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Of these there were different kinds; but that which first drew the attention of our party was the great Capuchin monkey (_Brachyurus chiropotes_).
The Forest Exiles The Perils of a Peruvian Family in the Wilds of the Amazon Mayne Reid 1850
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Duppo called it a _nakari_ (_Brachyurus calvus_ is its scientific name).
On the Banks of the Amazon William Henry Giles Kingston 1847
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