. Brehm's Life of animals : a complete natural history for popular home instruction and for the use of schools. Mammalia. Mammals; Animal behavior. CUXIO MONKEY. This remarkable looking an •- a xerv , :ul of the latter and so (earful of wetting it that it dips water up in its hand when it drinks. The Cuxio is chiefly nocturnal in habits and is found in Brazil. When angry it gi ts teeth in a savage manner. {Pithecia sat anas.) encountered by the natives. Besides the preceding names, this Monkey is also called Cacajao, Chucuto, Chucuzo, Caruari, Mono-feo or Ugly Monkey, and Mono-Rabon or Short-


. Brehm's Life of animals : a complete natural history for popular home instruction and for the use of schools. Mammalia. Mammals; Animal behavior. CUXIO MONKEY. This remarkable looking an •- a xerv , :ul of the latter and so (earful of wetting it that it dips water up in its hand when it drinks. The Cuxio is chiefly nocturnal in habits and is found in Brazil. When angry it gi ts teeth in a savage manner. {Pithecia sat anas.) encountered by the natives. Besides the preceding names, this Monkey is also called Cacajao, Chucuto, Chucuzo, Caruari, Mono-feo or Ugly Monkey, and Mono-Rabon or Short- Tail. The last name has been lately universally adopted; for the Cac. with a few other species having short. bushy tails, have been separated from the Pithecia, under the common fam- ily name of Short-tailed Monkeys (Brachyurus l. This Saki measures from twenty to twenty-seven inches in length, in- cluding the tail. Its thick, shining fur is longer on the shoulders and sides, and scantier on the under part of the body. The short, thin tail has a tuft on its tip. The ringers are exceedingly long and strong. Its color is grayish-yellow on the back and a rusty hue lower down. The hair of the head and fore-arms is shining black. In captivity it is greed\- and obtuse, but not fierce. It trembles with fear at sight of a Crocodile or a Snake. This Monkey is a native of the northwest of Bra- zil, but does not seem to be very numerous. But a single living speci- men has ever been brought to Europe [although a number of live Short-tailed Saki Monk- eys have been taken to the United States]. THE CALLITHRIX. Another genus of American Monkeys, called Cal- lithrix, is distinguished by a slim body, on slim limbs, a long, thin tail, a round head with a beard- less face and a short muzzle ; bright eyes and large ears ; and the hands and feet each have five toes or fingers. The Callithrices inhabit the quiet forests of South America in small troops, and their presence is easily determined on a


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