. Brehm's Life of animals : a complete natural history for popular home instruction and for the use of schools. Mammals; Animal behavior. 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 (Chrysothrixsciurea), 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 gold
. Brehm's Life of animals : a complete natural history for popular home instruction and for the use of schools. Mammals; Animal behavior. 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 (Chrysothrixsciurea), 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. WHITE-HEADED SAKI MONKEY. 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 principally upon fruits. {Pithecia leucocefhala.) like the Capuchins and sometimes may be seen in company with a troop of those animals. The Squirrel Monkey is very active throughout the en- tire day, but at night he retires to the crowns of palms, where he finds a secure asylum for rest and sleep. He is very timid, never stirs at night, and flees at the slightest alarm by day. When fright- ened from any cause the troop moves in long rows, under the guidance of an old Monkey, which usually succeeds in leading them out of danger. How Squirrel Kappler, during his twenty-six years' Monkeys Act stay in Guiana, always contrived to in Captivity. keep three of these Monkeys in cap- tivi
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