_Nyctipithecus lemurinus_, Is. Geoffr., Arch. Mus., iv., p. 24, pl. 21
(1844); Gray, Cat. Monkeys Brit. Mus., p. 58 (1870).
{169}_Nyctipithecus felinus_, Gray, List Mamm. Brit. Mus., p. 14 (1843);
Schl., Mus. Pays Bas, vii., 214 (1876).
CHARACTERS.--Fur of body and head long; tail depressed, broad, with the
hair bushy and spreading on the sides as in a Squirrel. Head presenting a
dark frontal area with a round white spot over each eye.
DISTRIBUTION.--The Lemurine Douroucolis are found in Colombia and in Upper
Amazonia; at Macas, on the eastern side of the Andes; and on the upper
branches of the main streams of the Amazon, as far as a congenial habitat
is met with.