. The animals of the world. Brehm's life of animals;. Mammals. 60 THE APES AND MONKEYS. The Lively The best known member of this Squirrel Monkey group is the Squirrel-Monkey, of Guiana. sometimes called the Golden-haired Monkey {Chrysothrixsciiirea), distinguished as much by a graceful body and agreeable color as by a merry, cheerful disposition. He may be counted one of the best looking of all the American Monk- eys. The tail is very long; the body yellow above and whitish below. Sometimes the creature is gray with golden yellow limbs, or the head may be coal black. The length, tail included,
. The animals of the world. Brehm's life of animals;. Mammals. 60 THE APES AND MONKEYS. The Lively The best known member of this Squirrel Monkey group is the Squirrel-Monkey, of Guiana. sometimes called the Golden-haired Monkey {Chrysothrixsciiirea), distinguished as much by a graceful body and agreeable color as by a merry, cheerful disposition. He may be counted one of the best looking of all the American Monk- eys. The tail is very long; the body yellow above and whitish below. Sometimes the creature is gray with golden yellow limbs, or the head may be coal black. The length, tail included, averages about thirty-two inches. This attractive little creature is a native of Gui- ana, and prefers the banks of rivers, which he haunts in large numbers. He does not inhabit high trees, but is found in the shrubs on the edges of the forest purchase, and is thus able to speak with mtmiate knowledge concerning their habits and traits. Ac- cording to him they are called Acalimas and Cabu- anamas by the natives. He says: "Ihe little Monkeys are very cheerful and always active, ex- cept that they sometimes take a nap during the day They are very easily affected by changes of weather and dislike the cold. I always selected those that were quite young for my collection, and soon taught them to like bread, milk and ripe ba- nanas. In the beginning I let them run at large in the room. They would sometimes suck their thumbs for hours, like babies. The dainty, white little face, black mouth, large bright eyes and engaging manners always produced a favorable impression on everybody. They are not. WHITE-HEADED SAKI M0KKE7. A peculiarity of the"Saki" is that it strongly resembles Man in the face, as the artist has clearly shown. Its white head and yellowish-brown body give it a striking appearance. The short and bushy tail is not prehensile. The creature is dull, quiet and rather stupid, and is easily made content in captivity. Its life is spent in the trees and it feeds
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