GREAT-EARED MONKEY. 65 



native of Guiana,, and is a lively, active species, 

 and gentle in a state of confinement 



GREAT-EARED MONKEY. 



Simia Midas. S. caudata imberhis, labio superiore fisso, auribw 



quadratis nudis, tinguibus subulatis, pedibus croceis. Lin. Syst. Nat. 



p. 42. 

 Long-tailed black Monkey, with large naked squarish ears, 



orange-coloured feet, and pointed nails. 

 Little black Monkey. Edwards ; pi. 196. 

 Tamarin. Buff. 15./. 92. pi. 13. Tamarin mgre. suppl. p. 1 1 6. 



//. 32. 

 Great-eared Monkey. Pennant Quadr. p, 223. 



The Tamarin or Great-eared Monkey is about 

 the size of a squirrel. It is coal-black, except on 

 the lower part of the back, which is of a reddish 

 colour, and on the hands and feet, which are 

 orange-coloured. The face is naked and flesh- 

 coloured ; the ears very large, naked, of a squar- 

 ish form, and of a dusky flesh colour : the tail 

 very long and black. It is a native of the hot- 

 ter parts of South America. The claws are small 

 and sharp. It is extremely well figured by Ed- 

 wards. It sometimes varies in having the face 

 black instead of flesh-coloured. In this state it 

 is described and figured in ButFon's seventh sup- 

 plemental volume, under the title of Tamarin nbgre, 



v. 1. 



