THE 
LEONINE MONKEY. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Front-Teeth in each jaw four, placed near to- 
gether, 
Canine-Teeth solitary, longer than the others ^ 
distant from the grinders. 
Grinders obtuse. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER, 
Brownish- olive Monkey, with whitish undula- 
tions, with long-haired shoulders, black 
face, ears and feet, and white nose. 
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This very small species bf Monkey, which measures 
about seven inches from the tip of the nose to the be- 
ginning of the tail, is an inhabitant of the lower and 
hotter parts of South America, and was first described 
by the celebrated traveller Mons. Humdoldt. In its 
manners it resembles the rest of the smaller Monkies. 
Its colour is a brownish-olive, slightly waved or varied 
with whitish streaks on the upper parts ; and the tail is 
of equal length with the rest of the animaL 
