Cebus gracilis, Spix, Sim. et Vespert., Bras., p. 8, pl. 5 (1823, young).
Cebus libidinosus, Spix, t. c. p. 5, pl. 2 (1823).
Cebus unicolor, Spix, t. c. p. 7, pl. 4 (1823).
Simia flavia, Schreb., Säugeth., pl. 31B (1840).
Cebus elegans, Is. Geoffr., C. R., xxxi., p. 875 (1850).
Caiarára branca, Bates, Nat. Amaz., ii., p. 100 (1863).
Cebus pallidus, Gray, Cat. Monkeys Brit. Mus., p. 49 (1870).
Characters.—Hairs of crown short and reflexed, forming a small short crest, separated by a median furrow on each side of the dark crown patch. Fur soft; the coronal patch on the back of the head small, black or brown; crest black.
General colour golden fulvous or greyish fulvous; limbs and tail dark brown; beard golden-red.
Varieties of this species are sometimes entirely fulvous, with the forehead white; others are entirely albino.