RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1868.03.25. Cercocebus aethiops / Cercopithecus talapoin. CUL-DAR83.5. 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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Z. Gardens March 25 /68/
Cercocebus aethiops - two white naked spots over both eyelids. - Head chesnut - whiskers white, passing into white collar round neck - body grey - face black.
Cercopithecus talapoin - body glossed with golden-green very pretty - skin about eyes white, nose & ears black rest of face hairy -- whiskers yellow shading with white
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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