually refound with hideous howlings : It is a fierce animal, about the fize of a fox; having the 

 body covered with long, black, fmooth, and very fhort hair; and has a round black beard on the 

 the chin. According to Marcgrave, it has a large fquare face ; black and brilliant eyes ; and 

 fhort roundifh ears : The hair on the whole body is black, long, fmooth, and luftrous ; that on the 

 chin and throat is longer, and forms a kind of roundifh beard ; the hair on the hands, feet, and ex- 

 tremity of the tail, is brown : The female refembles the male in every thing, except in being fmaller : 

 It is fo wild and mifchievous, as neither to be conquered nor tamed; bites cruelly; has a frightful 

 voice, produced by means of a large concave bone in the throat; and a ferocious afpect: It generally 

 walks on four feet ; and feeds only on fruits, pot-herbs, grain, and fome infects; and its flefh is rec- 

 koned very. good eating. 



2. Arabata.— ^34.. S. Sapojus feniculus. 13. 



Is of a dufky red colour ; and has a beard on the chin. 



Bearded cercopithecus, of a full red colour. Briff. quad. 206. — Alouata, red ape, or lar^eft beard- 



-ed cercopithecus, of a rufty colour, and having a ftrong founding voice. Barrere, Fr. equin. 150. 



Arabata. Gumilla Oronoko, ii. p. 8. — Alouate. Sm. Buff. viii. 176 Royal preacher monkey. 



Penn. hift. of quad. n. 114. £. 



Inhabits the woods near Carthagena, in Cayenne, and on the river Amazons. — This fpecies fa- 

 lutes paflengers, from the trees, with loud cries in a difagreeable hoarfe voice; the herd fcarcely al- 

 lowing themfelves to be looked at till the whole flock begins to roar ail at once. It lives moftly on 

 the fruit of the banana tree. The body is of a middle fize, and of an uniform red colour; the 

 mouth is fituated on the anterior part of the face, having a large dependent chin, much like that 

 of mankind. The Arabata only differs from the Guariba, by having a larger beard, and the hair 

 of a reddifh-brown colour; fo that thefe two Sapajous may be confidered as varieties of the fame 

 fpecies : It is a favage animal, of a reddifh-bay colour, as large as a calf; and, by means of a fin- 

 gular boney ftru<fture in the throat, makes a terrible noife, which is heard at a great diflance. 



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