RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1867.12.06. Cercopithecus cephus. CUL-DAR83.18. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 2.2022. RN1

NOTE: See record in the Darwin Online manuscript catalogue, enter its Identifier here. Reproduced with permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library and William Huxley Darwin. The volumes CUL-DAR80-86 contain material for Darwin's book Descent of man (1871).

Darwin cited this in Descent 2: 291.

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Dec 6 1867 Zoolog. Garden. Sexual selection

The Cercopithecus cebus? [cephus] has beautiful blue face, with some white, shading into skin, but not sexual.

The "bearded monkey", the male has larger beard like orang.

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