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F a m i l i a I. TRICHURI.
G e n u s ? . lacchus. Geoffroy, Humboldt.
S a g o i n , Buffon, Audebert, Cuvier.
H a p a l e , Jlliger.
S i m i a , Linné, Schreber.
CHARACTER ESSENTIALIS.
C a u d a non volubili, gracili, eloQgata, annulata.
D e s c r i p t i o . Simia diurna, agilis, saltatoria; corpus exiguum, gracile, supra et subtus
sericeo-pilosum, sciureo hand dissimile; caput subovatum, ad latera sub compres sum ; cranium
depressum, planiusculum, elongatum; faciestenuis,brevissima, recta, apiceacuta; vultussubnudus;
visus antrorsum vergens; aures patulae, emarginatae; cauda non volubilis, tenuis,
corpore longlor, apice non calva, annulis altcrnis numerosis disiincta; denies canini supra infraque
2, tenues, subae^uales, mediocres, incisivi supra infraque 4, superiores arcualim
positi, approximali, breviores, intermedii planiusculi, subp rom in entes, inferiores magis
elongati, approximali, caniuis contigui, elliplice positi; molares supra infra<jue 10 recti, tricuspidati
pedes posteriores anterioribus longiores; digiti palmae planlaeque gráciles, longiores;
pollex pedis valde remotus, brevissimus, suboppositus; ungues compressi, longi,
tenues, falculares, poUicares pedum minuti, planiusculi.
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S p e c i e s 1. lacchus p y gma e u s . Tat. x x i v . Kg. ii.
Corpore pu,
r i . , . , . , pili
inpr» fui' ro cioereoiiac variegato, subtuj ru
lis, praec ipue ante aur 69 longioribus, retrc
5 longior e, id radi cem fuira, reli^ua nigr
Longitude irunci 5i" ulnae
capita ii" palmae f"
fäcie! 4" femoris i"
caudae 6" tibiae i"
liumcri t" pian tao ij"
iculas oiitegcali-
D e s c r i p t i o . Corpus gracillimum; pili capitis, dorsi et quatuor exlremilalum ad radicem
nigri, in medio fulvi, versus apicem nigi'O alboque variegati, T" longi, in capite versus auriculas
longiores casque obtegenles, in cauda nigro, fulvo alboque variegati annulis vix conspicuis,
in manibus pedibusque brevissimi, rufi; facies atra, circa oculos et nasum nudiuscula;
dentes canini supcriores medii promincntes, exterioribus vix largiores; auriculae minutae, fulvo
subpilosae, ad medium acuminatae; ungues minimi, albicantes, falciformes, pollicaris pedis
planiusculus, minutissimus vix conspicuus.
Habitat in pago munito, limitroplioTaba t i n g a ad ripas iluvii Solimoens.
I. L'OUISTITI MIGNON.
Los Ouistitis diffèrent des Tamarins par la (¡ueuc (¡ni n'est pas uniforme, mais annelée de
fauve ou debianc; c'est la petitesse r/ui distingue encore l'Ouistiti Mignon de tous les singes;
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