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  LAGOTHRIX 
  

  

  large 
  male 
  of 
  one 
  of 
  these 
  kinds, 
  which 
  measured 
  twenty-seven 
  inches 
  

   in 
  length 
  of 
  trunk, 
  the 
  tail 
  being 
  twenty-six 
  inches 
  long; 
  it 
  was 
  the 
  

   largest 
  monkey 
  I 
  saw 
  in 
  America 
  with 
  the 
  exception 
  of 
  a 
  black 
  

   Howler 
  whose 
  body 
  was 
  twenty-eight 
  inches 
  in 
  height! 
  The 
  skin 
  of 
  

   the 
  face 
  of 
  the 
  Barrigudo 
  is 
  black 
  and 
  wrinkled, 
  the 
  forehead 
  is 
  low, 
  

   with 
  the 
  eyebrows 
  projecting, 
  and, 
  in 
  short, 
  it 
  altogether 
  resembled 
  in 
  

   a 
  striking 
  manner 
  those 
  of 
  an 
  old 
  negro. 
  In 
  the 
  forests, 
  the 
  Barrigudo 
  

   is 
  not 
  a 
  very 
  active 
  animal 
  ; 
  it 
  lives 
  exclusively 
  on 
  fruits, 
  and 
  is 
  much 
  

   persecuted 
  by 
  the 
  Indians, 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  excellence 
  of 
  its 
  flesh 
  as 
  

   food. 
  From 
  information 
  given 
  me 
  by 
  a 
  collector 
  of 
  birds 
  and 
  mam- 
  

   mals, 
  whom 
  I 
  employed, 
  and 
  who 
  resided 
  a 
  long 
  time 
  amongst 
  the 
  

   Tucuna 
  Indians 
  near 
  Tabatinga, 
  I 
  calculated 
  that 
  one 
  horde 
  of 
  this 
  

   tribe, 
  200 
  in 
  number, 
  destroyed 
  1,200 
  of 
  these 
  monkeys 
  annually 
  for 
  

   food. 
  This 
  species 
  is 
  very 
  numerous 
  in 
  the 
  forests 
  of 
  the 
  higher 
  lands, 
  

   but 
  owing 
  to 
  long 
  persecution 
  it 
  is 
  now 
  seldom 
  seen 
  in 
  the 
  neighbor- 
  

   hood 
  of 
  the 
  larger 
  villages. 
  It 
  is 
  not 
  found 
  at 
  all 
  on 
  the 
  Lower 
  

   Amazons. 
  Its 
  manners 
  in 
  captivity 
  are 
  grave, 
  and 
  its 
  temper 
  mild 
  and 
  

   confiding 
  like 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  Coaitas. 
  Owing 
  to 
  these 
  traits, 
  the 
  Barrigudo 
  

   is 
  much 
  sought 
  after 
  for 
  pets 
  ; 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  hardy 
  like 
  the 
  Coaitas, 
  and 
  

   seldom 
  survives 
  a 
  passage 
  down 
  the 
  river 
  to 
  Para." 
  

  

  Lagothrix 
  lugens 
  Elliot. 
  

  

  Lagothrix 
  lugens 
  Elliot, 
  Ann. 
  Mag. 
  Nat. 
  Hist., 
  XX, 
  7th 
  Ser., 
  

   1907, 
  p. 
  193. 
  

  

  Type 
  locality. 
  Mountains 
  2° 
  20' 
  north 
  of 
  Tolima, 
  Colombia. 
  

   Altitude 
  5,000 
  to 
  7,000 
  feet. 
  Type 
  in 
  British 
  Museum. 
  

  

  Genl. 
  Char. 
  Body 
  stout, 
  heavy, 
  like 
  L. 
  lagotricha, 
  color 
  very 
  

   different 
  ; 
  fur 
  thick, 
  woolly 
  ; 
  limbs 
  moderate 
  in 
  length 
  ; 
  tail 
  very 
  long, 
  

   and 
  very 
  large 
  and 
  broad 
  at 
  base. 
  Nasals 
  very 
  different 
  in 
  shape 
  from 
  

  

  those 
  Of 
  L. 
  LAGOTRICHA. 
  

  

  Color. 
  Male. 
  Head, 
  arms 
  and 
  body 
  dark 
  purplish 
  brown 
  almost 
  

   black 
  ; 
  legs 
  and 
  tail 
  blackish 
  brown 
  washed 
  with 
  gray, 
  the 
  hairs 
  being 
  

   grayish 
  brown 
  at 
  base, 
  then 
  black 
  and 
  tipped 
  with 
  gray 
  or 
  yellowish 
  ; 
  

   breast 
  reddish 
  chestnut, 
  rest 
  of 
  under 
  parts 
  black. 
  

  

  Measurements. 
  Size 
  same 
  as 
  L. 
  lagotricha. 
  Skull 
  : 
  total 
  length, 
  

   112, 
  (occiput 
  broken); 
  occipito-nasal 
  length, 
  105; 
  zygomatic 
  width, 
  

   74; 
  intertemporal 
  width, 
  45; 
  palatal 
  length, 
  34; 
  breadth 
  of 
  braincase, 
  

   57; 
  length 
  of 
  braincase 
  from 
  end 
  of 
  nasals, 
  79; 
  median 
  length 
  of 
  

   nasals, 
  13; 
  width 
  of 
  nasals 
  anteriorly, 
  13; 
  length 
  of 
  upper 
  molar 
  

   series, 
  24 
  ; 
  length 
  of 
  mandible, 
  74 
  ; 
  length 
  of 
  lower 
  molar 
  series, 
  30.5. 
  

  

  