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  animal. 
  Head 
  and 
  neck 
  black, 
  the 
  hairs 
  very 
  long 
  and 
  projecting 
  over 
  

   the 
  forehead; 
  rest 
  of 
  body 
  above 
  and 
  beneath, 
  limbs 
  and 
  tail 
  black 
  

   mixed 
  with 
  yellowish 
  gray 
  or 
  golden 
  hairs, 
  so 
  numerous 
  on 
  the 
  back 
  

   as 
  to 
  give 
  the 
  prevailing 
  color 
  to 
  that 
  part— 
  a 
  pale 
  yellowish 
  brown; 
  

   the 
  limbs 
  have 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  hairs 
  a 
  similar 
  yellowish 
  brown 
  or 
  

   golden 
  hue, 
  (not 
  far 
  removed 
  from 
  the 
  color 
  on 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  hairs 
  

   in 
  similar 
  parts 
  of 
  A. 
  grisescens), 
  and 
  this 
  gives 
  a 
  strong 
  yellowish 
  

   tint 
  to 
  these 
  members; 
  hands 
  and 
  feet 
  black, 
  base 
  of 
  hairs 
  on 
  hands 
  

   golden, 
  but 
  not 
  on 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  feet 
  which 
  are 
  black 
  to 
  the 
  roots. 
  Ex 
  

   type 
  British 
  Museum. 
  

  

  Measurements. 
  Total 
  length, 
  about 
  1,021 
  ; 
  tail, 
  698.5. 
  No 
  skull. 
  

   The 
  following 
  measurements 
  were 
  taken 
  from 
  the 
  body 
  of 
  this 
  type 
  

   specimen 
  immediately 
  after 
  its 
  death, 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Murie. 
  

  

  Body. 
  Length 
  from 
  vertex 
  of 
  cranium 
  to 
  root 
  of 
  

  

  tail 
  14y 
  2 
  inches. 
  

  

  Length 
  of 
  tail 
  27y 
  2 
  inches. 
  

  

  Girth 
  at 
  chest, 
  widest 
  part 
  11 
  inches. 
  

  

  Girth 
  at 
  abdomen 
  9 
  inches. 
  

  

  Girth 
  of 
  tail 
  at 
  root 
  4 
  inches. 
  

  

  Girth 
  of 
  tail 
  a 
  few 
  inches 
  from 
  point 
  2 
  inches. 
  

  

  Head. 
  Depth 
  from 
  vertex 
  to 
  base 
  of 
  lower 
  jaw 
  

  

  (barely) 
  3 
  inches. 
  

  

  Antero-posterior 
  diameter 
  4y> 
  inches. 
  

  

  Breadth 
  of 
  vault 
  at 
  opening 
  of 
  ears 
  6 
  inches. 
  

  

  Breadth 
  from 
  one 
  to 
  the 
  other 
  external 
  

  

  edges 
  of 
  orbits 
  2%. 
  inches. 
  

  

  Fore 
  limb. 
  Length 
  of 
  shoulder 
  to 
  elbow-joint 
  6y 
  2 
  inches. 
  

  

  Cubital 
  region, 
  elbow- 
  joint 
  to 
  wrist 
  7 
  inches. 
  

  

  Length, 
  palm 
  of 
  hand 
  to 
  tips 
  of 
  fingers. 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  4j4 
  inches. 
  

  

  Greatest 
  breadth, 
  palm 
  of 
  hand 
  \% 
  inches. 
  

  

  Hind 
  limb. 
  Length 
  from 
  hip 
  to 
  knee-joint 
  6% 
  inches. 
  

  

  Length, 
  knee 
  to 
  sole 
  of 
  foot 
  6y 
  2 
  inches. 
  

  

  Length, 
  sole 
  of 
  foot, 
  heel 
  to 
  tip 
  of 
  middle 
  

   toe 
  6% 
  inches. 
  

  

  Sole 
  of 
  foot, 
  average 
  breadth 
  1% 
  inches. 
  

  

  Sole, 
  greatest 
  breadth 
  at 
  ball 
  of 
  great 
  toe. 
  . 
  . 
  2 
  inches. 
  

  

  Ateleus 
  belzebuth 
  E. 
  Geoff 
  roy. 
  

  

  Ateles 
  (!) 
  belzebuth 
  E. 
  Geoff., 
  Ann. 
  Mus. 
  Hist. 
  Nat. 
  Paris, 
  VII, 
  

   1806, 
  p. 
  272, 
  pis. 
  XVI, 
  XIX; 
  1812, 
  p. 
  106; 
  Id. 
  Cours 
  Hist. 
  

   Nat. 
  Mamm, 
  1828, 
  p. 
  30, 
  9me 
  Legon; 
  Kuhl, 
  Beitr. 
  Zool., 
  

  

  