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Chapter III: The Slender Capuchin. Cebus Flavus

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_Cebus barbatus_, Geoffr., Ann. Mus., xix., p. 110 (1812); Schl,. Mus.
Pays Bas, vii., p. 197 (1876).

{209}_Cebus albus_, Geoffr., t. c. p. 112 (albino).

_Cebus flavus_, Geoffr., Ann. Mus., xix., p. 112 (1812); Kuhl, Beitr.
Zool., p. 33 (1820); d'Orbig., Voy. Amér. Mérid., iv., Mamm., p. 1, pl. 3
(1847); Schl., Mus. Pays Bas, vii., p. 204 (1876).

_Cebus gracilis_, Spix, Sim. et Vespert., Bras., p. 8, pl. 5 (1823,
young).

_Cebus libidinosus_, Spix, t. c. p. 5, pl. 2 (1823).

_Cebus unicolor_, Spix, t. c. p. 7, pl. 4 (1823).

_Simia flavia_, Schreb., Säugeth., pl. 31B (1840).

_Cebus elegans_, Is. Geoffr., C. R., xxxi., p. 875 (1850).

_Caiarára branca_, Bates, Nat. Amaz., ii., p. 100 (1863).

_Cebus pallidus_, Gray, Cat. Monkeys Brit. Mus., p. 49 (1870).

CHARACTERS.--Hairs of crown short and reflexed, forming a small short crest, separated by a median furrow on each side of the dark crown patch. Fur soft; the coronal patch on the back of the head small, black or brown; crest black.

General colour golden fulvous or greyish fulvous; limbs and tail dark brown; beard golden-red.

Varieties of this species are sometimes entirely fulvous, with the forehead white; others are entirely albino.

DISTRIBUTION.--Bolivia.

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A Hand-book to the Primates, Volume 1 (of 2)Chapter III: The Slender Capuchin. Cebus Flavus

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