Title: Brehm's Life of animals : a complete natural history for popular home instruction and for the use of schools. Mammalia
Identifier: brehmslifeofanim1896breh (find matches)
Year: 1896 (1890s)
Authors: Brehm, Alfred Edmund, 1829-1884; Pechuel-Loesche, Edward, 1840-1913; Haacke, Wilhelm, 1855-1912; Schmidtlein, Richard
Subjects: Mammals; Animal behavior
Publisher: Chicago : Marquis
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THE AMERICAN MONKEYS—MARMOSET. 63 mentary feelings. He has all the qualities of a cow- ard : the plaintive voice, the evident incapacity or unwillingness to give in to necessity, the complain- ing resignation, the morbid fancy that the actions of all other creatures in some way relate to him. the constant attitudes of either ostentatiously showing off or shrinking from ob- servation, the incon- stancy in his expres- sions, movements and actions. Fruit, seeds, leaves and buds form the principal part of the food of the Marmo- sets, but they also hunt insects. Spi- ders, etc., with the greatest zeal, and eat them with evi- dent relish. Indeed, one might say that they are animal feeders more than any other Monkeys, preferring this to vegetable food. The Three We rec- Groups of o g n i z e Marmosets, j- j-j r c c distinct groups as belonging to the family Hapale : the Lion-like Monkey (Hapale leonina), having face and ears d e v o i d of hair, a tufted tail, and a mane on the head, neck and shoulders; the Tamar i ns, to which belongs the Silver Monkey » Hapale Arge/itata), having a longer tail, but no mane, and the Silky Monkey (Hapale pygmcea) having tufts on its ears. The most common member of the last named group is the Saguin Ouistiti or Common Marmoset ( //<ipale jacehus). It is about ten inches in length and is clothed with soft, long hair. The col- oring is black, white and russet, each hair being black at its root, and then alternately russet, black and white. The tail is black, -showing about twenty white ringlets and a white tip. A whitish spot on the forehead, and a pure white tuft over each ear stand out in bold relief against the brown face. In captivity they subsist on fruit, vegetables, in- sects, Snails and meat, and soon get familiar with
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NIGHT MONKEYS. The picture represents Night Monkeys of South America, one of which has just seized a lit- tle bird and it regards with disfavor the too near approach of its companion and evidently declines to share the toothsome morsel in its possession with the intruder. The entire family of Night Monkeys are noted for their small, round heads, large eyes and long tails. Those indicated in the picture are sometimes called " Three-striped Owl Monkeys," on account of the three divergent black stripes on their forehead and face. They feed upon small birds, insects and fruits, are strictly nocturnal and have very powerful voices. (Nyctipithecus trivirgatus.) those who take constant care of them. They show themselves distrustful and irritable towards stran- gers and are capricious like naughty children

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