70 PREACHER MONKEY. 
the animal, and its oblique and retrograde mode 
of incession, it should seem rather to belong to 
the genus Lemur than that of Simia; and seems, 
in some degree, aUied to the small species called 
Lemurmurinus ; but in that creature the tail is 
villous, not bare as in the Camellian animal. 
This, however, is a circumstance which does not 
much invalidate the idea; since, in a mere outline, 
the hairiness of the tail might not have been 
expressed. 
We now arrive at the division containing those 
species which are furnished with prehensile tails, 
i. e. tails so constituted as to be able to clasp at 
pleasure round any object, so as to answer the pur- 
pose of a fifth hand. These Monkies are natives 
of South America. 
PREACHER MONKEY. 
Simla Beelzebul. Lin. S. caudata harhata nigra, cauda frehen- 
sili, extremo pedihusque hrunneis. Lin. Syst. Nat. p. 37. 
Bearded black Monkey, with prehensile tail 5 the feet and tip of 
the tail brown. 
Preacher Monkey. Pennant ^adr. 21 
L'Ouarine. Buff. 15. /. 5. and suppl. J. pi. 26. 
This species is said to be of the size of a fox, and 
of a black colour, with smooth glossy hair; round 
beard beneath the chin and throat : the feet and 
end of the tail brown. It is a native of Brasil 
and Guiana, inhabiting the woods in vast num- 
bers, and howls in a dreadful manner. Marcgrave 
