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  ATELEUS 
  

  

  — 
  A. 
  variegatus; 
  b. 
  sides 
  of 
  face 
  and 
  beneath 
  body, 
  white, 
  

   or 
  reddish 
  white, 
  or 
  yellowish 
  white, 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  prom- 
  

   inent. 
  Three 
  species 
  are 
  placed 
  here; 
  A. 
  belzebuth; 
  A. 
  

   fuliginosus 
  = 
  A. 
  belzebuth 
  ; 
  A. 
  pan 
  described 
  for 
  the 
  

   first 
  time; 
  y. 
  crest 
  black 
  but 
  short, 
  body 
  beneath 
  red 
  or 
  

   reddish, 
  above 
  brownish 
  red, 
  or 
  grayish, 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  pro- 
  

   nounced, 
  sometimes 
  uniform 
  blacky 
  a 
  color 
  which 
  prevails 
  on 
  

   the 
  extremities, 
  and 
  often 
  on 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  head. 
  Two 
  species 
  are 
  

   found 
  here; 
  A. 
  rufiventris 
  and 
  A. 
  geoffroyi. 
  The 
  second 
  

   division 
  has 
  but 
  one 
  species, 
  A. 
  hybridus 
  characterized 
  by 
  a 
  

   small 
  head 
  with 
  a 
  large 
  clear 
  spot, 
  and 
  no 
  crest. 
  The 
  second 
  

   group 
  contains 
  the 
  woolly 
  Spider 
  Monkeys, 
  A. 
  arachnoides 
  

   and 
  A. 
  hypoxanthus 
  == 
  A. 
  arachnoides, 
  one 
  species, 
  now 
  in 
  

   Brachyteleus. 
  

   1879- 
  Alston, 
  Biologia 
  Centrali 
  Americana. 
  Mammalia. 
  

  

  1882. 
  Four 
  species 
  of 
  Ateleus 
  are 
  here 
  recorded. 
  A. 
  ater 
  ; 
  A. 
  rufi- 
  

   ventris; 
  A. 
  geoffroyi; 
  A. 
  vellerosus 
  — 
  A. 
  belzebuth; 
  of 
  

   which 
  A. 
  pan 
  Schlegel, 
  and 
  A. 
  fuliginosus 
  Kuhl 
  = 
  A. 
  belze- 
  

   buth 
  are 
  considered 
  synonymous; 
  though 
  the 
  Author 
  thinks 
  

   that 
  the 
  original 
  description 
  of 
  Kuhl's 
  species 
  applies 
  better 
  to 
  

   the 
  dull 
  gray 
  varieties 
  of 
  A. 
  geoffroyi. 
  The 
  geographical 
  dis- 
  

   tribution 
  of 
  the 
  species 
  recognized 
  is 
  carefully 
  given. 
  

  

  1883. 
  Von 
  Pelzeln, 
  Brasilische 
  Saugethiere, 
  Resultate 
  von 
  Johann 
  

   N 
  offerer's 
  Reise 
  in 
  den 
  Jahren 
  1817 
  bis 
  1835. 
  

  

  Two 
  species 
  of 
  Ateleus 
  only 
  are 
  here 
  recorded. 
  A. 
  paniscus, 
  

   from 
  Fazenda 
  do 
  Padre 
  Battista, 
  May, 
  am 
  Flusse 
  Sararige- 
  

   schossen; 
  Montogrosso, 
  November; 
  Rio 
  Guapore, 
  volta 
  del 
  

   campo 
  dos 
  Veados, 
  July 
  ; 
  Rio 
  Marmore, 
  August 
  ; 
  Rio 
  Madeira, 
  

   etwas 
  oberhalb 
  des 
  Rio 
  Abuna, 
  September 
  ; 
  and 
  A. 
  variegatus. 
  

  

  GEOGRAPHICAL 
  DISTRIBUTION 
  OF 
  THE 
  SPECIES. 
  

  

  The 
  Spider 
  Monkeys 
  have 
  a 
  wide 
  distribution 
  extending 
  from 
  the 
  

   State 
  of 
  Vera 
  Cruz 
  in 
  Mexico, 
  through 
  Central 
  America 
  into 
  northern 
  

   South 
  America, 
  where 
  they 
  are 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  forests 
  through 
  which 
  the 
  

   Orinoco 
  and 
  Amazon 
  with 
  their, 
  tributaries 
  flow, 
  to 
  the 
  Pacific 
  Coast 
  

   States 
  of 
  Colombia, 
  Ecuador 
  and 
  Peru. 
  In 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  Vera 
  Cruz, 
  

   Mexico, 
  and 
  southward 
  into 
  Guatemala, 
  in 
  which 
  country 
  it 
  goes 
  from 
  

   the 
  Atlantic 
  to 
  the 
  Pacific, 
  A. 
  pan 
  is 
  found 
  and 
  is 
  the 
  only 
  representa- 
  

   tive 
  of 
  the 
  genus 
  in 
  Mexico. 
  Two 
  other 
  species 
  are 
  known 
  to 
  inhabit 
  

   Central 
  America. 
  A. 
  geoffroyi 
  from 
  Nicaragua, 
  and 
  A. 
  ater, 
  both 
  

  

  