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  CEBUS 
  

  

  GENUS 
  CEBUS. 
  CAPUCHIN 
  MONKEYS. 
  

  

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  CEBUS 
  End., 
  Syst. 
  Regn. 
  Anim., 
  1777, 
  pp. 
  44-54. 
  Type 
  Simla 
  

   capucina 
  Linnaeus. 
  

   Sapajus 
  Kerr, 
  Anim. 
  Kingd., 
  1792, 
  Nos. 
  64-77 
  ? 
  pp. 
  74-79. 
  

   Calyptrocebus 
  Reichenb., 
  Vollstand. 
  Naturg. 
  Affen, 
  1862, 
  p. 
  56, 
  pis. 
  

  

  VI, 
  figs. 
  93-102; 
  VII, 
  figs. 
  103-117. 
  

   Pseudocebus 
  Reichenb., 
  Vollstand. 
  Naturg. 
  Affen, 
  1862, 
  p. 
  55, 
  

  

  pis. 
  VI, 
  VII, 
  figs. 
  83, 
  84, 
  89, 
  90, 
  108. 
  

   Otocebus 
  Reichenb., 
  Vollstand. 
  Naturg. 
  Affen. 
  1862, 
  p. 
  56, 
  pis. 
  

  

  VII, 
  VIII, 
  figs. 
  125-135. 
  

   Eucebus 
  Reichenb., 
  Vollstand. 
  Naturg. 
  Affen, 
  1862, 
  p. 
  56, 
  pi. 
  VI, 
  

  

  fig. 
  92; 
  pi. 
  VIII, 
  figs. 
  124-135. 
  

  

  Head 
  round 
  ; 
  body 
  robust 
  ; 
  limbs 
  moderate 
  ; 
  thumb 
  well 
  developed 
  ; 
  

   tail 
  long, 
  covered 
  with 
  hair, 
  no 
  distal 
  naked 
  portion, 
  prehensile; 
  hair 
  

   on 
  face 
  short, 
  whiskers 
  present 
  ; 
  no 
  crest 
  but 
  tufts 
  on 
  head 
  sometimes 
  

   present; 
  canines 
  large; 
  molars 
  with 
  four 
  cusps, 
  connected 
  by 
  ridges; 
  

   posterior 
  molar 
  in 
  both 
  jaws 
  the 
  smallest. 
  

  

  The 
  Sapajous 
  or 
  Capuchins, 
  comprising 
  the 
  genus 
  Cebus, 
  are 
  the 
  

   most 
  common 
  monkeys 
  seen 
  in 
  captivity, 
  and 
  most 
  familiar 
  to 
  the 
  

   dwellers 
  of 
  lands 
  distant 
  from 
  their 
  habitats. 
  The 
  head 
  is 
  round, 
  the 
  

   face 
  flat, 
  without 
  a 
  protruding 
  muzzle. 
  The 
  skull 
  has 
  the 
  cranial 
  

   portion 
  well 
  developed, 
  the 
  facial 
  region 
  being 
  very 
  short 
  in 
  com- 
  

   parison, 
  and 
  the 
  brain 
  is 
  large 
  with 
  numerous 
  convolutions 
  of 
  the 
  outer 
  

   surface 
  of 
  the 
  cerebrum. 
  The 
  limbs 
  are 
  of 
  moderate 
  length, 
  the 
  arms 
  

   and 
  legs 
  about 
  equal, 
  and 
  rather 
  slender, 
  while 
  the 
  thumb 
  is 
  well 
  

   developed, 
  with 
  the 
  nails 
  of 
  the 
  digits 
  in 
  some 
  species 
  compressed 
  

   laterally. 
  The 
  tail 
  is 
  long, 
  covered 
  with 
  hair 
  to 
  the 
  tip, 
  and 
  although 
  

   there 
  is 
  no 
  clinging 
  bare 
  surface 
  on 
  the 
  lower 
  side, 
  it 
  is 
  prehensile, 
  and 
  

   is 
  of 
  great 
  assistance 
  in 
  various 
  ways, 
  though 
  lacking 
  the 
  ability 
  to 
  

   assume 
  the 
  place 
  of 
  another 
  hand, 
  as 
  is 
  so 
  eminently 
  the 
  case 
  of 
  this 
  

   member 
  among 
  the 
  species 
  of 
  the 
  genus 
  Ateleus. 
  As 
  a 
  rule 
  the 
  Cebi 
  

   are 
  of 
  small 
  size, 
  with 
  a 
  slender 
  waist, 
  and 
  the 
  fur 
  is 
  inclined 
  to 
  a 
  

   woolly 
  texture, 
  and 
  usually 
  dense 
  upon 
  the 
  crown 
  of 
  the 
  head, 
  and 
  

   short 
  on 
  this 
  part, 
  though 
  in 
  some 
  species 
  there 
  is 
  an 
  elongated 
  tuft 
  on 
  

  

  