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  ATELEUS 
  

  

  Genl. 
  Char. 
  Similar 
  to 
  A. 
  belzebuth, 
  but 
  the 
  yellowish 
  white 
  on 
  

   inner 
  side 
  of 
  arms 
  and 
  legs 
  very 
  restricted 
  ; 
  no 
  white 
  on 
  the 
  cheeks. 
  

  

  Color. 
  Face 
  black; 
  head, 
  shoulders, 
  arms, 
  hands, 
  legs 
  and 
  feet, 
  

   black 
  or 
  blackish 
  brown; 
  rump 
  brown, 
  hairs 
  tipped 
  with 
  shining 
  

   golden 
  ; 
  under 
  parts 
  yellow 
  ; 
  reddish 
  line 
  on 
  border 
  of 
  flanks 
  ; 
  inner 
  side 
  

   of 
  arms 
  to 
  elbows, 
  and 
  legs 
  to 
  ankles 
  yellowish 
  white; 
  tail 
  brownish 
  

   black. 
  Ex 
  type 
  Leyden 
  Museum. 
  

  

  Measurements. 
  Total 
  length, 
  1,120; 
  tail, 
  700; 
  foot, 
  150. 
  Skull: 
  

   total 
  length, 
  1,022; 
  interorbital 
  width, 
  57.1 
  ; 
  occipito-nasal 
  length, 
  99.3; 
  

   Hensel, 
  66; 
  zygomatic 
  width, 
  63.5; 
  median 
  length 
  of 
  nasals, 
  15.4; 
  

   palatal 
  length, 
  27.6; 
  length 
  of 
  upper 
  molar 
  series, 
  24.3; 
  length 
  of 
  

   mandible, 
  60; 
  length 
  of 
  lower 
  molar 
  series, 
  27.1. 
  Ex 
  type 
  Leyden 
  

   Museum. 
  

  

  The 
  type 
  specimen 
  has 
  the 
  hair 
  on 
  the 
  head 
  radiating 
  from 
  point 
  

   on 
  occiput 
  and 
  projecting 
  in 
  front 
  over 
  the 
  face. 
  There 
  is 
  a 
  strong 
  

   reddish 
  brown 
  tint 
  over 
  all 
  the 
  back 
  in 
  certain 
  lights, 
  and 
  also 
  on 
  the 
  

   tail, 
  but 
  less 
  strong. 
  The 
  light 
  stripe 
  on 
  inner 
  side 
  of 
  arms 
  goes 
  to 
  

   elbows. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  is 
  found 
  in 
  Mexico 
  and 
  Guatemala, 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  latter 
  

   country 
  quite 
  across 
  from 
  sea 
  to 
  sea. 
  Mr. 
  Salvin 
  met 
  with 
  it 
  in 
  

   Guatemala 
  during 
  his 
  visits 
  there. 
  Once 
  he 
  came 
  near 
  a 
  troop 
  of 
  these 
  

   monkeys 
  on 
  the 
  summit 
  of 
  a 
  ridge 
  of 
  mountains 
  which 
  connects 
  the 
  

   Volcan 
  de 
  Fuego 
  with 
  the 
  main 
  cordillera, 
  at 
  an 
  elevation 
  of 
  about 
  

   8,300 
  feet 
  above 
  the 
  sea. 
  

  

  "Indians 
  always 
  spoke 
  of 
  Monkeys 
  (doubtless 
  of 
  this 
  species) 
  

   being 
  found 
  in 
  these 
  upland 
  forests." 
  Alston 
  (1. 
  c.) 
  states 
  that 
  

   "during 
  Mr. 
  Salvin's 
  last 
  visit 
  to 
  Guatemala 
  (in 
  1873-74) 
  he 
  met 
  

   with 
  A. 
  vellerosus, 
  (A. 
  pan), 
  in 
  numbers 
  in 
  the 
  forests 
  of 
  the 
  Volcano 
  

   of 
  Atitlan. 
  On 
  the 
  22nd 
  of 
  January, 
  1874, 
  he 
  made 
  an 
  expedition 
  from 
  

   the 
  village 
  of 
  San 
  Augustin 
  with 
  the 
  object 
  of 
  ascertaining 
  the 
  most 
  

   practicable 
  part 
  to 
  attempt 
  the 
  ascent 
  of 
  the 
  mountain. 
  On 
  this 
  

   occasion 
  he 
  ascended 
  to 
  a 
  height 
  of 
  6,000 
  feet, 
  and 
  during 
  the 
  last 
  

   1,000 
  feet 
  or 
  so, 
  saw 
  several 
  troops 
  of 
  Ateles 
  in 
  the 
  tops 
  of 
  the 
  

   higher 
  trees 
  in 
  the 
  forest. 
  One 
  of 
  these, 
  the 
  specimen 
  in 
  the 
  British 
  

   Museum, 
  he 
  shot. 
  These 
  parties 
  of 
  Monkeys 
  were 
  usually 
  about 
  

   twenty 
  in 
  number 
  and 
  of 
  all 
  ages. 
  On 
  approaching 
  them 
  they 
  did 
  not 
  

   evince 
  any 
  alarm, 
  but 
  kept 
  uttering 
  a 
  constant 
  querulous 
  sort 
  of 
  bark, 
  

   and 
  moved 
  from 
  time 
  to 
  time 
  so 
  as 
  to 
  get 
  a 
  better 
  view 
  of 
  the 
  intruder. 
  

   A 
  few 
  days 
  afterwards, 
  during 
  an 
  excursion 
  to 
  the 
  same 
  volcano, 
  when 
  

   the 
  summit, 
  11,800 
  feet 
  above 
  the 
  sea 
  was 
  reached, 
  numerous 
  troops 
  

  

  