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CAPUCHIN MONKEY

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Originally appearing in Volume V05, Page 296 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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CAPUCHIN See also:

MONKEY

MONKEY , the See also:

ENGLISH

English name of a tropical See also:

AMERICAN

American monkey scientifically known as Cebus capucinus; the plural, See also:

CAPUCHINS

capuchins, is extended to embrace all the numerous See also:

SPECIES

species of the same genus, whose range extends from See also:

NICARAGUA

Nicaragua to See also:

PARAGUAY

Paraguay. These monkeys, whose native name is sapajou, are the typical representatives of the See also:

FAMILY

family Cebidae, and belong to a sub-family in which the tail is generally prehensile. From the other genera of that See also:

GROUP

group (Cebinae) with prehensile tails capuchins are distinguished by the See also:

COMPARATIVE

comparative shortness of that appendage, and the See also:

ABSENCE (Lat. absentia)

absence of a naked See also:

AREA

area on the under See also:

SURFACE

surface of its extremity. The See also:

HAIR (a word common to Teutonic languages)

hair is not woolly, the See also:

general build is rather stout, and the limbs are of moderate length and slenderness. The name capuchin is derived from the somewhat See also:

COWL (through Fr. coule, from Lat. cucullus or cuculla, a covering; the word is found in various forms in most European languages, cf. Ger. Kugel or Kigel, Dutch kovel, Irish cochal or cochull ; the ultimate origin may be the root kal, found in Lat. clam,

cowl-like See also:

FORM (Lat. forma)

form assumed by the thick hair on the See also:

CROWN

crown of the See also:

head of the sapajous. In their native haunts these monkeys go about in troops of considerable See also:

SIZE

size, frequenting the summits of the tall See also:

FOREST

forest-trees, from which they seldom, if ever, descend. In addition to fruits of various kinds, they consume See also:

TENDER

tender shoots and buds, See also:

INSECTS

insects, eggs and See also:

young birds. Many of the 2 The name comes from the See also:

AQUEDUCT (Lat. aqua, water, and ducere, to lead; Gr. apaymryeiov, apayeeywov, vlrovopos)

aqueduct (forma) erected by See also:

AUGUSTUS (a name 1 derived from Lat. augeo, increase, i.e. venerable, majestic, Gr. Ee0avr6s)

Augustus for the See also:

SUPPLY (through Fr. from Lat. supplere, to fill up)

supply of See also:

Capua, remains of which still exist. species are difficult to distinguish, and very little is known of their habits in a See also:

WILD, JONATHAN (c. 1682-1725)

wild See also:

state, although several members of the group are See also:

COMMON

common in captivity (see See also:

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