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Chapter XII: The Thick-Furred Capuchin. Cebus Vellerosus

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_Cebus vellerosus_, Is. Geoffr., Cat. Méth. Primates, p. 44 (1851,
part.); Gray, Cat. Monkeys Brit. Mus., p. 49 (1870).

_Cebus frontatus_, Schl., Mus. Pays Bas, vii., p. 206 (1876, part.).

CHARACTERS.--Hairs of crown short; those on the side of the dark and narrow crown-spot, produced on the sides into two horns or crests. Fur thick and long, mingled with still longer glancing hairs; general colour blackish-brown; top of head, nape of neck, and whiskers black. (_Gray._)

DISTRIBUTION.--Brazil.

The following species has been described by Dr. Gray, but very little, if anything, is known of its habits or of the exact locality in which it lives.

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A Hand-book to the Primates, Volume 1 (of 2)Chapter XII: The Thick-Furred Capuchin. Cebus Vellerosus

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