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A
REVIEW
OF
THE PRIMATES
BY
DANIEL GIRAUD ELLIOT, D. Sc., F. R. S. E., &C.
Commander of the Royal Orders of the Crown of Italy, of Frederic of Wurtemburg, and of
Charles the Third of Spain; Knight of the Imperial and Royal Orders of Francis Joseph
of Austria, of the Dannebrog of Denmark, of the Albert Order of Saxony, of St.
Maurice and St. Lazare of Italy, of Isabella the Catholic of Spain, of Christ of
Portugal, of Philip the Magnanimous of Hesse, etc., etc.; Fellow of the Royal
Society of Edinburgh, of the Zoological Society of London; A Founder and
ex-Vice-President of the Zoological Society of France; A Founder and
ex-President of the American Ornithologists* Union; Honorary Member
of the Nuttall Ornithological Club; of the Linmean Society of
New York; of the New York Zoological Society; Member of
the Imperial Leopoldino-Carolina Academy of Germany, of
the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, of ^ the
Academy of Sciences of New York, of the Societe
D’Acclimatation of Paris, of the New York His¬
torical Society; Corresponding Member of the
Royal Academy of Sciences of Lisbon, of the
Natural History Society of Boston, etc., etc.
MONOGRAPH SERIES
VOLUME II
ANTHROPOIDEA
Aotus to Lasiopyga
PUBLISHED BY THE
AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
NEW YORK, U. S. A.
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CORRECTION.
The date 1912 on the title-pages of “A Review of the Primates,”
by D. G. Elliot, forming Monograph I. of the Monograph Series of
the publications of the American Museum of Natural History, should
be corrected to June, 1913. Although all the text, except the Appendix
in Volume III, was printed in 1912, unexpected delay in the prepa¬
ration of the colored plates prevented the issue of the work till June
15, 1913.
AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY.
New York, July 1, 1913.
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CONTENTS.
VOLUME II.
Page
Suborder II. Anthropoidea . 1
Subfamily III. Aotinae — Douroucouli . 1
Subfamily IV. Cebinae — Spider Monkeys — Woolly Monkeys — Capuchins.... 21
Family III. Lasiopygidae . 115
Subfamily I. Lasiopyginae — Baboons — Geladas — Black Apes — Celebes Ma¬
caques — Tailless Macaques — Mangabeys — Hamlyn’s Monkey — Guenons.. 115
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LIST OF COLORED PLATES.
VOLUME II.
Opposite
Page
1. Lagothrix lagotricha . 56
2. Pithecus andamanensis . 208
3. Lasiopyga 1’hoesti . 297
4. Lasiopyga erythrogaster . 301
5. Lasiopyga schmidti . 306
6. Lasiopyga moloneyi . 368
7. Lasiopyga stairsi . 372
8. Lasiopyga brazzse . 378
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LIST OF PLATES OF CRANIA.
VOLUME II.
Opposite
Page
I. Aotus miriquouina . 1
II. Ateleus belzebuth . 21
III. Brachyteleus arachnoides . 49
IV. Lagothrix lagotricha . 53
V. Cebus malitiosus . 64
VI-VII. Papio nigerise . 115
VIII. Papio papio . 130
IX-X. Papio cynocephalus . 137
XI. Papio hamadryas . 143
XII. Papio brockmani . 147
XIII-XIV. Papio sphinx . 149
XV-XVI. Papio planirostris . 151
XVII. Theropithecus obscurus . 155
XVIII. Cynopithecus niger . 159
XIX. Magus ochreatus . 165
XX. Simia sylvanus . 172
XXI. Pithecus thibetanum . 196
XXII. Pithecus nemestrinus . 205
XXIII. Pithecus brevicaudus . 216
XXIV. Pithecus albibarbatus . 218
XXV. Pithecus sinicus . 221
XXVI. Pithecus fascicularis . 233
XXVII. Pithecus bintangensis . 246
XXVIII. Cercocebus torquatus . 254
XXIX. Cercocebus aterrimus . 270
XXX. Rhinostigma hamlyni . 2 73
XXXI. Lasiopyga fantiensis . 300
XXXII. Lasiopyga nictitans . 316
XXXIII. Lasiopyga cephus . 319
XXXIV. Lasiopyga callitrichus . 333
XXXV. Lasiopyga mona . 350
XXXVI. Lasiopyga denti . 351
XXXVII. Lasiopyga kolbi . 361
XXXVIII. Lasiopyga diana (immature) . 380
XXXIX. Lasiopyga roloway . 381
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LIST OF PLATES OF FIGURES FROM LIFE.
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VOLUME II.
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Ateleus ater
( Lagothrix lagotricha
1 Cebus capucinus . . .
Papio porcarius ....
Papio hamadryas . . .
Papio sphinx .
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Theropithecus gelada .
Cynopithecus niger . . ,
Simia sylvanus .
Pithecus fuscatus
Pithecus nemestrinus
Pithecus rhesus .
Pithecus albibarbatus
Cercocebus torquatus
Cercocebus albigena .
Rhinostigma hamlyni .
Lasiopyga pygerythrus
Lasiopyga roloway . .
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LIST OF HEADS.
VOLUME II.
Lasiopyga l’hoesti
Lasiopyga erythrogaster
1 Lasiopyga buttikoferi
Lasiopyga ascanius
Lasiopyga signata
Lasiopyga schmidti
2.
'Lasiopyga nigrigenis
Lasiopyga princeps
Lasiopyga martini
• Lasiopyga cephus
Lasiopyga erythrotis
Lasiopyga callitrichus
Lasiopyga griseoviridis
Lasiopyga cynosura
Lasiopyga pygerythra
■ Lasiopyga nigroviridis
Lasiopyga campbelli
Lasiopyga burnetti
4.
Lasiopyga albitorquata
Lasiopyga k. hindei
, Lasiopyga diana
Miopithecus talapoin
Erythrocebus patas
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LIST OF GENERA AND SPECIES
VOLUME II.
Page
Aotus .
Aotus infulatus .
Aotus nigriceps . .
Aotus senex . ,
. 1
. 5
. 8
. 8
Aotus rufipes . .
. 9
Aotus roberti .
. . 10
Aotus miriquouina .
. 10
Aotus boliviensis .
. 11
Aotus lanius .
. 12
Aotus vociferans .
. . . 13
Aotus griseimembra .
. 15
Aotus trivirgatus .
. 16
Aotus oseryi .
. 17
Aotus gularis .
. 18
Aotus microdon .
. 18
. 19
. 21
. 28
. 30
. 31
. . 34
. . 36
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. 38
. 39
. 41
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. 50
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GENERA AND SPECIES
Cebus .
Cebus apella .
Cebus capucinus . . .
Cebus c. nigripectus
Cebus frontatus . . .
Cebus albifrons ....
Cebus unicolor ....
Cebus u. cuscinus .
Cebus flavus .
Cebus castaneus . . .
Cebus variegatus . .
Cebus malitiosus . . .
Cebus chrysopus
Cebus apiculatus
Cebus libidinosus . .
Cebus fatuellus .
Cebus f. peruana . . .
Cebus macrocephalus
Cebus versuta . .
Cebus azarae .
Cebus a. pallidus . . ,
Cebus cirrifer . .
Cebus crassiceps . . .
Cebus caliginosus . .
Cebus vellerosus . . .
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. 104
. 104
. 105
. 107
. 108
. 109
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. 112
. 113
Papio .
Papio nigeriae
Papio doguera
Papio tessellatum
Papio furax .
Papio yokoensis . .
Papio heuglini . . .
Papio papio .
Papio ibeanus
Papio porcarius . .
Papio cynocephalus
Papio neumanni . .
Papio strepitus . . .
Papio pruinosus . .
Papio hamadryas .
Papio h. arabicus .
Papio brockmani .
Papio sphinx .
Papio planirostris
Papio leucophseus
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Theropithecus . 155
Theropithecus gelada . 155
Theropithecus obscurus . 157
Cynopithecus . 159
Cynopithecus niger . 162
Magus . 165
Magus ochreatus . 167
Magus maurus . 169
Magus tonkeanus . 170
Simia . 172
Simia sylvanus . 173
Pithecus . 176
Pithecus speciosus . 190
Pithecus harmondi . 193
Pithecus rufescens . 193
Pithecus fuscatus . 195
Pithecus thibetanum . 196
Pithecus vestitus . 197
Pithecus sancti-johannis . 198
Pithecus lasiotis . 198
Pithecus pagensis . 200
Pithecus villosus . 200
Pithecus littoralis . 201
Pithecus cyclopsis . 202
Pithecus nemestrinus . 205
Pithecus adustus . 206
Pithecus insulanus . ■ . 207
Pithecus andamanensis . 208
Pithecus assamensis . 209
Pithecus rhesus . 213
Pithecus brevicaudus . 216
Pithecus albibarbatus . 218
Pithecus sinicus . 221
Pithecus pileatus . 223
Pithecus resimus . 224
Pithecus validus . 225
Pithecus alacer . 226
Pithecus karimoni . 227
Pithecus fuscus . 228
Pithecus umbrosus . 229
Pithecus irus . 229
Pithecus mordax . 232
Pithecus fascicularis . . • • • 233
Pithecus mandibularis . 234
Pithecus capitalis . 235
XVI
GENERA AND SPECIES
Pithecus laetus .
Pithecus lingungensis
Pithecus lautensis
Pithecus sirhassenensis
Pithecus vitiis .
Pithecus carimatse
Pithecus baweanus . . .
Pithecus cupidus .
Pithecus agnatus .
Pithecus phseurus
Pithecus lapsus .
Pithecus lingae .
Pithecus impudens
Pithecus bintangensis .
Pithecus dollmani
Pithecus philippinensis
Pithecus p. apoensis . .
Pithecus cagayanus . . .
Pithecus pumillus
Pithecus suluensis
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. 246
. 246
. 248
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. 250
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. 252
Cercocebus .
Cercocebus torquatus . .
Cercocebus cethiops
Cercocebus lunulatus ...
Cercocebus chrysogaster
Cercocebus agilis .
Cercocebus hagenbecki ,
Cercocebus galeritus . . .
Cercocebus albigena . . .
Cercocebus a. johnstoni
Cercocebus a. zenkeri . ,
Cercocebus aterrimus . .
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261
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264
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265
265
266
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270
Rhinostigma . 273
Rhinostigma hamlyni . 273
Lasiopyga .
Lasiopyga 1’hoesti _
Lasiopyga insolita _
Lasiopyga petaurista ...
Lasiopyga fantiensis . . .
Lasiopyga erythrogaster
Lasiopyga buttikoferi . .
Lasiopyga ascanius
Lasiopyga a. whitesidei
Lasiopyga signata .
Lasiopyga schmidti
Lasiopyga leucampyx .
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299
300
301
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305
305
306
308
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Lasiopyga pluto . 308
Lasiopyga nigrigenis . 309
Lasiopyga boutourlini . 309
Lasiopyga opisthosticta . 311
Lasiopyga aurora . 312
Lasiopyga stuhlmanni . 312
Lasiopyga neumanni . 313
Lasiopyga doggetti . 314
Lasiopyga princeps . 315
Lasiopyga carruthersi . 315
Lasiopyga nictitans . 316
Lasiopyga n. laglaizi . .... 317
Lasiopyga sticticeps . 317
Lasiopyga martini . 318
Lasiopyga cephus . 319
Lasiopyga cephodes . 321
Lasiopyga inobservata . 322
Lasiopyga sclateri . 323
Lasiopyga erythrotis . 324
Lasiopyga matschie . 326
Lasiopyga hilgerti . 327
Lasiopyga djamdjamensis . 327
Lasiopyga tantalus . 328
Lasiopyga t. budgetti . 329
Lasiopyga t. griseisticta . 331
Lasiopyga t. alexandri . 332
Lasiopyga callitrichus . 333
Lasiopyga werneri . 334
Lasiopyga griseoviridis . 336
Lasiopyga cynosura . 337
Lasiopyga pygerythra . 338
Lasiopyga rufoviridis . 341
Lasiopyga rubella . 342
Lasiopyga calida . 343
Lasiopyga centralis . 344
Lasiopyga c. whytei . 345
Lasiopyga c. johnstoni . 346
Lasiopyga c. lutea . 346
Lasiopyga silacea . 347
Lasiopyga nigroviridis . 348
Lasiopyga mona . . • 350
Lasiopyga denti . 351
Lasiopyga wolfi . 351
Lasiopyga campbelli . 352
Lasiopyga burnetti . 353
Lasiopyga pogonias . 3154
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&iayi .
Lasiopyga g. pallida .
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. 368
. 369
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. 371
Lasiopyga insignis .
Lasiopyga stairsi .
Lasiopyga s. mossambicus .
Lasiopyga rufitincta .
Lasiopyga labiata .
Lasiopyga neglecta . . .
Lasiopyga brazzae .
Lasiopyga diana .
Lasiopyga roloway .
Lasiopyga temminckii .
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A REVIEW
OF THE PRIMATES
VOLUME II.
PLATE I.
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Aotus miriquouina.
No. 94.3.6.4. Brit. Mus. Coll. Nat. Size.
CLASS MAMMALIA.
ORDER ANTHROPOIDEA.
FAMILY CEBID/E.
Subfamily Aotinae.
GENUS AOTUS. THE DOUROUCOULIS.
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1- 2 — 2 J 1— If A - 3—3^ 3H3 —
AOTES Humboldt, Rec. Obs. Zool. et Anat. Comp., 1811, (1815),
pp. 306-311, 358, (for Aotus), pi. XXVIII. Type Simia
trivirgata Humboldt.
Nyctipithecus Spix, Simiar. et Vespert. Bras., 1823, p. 25.
Nocthora F. Cuv., Hist. Nat. Mamm., V, 1824, livr. XLIII, pi.
Head round ; body short, thick ; face encircled by a ruff ; ears
short, mostly hidden in the fur ; nostrils separated by a broad septum ;
eyes very large; tail bushy, the length moderate. Skull: orbits large,
approximate, supported by a bony wall ; upper incisors broad, subequal ;
canines long; lower incisors projecting forward; first upper premolar
very long; last upper molar tricuspidate ; hands and feet small; the
semi-opposable thumb and great toe weak. Dorsal and lumbar verte¬
brae, twenty-two.
The Douroucoulis, as the species of Aotus are generally called,
are small animals with round heads and large eyes, and a short face
surrounded by a ruff of lengthened hairs. The coat is rather soft and
fluffy in texture, the tail of medium length, inclined to be bushy, and
non-prehensile. These animals are nocturnal and arboreal ; seldom seen
during the day, hiding themselves amid the thick foliage, or in holes
of the trees, but at night are very active and noisy, uttering loud
‘caterwaulings,’ and roaming about in search of food which consists
of insects, fruit, and small birds when they are fortunate enough
to seize one. The Indians call them ‘Devil Monkeys,’ and being natu¬
rally of a delicate constitution, they do not live long in captivity.
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LITERATURE OF THE SPECIES.
1812. E. Geoffroy St. Hilaire, in Annales du Museum d’Histoire
Naturelle, Paris.
Aotus miriquouina first described as Pithecia miriquouina.
1811? Humboldt, Recueil d’ Observations de Zoologie et d’Anatomie
(1815). Comparee.
Aotus miriquouina redescribed as Simia ( Pithecia ) azarce;
and A. trivirgatus, first described as Simia trivirgata.
1820. Kuhl, Beitrdge zur Zoologie.
A. trivirgatus is given in its proper genus ; A. miriquouina is
given as Pithecia miriquouina; and A. infulatus is first
described as Callithrix infulatus.
1823. Spix, Simiarum Vespertilionum Brasiliensium, Species Novce.
A. infulatus redescribed as Nyctipithecus felinus ; and A.
vociferans first described as N. vociferans.
1829. Fischer, Synopsis Mammalium.
Three species of Aotus are here given under the genus Cebus.
A. trivirgatus; A. felinus — A. infulatus; and A. miri¬
quouina.
1829. Vigors and Horsheld, in Zoological Journal.
A species of Aotus is here described, but, except as to the
genus, is undeterminable.
1840. R. P. Lesson, Species des Mammiferes Bimanes et Quadru-
manes.
The genus Nyctipithecus is here employed for the species of
Aotus, one species and two varieties being recognized. They
are (AT.) trivirgata; and var. ( N .) vociferans; and var.
Le miriquouina = A. miriquouina.
1840. Wagner, Schreber, Die Sdugthiere in Abbildungen nach der
Natur mit Beschreibungen. Supplementband.
One species is given in this work. A. trivirgatus in the genus
Nyctipithecus; but A. felinus, — A. infulatus, and A.
vociferans are considered synonymous.
1843. I. Geoffroy St. Hilaire, in Comptes Rendus.
A. vociferans redescribed as Nyctipithecus lemurinus.
1848. I. Geoffroy St. Hilaire, in Comptes Rendus.
A. oseryi first described as Nyctipithecus oseryi.
1851. I. Geoffroy St. Hilaire, Catalogue des Primates.
Three species are here given under Nyctipithecus: N. felinus =
A. infulatus ; N. oseryi ; and N. lemurinus = A. vociferans.
AOTUS
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1855. Wagner , Schreber, Die Sdugthiere in Abbildungen nach der
Natur mit Beschreibungen, Supplementband.
Five species are included in Nyctipithecus: (A.) felinus — A.
INFULATUS ; ( N .) INFULATUS; ( N .) TRIVIRGATUS ; ( N .)
oseryi ; and (AT.) vociferans,
1857. Pucheran, in Revue et Magasin de Zoologie.
Aotus spixi first described as Nyctipithecus spixi.
1862. Reichenbach, Die Vollstdndigste Natur geschichte der Affen.
The species of Aotus is, in this work, placed in Nyctipithecus
as follows: ( N .) trivirgata; (A.) felinus — A. infulatus;
(A.) oseryi; (A.) lemurinus = A. vociferans; (A.) spixi;
(A.) vociferans.
1870. /. E. Gray, Catalogue of Monkeys, Lemurs and Fruit-eating
Bats, in the Collection of the British Museum.
Four species are included in the genus Nyctipithecus: (A.)
miriquouina; (A.) trivirgatus; (A.) commersoni = A.
infulatus; and (A.) lemurinus = A. vociferans.
1872. Sclater, in Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.
Aotus rufipes first described as Nyctipithecus rufipes.
1876. Schlegel, Museum d’Histoire Naturelle des Pays-Bas, Simice.
Three species are given in this work under the genus Nycti¬
pithecus as distinct: (A.) azare ; (A.) trivirgatus; and
(A.) vociferans. A. rufipes (Sclat.), and A. oseryi
(Geoff.), are considered synonyms of A. vociferans.
1907. D. G. Elliot, in Annals and Magazine of Natural History.
Aotus boliviensis is first described.
1909. G. Dollman, in Annals and Magazine of Natural History.
In this paper six species of Aotus are described for the first
time, viz. : A. roberti ; A. nigriceps ; A. senex ; A. gularis ; A.
lanius and A. microdon.
1912. D. G. Elliot, in Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural
History, New York.
Aotus griseimembra first described.
GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF THE SPECIES.
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With one exception, A. rufipes from Nicaragua, Central America,
whose habitat is somewhat doubtful, the species of this genus are found
only in South America, and are distributed across the continent from
the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean. Of the known species A. trivir¬
gatus seems to have the widest distribution, and is found from Guiana
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in the East, to the Upper Amazon on the banks of the Cassiquiare River
near the headwaters of the Rio Negro, Brazil, and westward to £ga,
in Peru. A. roberti has only been obtained in the Sierra de Chapada,
Matto Grosso, Brazil; and A. infulatus at Para. The only other
locality in the eastern part of the continent inhabited by a member of
this genus, is the right bank of the River Paraguay, northeastern part
of Argentina, where A. miriquouina is found. A. vociferans has
been procured on the Ucayali and Huallaga rivers, and at Tabatinga,
Upper Maranon, on the eastern border of Peru, and also in the
Tolima Mountains, south western Colombia. In the mountains just
named A. lanius was obtained. A. griseimembra has been found in
Santa Marta, and on the Rio Sinu Cerete, Bolivar, northern Colombia.
Two species inhabit Ecuador, A. gularis at the mouth of the
Rio Coca, Upper Rio Napo, and A. microdon at Micas. Peru, besides
A. trivirgata, has two other representatives of the genus, A. nigri-
cefs from Chanchamayo, and A. senex from Pozuzo, but the extent of
their range is not yet known, and this may be also said of most of the
other species. From the Province of Sara, Central Bolivia, A. bolivi-
ensis comes. Three species remain whose habitats are doubtful or
unknown. First of these is A. rufipes mentioned above, received in
London alive from San Juan del Norta, Nicaragua. The type is
unique and its habitat uncertain, as it may have been brought to San
Juan from South America. The others are A. oseryi in the Paris
Museum, whose only habitat is given as “Haute Amazone, Perou,” (I.
Geoff.) ; and A. spixi in the Collection of the same Institution, and
said to have come from “Amerique Meridionale.”
KEY TO THE SPECIES.
A. Black lines on sides of head not going to the throat.
'O. Black lines on head not going to the occiput.
a.' Black lines from eyes encircling the white and
meeting on crown.
a." Apical half of hairs on tail black to the
roots.
a."' Black lines on head broad.
a.4 Hairs on back red and black
towards root . A. infulatus.
bA Hairs on back slaty black
f" towards root . A. nigriceps.
b.'" Black lines on head narrow . A. senex.
AOTUS
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b ■ Black lines from eyes not meeting on crown,
a." Apical half of hairs on tail yellowish to
roots.
a. "' Spot over eyes white.
a. 4 Hands and feet red . A. rufipes.
b. 4 Hands and feet reddish brown.. A. roberti.
c. 4 Hands and feet yellowish
brown . A. miriquouina.
d4 Hands and feet iron gray . .A. boliviensis.
b. "' Spot over eyes buff . A. lanius.
c Spot over and under eyes white.. A. vociferans.
b. Black lines on head going to occiput.
a.' Black lines from eyes not meeting on crown.
a. " Spot under and above eyes, legs and
arms gray . A. griseimembra.
b. " No spot under eyes, only above.
a. "' Spot over eyes white . A. trivirgatus.
b. "' Spot over eyes yellowish white . A. oseryi.
c Spot over eyes buffy white, grading
to russet on crown . . .A. gularis.
d."' Spot over eyes reddish buff . A. microdon.
B. Lines on sides of head going to the throat . A. spixi.
Aotus infulatus (Kuhl).
Callithrix infulatus Kuhl, Beitr. Zool., 1820, p. 38 ; Reichenb.,
Vollstand. Naturg. Affen, 1862, p. 23.
Nyctipithecus felinus Spix, Simiar. et Vespert. Bras., 1823, p. 24,
pi. XIV ; Gray, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., X, 1st Ser., 1842, p.
256 ; Id. List Spec. Mamm. Brit. Mus., 1843, pi. XIV ; I.
Geoff., Cat. Primates, 1851, p. 39; Wallace, Proc. Zool. Soc.
Lond., 1852, p. 197 ; Wagn., Schreb., Saugth. Suppl., V, 1855,
p. 106; Dahlb., Stud. Zool. Fam. Reg. Anim. Natur.,
fasc. I, 1856, p. 149; Reichenb., Vollstand. Naturg. Affen,
1862, p. 17, figs. 47, 48, 51 ; Bates, Nat. Riv. Amaz., II, 1863,
p. 317; Mivart, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1864, p. 710; 1865, p.
587, (note) ; Anders., Cat. Mamm. Ind. Mus. Calc., 1881, p.
98; Forbes, Handb. Primates, I, 1894, p. 170.
Chirogaleus ( !) commersoni Vig. and Horsf., Zool. Journ., IV,
1829, p. 112.
Cebus felinus Fisch., Syn. Mamm., 1830, p. 55 ; Bates, Nat. Riv.
Amaz., II, 1863, p. 318.
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Nyctipithecus commersoni Gray, Cat. Monkeys, Lemurs and
Fruit-eating Bats, Brit. Mus., 1870, p. 58.
THE FELINE DOUROUCOULI.
Type locality. Para, Brazil, South America. Type in Berlin
Museum.
Geogr. Distr. Para to the region of the Upper Amazon ; Peru.
Genl. Char. Three irregular facial streaks combining on the
crown, the central one broad, fan-shaped.
Color. A white spot over each eye, between which is a fan-shaped
black spot. The white spots do not extend on to the sides or crown
of the head; a black line extends on each side of the head from just
below the eyes to the crown, joining the central black spot; entire
upper parts, and outer side of arms and legs gray with a yellowish tinge,
darkest on dorsal region; cheek and throat whitish; under parts and
inner side of limbs dark orange buff ; tail for basal third ochraceous
rufous, remainder black, base of hairs tawny ochraceous.
Measurements. Skull : occipito-nasal length, 57 ; Hensel, 40 ; zygo¬
matic width, 40; intertemporal width, 31; palatal length, 16; breadth
of braincase, 34; median length of nasals, 12; length of upper molar
series, 14; length of mandible, 38; length of lower molar series, 17.
The type of Callithrix infulatus “Licht ,” is in the Berlin
Museum. Lichtenstein’s name is only in manuscript and of course is
not tenable. But Kuhl, when in Berlin, described in his Beitrage
Zoologie, Lichtenstein’s specimen under the name that was already
given, and therefore it will stand as Aotus infulatus Kuhl, and
Spix’s name of felinus given three years after will become a synonym.
Bates (1. c.) states he once saw an individual of this species
which was surprisingly tame. It was as lively and nimble as the
species of Cebus, less mischievous, but far more confiding in its
disposition and delighted to be caressed by all who came into the
house. Its cleanliness and pretty ways and appearance made it a great
favorite. The gentle disposition of this particular animal, however,
might be attributed to the treatment it received from its owner, who
allowed it to sleep with him in his hammock and to nestle in his
bosom as he lay reading. Bates further relates, under the name of
N. felinus, that he kept one of this species for many months, a young
one having been given him by an Indian. A colony, to which this one
belonged, was discovered by the Indian ; for these animals even when
sleeping are aroused by the least noise, and if one passes by the tree in
which they have their nest, a number of owl-like striped faces appear
at the edge of the hollow in the trunk. He was obliged to keep it
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chained and it never became familiar. It lived in a broad-mouthed
glass jar placed in a box, and when any one entered the room it would
dive head foremost into this, and turning around, thrust forth its face
and stare at the intruder. At night it was very active, uttering at times
a cry like a dog’s suppressed bark, and scampered about to the length
of its chain after cockroaches and spiders. When it tried to climb
between the box and the wall, the space was straddled, bending the
knuckles at an acute angle and resting upon the palms and tips of the
outstretched fingers and toes and then mounted easily. The nails are
flat on both fingers and toes, and their physiognomy is like that of an
owl or tiger cat. By the Indians these monkeys are known as Ei-a.
He found two species inhabiting the same forest of the higher and
drier lands without intercrossing or even intermingling with each
other. His captive ate all kinds of fruit, but preferred insects, and
would not touch meat raw or cooked and was seldom thirsty. He was
told by persons who had kept these monkeys about the house that they
cleared the chambers of bats and insect vermin. When it was gently
approached, his pet permitted one to caress it, but if roughly handled
would bite severely, strike with its hands and make a hissing noise
like that of a cat. It met an unfortunate fate, as it was killed by, a
Cairara monkey which was jealous.
Wallace writing on this species states, (1. c.) “of the curious Noc¬
turnal Monkeys forming the genus Nyctipithecus there are two species
in this district, (Valley of the Amazon), one which appears to be the
N. trivirgatus of Humboldt, is found in the district of Ecuador, west
of the Upper Rio Negro; the other closely allied, probably the N. feli-
nus (—A. infulatus), on the Upper Amazon. Their large eyes,
cat-like faces, soft woolly hair and nocturnal habits render them a
very interesting group. They are called ‘devil monkeys by the In¬
dians and are said to sleep during the day and to roam about only at
night. I have specimens of them alive, but they are very delicate and
soon die.”
Spix’s type of A. felinus from which my description was taken is
in the Munich Museum in very good condition, and the colors well
preserved. The skull is not in the specimen and my measurements
given were taken from a skull in the British Museum Collection.
Chirogaleus ( !) commersoni was described after an individual
without any locality or history. The type has disappeared, and the
description given in the Zoological Journal, 1829, p. 112, will cover
various examples of different species, as no especial character is given
that may be considered peculiar to the type alone.
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It is, therefore, undeterminable and the name should be dropped
from the list. That the examples belonged to the present genus and
not to Chirogale is quite evident, the head markings alone being quite
sufficient to establish this fact.
Aotus nigriceps Dollman.
Aotus nigriceps Dollman, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., LV, 8th Ser.,
1909, p. 200.
Type locality. Chanchamayo, Peru. Type in British Museum.
Genl. Char. Black stripes on head ; broad lateral ones uniting
with central stripe on occiput ; hands and feet dark ; tooth rows curved ;
first and second molars nearly equal and largest ; orbits large.
Color. A spot over each eye extending backward and curving
inward in a narrow line and almost meeting at occiput, white; hairs
on side of upper lip, white ; line from cheeks extending over sides of
head and broadening as it goes, joining a central line from forehead
between eyes and passing over the crown, black ; the junction of these
three lines causes the occiput also to be black; sides of head, entire
upper parts of body and outer side of limbs grizzled iron gray, darkest
on dorsal line from middle of back where the hairs are tipped with
reddish brown ; hands and feet blackish brown ; chin blackish ; throat
and entire under parts of body, and inner side of limbs, ochraceous
buff; tail above at base, hairs orange buff with black, grading into
buff yellow with black tips, and then becoming all black on apical
fourth ; beneath deep orange at base of hairs, grading into orange buff
with black tips, and then all black. Ex type British Museum.
Measurements. Total length, 740; tail, 400; foot, 90. Skull:
total length, 63.4; occipito-nasal length, 58; intertemporal width, 31.5;
width of braincase, 33.7; Hensel, 41.7; zygomatic width, 39; median
length of nasals, 96; palatal length, 18; length of upper molar series,
15; length of mandible, 37.5; length of lower molar series, 16. Ex
type British Museum.
This species differs from all others in its black head and white
stripes, and dark hands and feet. A large series is in the British
Museum from Chanchamayo.
Aotus senex Dollman.
Aotus senex Dollman, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., IV, 8th Ser 1900
p. 200.
Type locality. Pozuzo, Peru. Type in British Museum.
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Genl. Char. General color of head brownish gray; lateral black
lines encircling the white on crown, not going to occiput ; two thirds of
tail black ; first upper molar largest of the series.
Color. Forehead white divided in center by a fan shaped black
line, and encircled by another black line commencing at corner of
eyes ; space beneath eyes covered with white hairs ; head behind black
line brownish gray; back of neck, and upper parts of body and flanks
brownish gray ; flanks grizzled gray ; dorsal line darkest and reddest ;
outer side of limbs grizzled gray; under parts of body and inner side of
limbs pale orange buff; hands and feet grizzled gray; tail above and
beneath orange rufous at base, remainder black. Ex type British
Museum.
Measurements. Total length, 750; tail, 430; foot, 90. Skull:
total length, 65 ; occipito-nasal length, 60.3 ; intertemporal width, 33.5 ;
width of braincase, 33.6 ; Hensel, 39.2 ; zygomatic width, 36.6 ; median
length of nasals, 13.7 ; palatal length, 17 ; length of upper molar series,
15; length of mandible, 37.6; length of lower molar series, 16.9. Ex
type British Museum.
In the head markings this species is similar to A. boliviensis from
Sara Province, Central Bolivia, but is much darker and more gray, and
has the tail black for the greater part of its length ; the cranial charac¬
ters are different, and the orbits much smaller, the nasals narrower ;
palate longer and narrower.
Aotus rufipes (Sclater).
Nyctipithecus rufipes Sclat., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1872, p. 3,
pi. I; Alston, Biol. Amer. Central., I, Mamm., 1879, p. 15;
Forbes, Handb. Primates, I, 1894, p. 169, pi. XV.
Aotus rufipes Elliot, Mamm. Middle Amer. and W. Indies,
F. C. M. Pub., VI, Pt. II, 1904, p. 726, (Aotus miriquo-
uina), figs. 165, CXXXIX, Zool. Ser.; Id. Check-L. Mamm.
N. Amer. Cont. and W. Indies, F. C. M. Pub., VII, 1905, p.
533, Zool. Ser.
RED-FOOTED DOUROUCOULI.
Type locality. Nicaragua? Type in British Museum.
Geogr. Distr. Nicaragua? Central America.
Genl. Char. Triangular white patch over each eye; ears large,
prominent, nearly naked ; hands and feet rufous.
Color. Triangular white patch over each eye; three indistinct
black lines on head from forehead and corner of eyes to crown ; upper
parts of body and outer side of limbs gray, tinged with reddish on
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dorsal region; under parts yellowish gray; inner side of limbs gray;
hands and feet reddish brown ; tail, basal half reddish brown, remain¬
der reddish black. Ex type British Museum.
Measurements. Total length, 698; tail, 280. Skull: occipito-
nasal length, 52; Hensel, 40; zygomatic width, 39; intertemporal
width, 32 ; palatal length, 18 ; width of braincase, 32 ; median length
of nasals, 10; length of upper molar series, 13. Ex type British
Museum.
This species differs from all the rest in its reddish brown hands
and feet. The stripes on the head are indistinct when compared with
other species, and are very narrow. Doubtfully from Nicaragua.
Aottjs roberti Dollman.
Aotus roberti Dollman, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., IV, 8th Ser., 1909,
p. 199.
ROBERT’S DOUROUCOULI.
Type locality. Matto Grosso, Brazil. Type in British Museum.
Color. Face black; whitish spot over eyes, between which is a
fan-shaped black mark ; brownish black line from corner of eye extends
upwards on outer side of the white spot, and then outward and termi¬
nates on side of the crown; occiput, entire upper parts of body,
grizzled buffy gray, the hairs being banded with buff and black and
tipped with white ; dorsal line from middle of back, and rump have a
reddish tinge ; upper lip and chin covered with short white hairs ; entire
under parts and inner side of limbs ochraceous buff ; hands and feet
reddish brown; tail above at base orange red, remainder black, beneath
red grading into golden on basal half, rest black. Ex type British
Museum.
Measurements. Total length, 640; tail, 260; foot, 85. Skull:
total length, 64; occipito-nasal length, 57.6; intertemporal width, 31.7;
breadth of braincase, 33 ; Hensel, 39 ; zygomatic width, 40.5 ; median
length of nasals, 12.8; palatal length, 17; length of upper molar series,
15. Ex type British Museum.
The type in the British Museum differs chiefly in its yellowish
gray color, and in having the lateral stripes on the head not encircling
the white spots above the eyes, but continuing backwards on side of
crown and terminating above the ears.
Aotus miriquouina (E. Geoffroy) .
Pithecia miriquouina E. Geoff., Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris
XIX, 1812, p. 117; Kuhl, Beitr. Zool., 1823, p. 43.
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Simla ( Pithecia ) azarce Humb., Obs. Zool., 1811, (1815), p. 359.
Nyctipithecus azarce Schleg., Mus. Pays-Bas, Simiae, 1876, p. 212,
(nec Synon) ; von Pelz., Kaiserl. Konigl. Zool.-botanisch.
Gesel. Wien, 1883, XXXIII, p. 18; Forbes, Handb. Primates,
I, 1894, p. 170.
Nyctipithecus trivirgatus Rengg., Naturg. Saugth. Paraguay,
1830, p. 58, (nec Humb.).
Aotus azarce Thos., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1903, p. 234.
AZARA’S DOVROUCOUL1.
Type locality. Right bank of the River Paraguay, north-eastern
part of the Argentine Republic.
Geogr. Distr. Argentine Republic.
Genl. Char. Large black patch between the superciliary spots.
Color. A white spot over each eye, extending backward in a
narrow line to crown, and separating the central black spot from the
black lateral lines, which extend from the angles of the mouth to the
crown on each side of the head; entire upper parts iron gray, outer
side of limbs iron gray like upper parts; under parts and inner side
of limbs ochraceous buff; hands reddish brown, feet washed with
gray; tail at base ochraceous rufous, hairs black tipped, remainder
black.
Measurements. Skull : occipito-nasal length, 57 ; zygomatic width,
40.8; intertemporal width, 31.2; palatal length, 14.5; breadth of brain-
case, 35; median length of nasals, 11.7; length of upper molar series,
13.3 ; length of mandible, 40; length of lower molar series, 15.3.
Aotus boliyiensis Elliot.
Aotus boliviensis Elliot, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., XX, 1907, 7th Ser.,
p. 189.
Type locality. Province of Sara, Central Bolivia. Type in British
Museum.
Genl. Char. Similar in color to A. miriquouina, but black on
occiput and the cranial characters different. Orbits wider and higher ,
orbital portion of frontal bulging outward forming a decided curve
from the frontal to the nasals; the nasals are longer and wider;
braincase longer and narrower posteriorly; extreme width across
orbits much greater ; interior outline of skull much less curved ; angle
of occipital region much less ; teeth larger, particularly the last upper
molar ; space from posterior edge of foramen magnum to interparietal
much greater ; basioccipital between bullae much wider.
Color. Male similar to A. miriquouina but more tinged with red
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on upper parts. A white spot over each eye extending back upon the
head ; a broad black line on middle of forehead from nose to between
ears, and a narrow black line from corner of eye on each side of the
head bordering the white; upper parts mixed iron gray and russet
becoming more brownish on lower back; cheeks and chin white, sides
yellowish brown ; outer side of limbs iron gray, sometimes tinged with
yellowish brown ; inner side of limbs and under parts pale orange
ochraceous ; hands and feet dark grayish brown ; tail mixed ochraceous
rufous and black on basal half, remainder black. The hairs of tail
are all ochraceous rufous at base and this shows more or less through¬
out the entire length.
Measurements. Total length, 720; tail, 400; foot, 100; ear, 35.
Skull: total length, 64; occipito-nasal length, 61.5; Hensel, 44; zygo¬
matic width, 40.5 ; intertemporal width, 33 ; extreme width of orbits,
45 ; height of orbits, 21 ; median length of nasals, 12 ; width of brain-
case, 35; distance from foramen magnum to interparietal, 11 ; width of
basioccipital between bullae anteriorly, 3.5; length of upper molar
series, 14 ; length of mandible, 41 ; length of lower molar series, 16.
While similar in color to A, miriquouina, the present species
differs greatly in its cranial characters. The skull is much larger and
the braincase considerably longer, while the orbits are enormous, very
large even for these big eyed animals.
Two specimens, a male and female were obtained by Mr. T. Stein-
bach in Central Bolivia and are now in the collection of the British
Museum. There was no difference in the colors of the sexes.
Aotus lanius Dollman.
Aotus lanius Dollman, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist , IV, 8th Ser., 1909,
p. 202 ; Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., N. Y., XXXI 1912*
p. 95.
WOOLLY DOUROUCOULI.
Type locality. Tolima Mountains ; Toche River, Central Andes,
Colombia, South America. Type in British Museum.
Genl. Char. Fur long, thick, soft, woolly ; tail bushy.
Color. Spot over nose fan-shaped, black ; spot over each eye buff
extending backward in a narrow circular line on fore part of head
becoming reddish on hind part, and a black line from corner of eyes
encircling the buff on sides of head but not extending on to the crown ;
crown, back of head, neck and dorsal region to rump red, hairs tipped
with golden; flanks and outer side of limbs paler, grizzled brownish
red; hairs on shoulders and limbs tipped with white; inner side of
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limbs brownish gray ; chin and throat buffy gray ; under parts of body
orange buff ; hands and feet black ; tail at base above and beneath red
like dorsal region, at root beneath chestnut, the red gradually merges
into black on apical third, though the hairs retain the red from the
roots to the tip. Ex type British Museum.
Measurements. Total length, 710; tail, 370; foot, 80. Skull:
intertemporal width, 30.5; width of braincase, 32; Hensel, 41.3; zygo¬
matic width, 38.8; median length of nasals, 14.1; palatal length, 17.5;
length of upper molar series, 16; length of mandible, 37.8; length of
lower molar series, 17 ; occipital region of skull gone. Ex type British
Museum.
This species is remarkable for its thick woolly fur, suitable for an
animal dwelling upon high mountains. It is peculiar also in not having
the lateral black lines on head meeting in the rear, but stopping outside
of the crown.
Mr. Frank M. Chapman during his Expedition to Colombia in
1911, obtained a flat skin of this species from a native on the Toche
River, Central Andes, Province of Tolima, at an elevation of approx¬
imately 7,000 feet.
Aotus vociferans (Spix).
Nyctipithecus vociferans Spix, Sim. et Vespert. Bras., 1823, p. 25,
pi. XIX; Less., Spec. Mamm., 1840, p. 171 ; Wagn., Abhandl.
Bay. Akad., V, 1848, p. 445 ; Wagn., Schreb., Saugth. Suppl.,
V, 1855, p. 108; Reichenb., Vollstand. Naturg. Affen, 1862,
p. 20, fig. 53; Schleg., Mus. Pays-Bas, Simiae, 1876, p. 214;
Alston, Biol. Amer. Centr., I, Mamm., 1879, p. 14.
Cebus vociferans Fisch., Syn. Mamm., 1829, p. 55.
Nyctipithecus lemurinus I. Geoff., Compt. Rend., XVI, 1843, p.
1151 ; Id. Archiv. Mus. Paris, IV, 1844, p. 25, pi. XI ; Id. Voy.
Venus, 1840-1855, Mamm., t. 3, fig. 2; I. Geoff., Cat. Pri¬
mates, 1851, p. 39; Dahlb., Stud. Zool. Fam. Anim. Nat,
fasc. I, 1856, pp. 148, 149; Reichenb, Vollstand. Naturg.
Affen, 1862, p. 19, fig. 52 ; Gray, Cat. Monkeys, Lemurs and
Fruit-eating Bats, Brit. Mus, 1870, p. 58; Sclat, Proc. Zool.
Soc. Lond, 1872, p. 3.
Nyctipithecus trivirgatus Tschudi, Faun. Peruan, 1844, p. 49, (nec
Humboldt).
Aotus vociferans Elliot, Mamm. Middle Amer. and W. Indies,
F. C. M. Pub, IV, Pt. II, 1904 p. 729, Zool. Ser. ; Id. Check-
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L. Mamm. N. Amer. Cont. and W. Indies, F. C. M. Pub., VI,
1905, p. 534, Zool. Ser.
Nyctipithecus rufipes Forbes, Handb. Mamm., I, 1894, p. 169, pi.
XV, (Part.).
NOISY DOUROUCOULI.
Type locality. Tabatinga on the Upper Maranon, eastern border
of Peru. Type in Munich Museum.
Geogr. Distr. Upper Amazon ; on banks of the Ucayali and Hual-
laga rivers, and on the Upper Maranon on eastern border of Peru;
the mountains of Tolima, Colombia.
Genl. Char. Hair, long, loose, fluffy, thick; color uniform.
Color. Spot over and beneath each eye white; a fan-shaped black
spot on center of head, and a lateral black line extending back on each
side of the head towards occiput ; entire upper parts and limbs cinna¬
mon rufous, darkest on head and dorsal lines which are more reddish ;
under parts ochraceous buff ; inner side of limbs grayish buff ; hands
and feet blackish brown, reddish in type; tail at base like dorsal line, a
reddish cinnamon rufous, remainder black. The type of N. lemurinus
L Geoffroy, in the Paris Museum, has been examined, but it is so faded
from exposure to light that it is impossible to recognize its original
coloring, and one could only guess at it.
Measurements. Skull : occipito-nasal length, 58 ; zygomatic width,
40 ; intertemporal width, 30 ; median length of nasals, 12 ; breadth of
braincase, 32; palatal length, 19; length of upper molar series, 14.5;
length of mandible, 36; length of lower molar series, 15.
The type of this species is in the Munich Museum, but is now in
a very poor condition. The hair has gone from the face and from a
portion of the head over the right eye. There is no trace remaining
of the black line on the side of the head, and the triangular black spot
on top of the head has disappeared, while only a few hairs above and
below the eyes indicate the white spots formerly existing. The fur is
much faded, and discolored by time and exposure. There was no skull
preserved.
In the Proceedings of the London Zoological Society, 1872, p. 3,
Mr. Sclater identified a specimen stated by Dr. von Patten to have
been collected in the forest of Quindin, Costa Rica, as the same as
this species under the name of N. lemurinus. The locality given is
probably an error, as no species of Aotus is known to inhabit any part
of Central America, and Alston (1. c.) says that Mr. Salvin thought a
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mistake had been made in the locality assigned, for the origins given to
examples “obtained by this collector in other branches of Zoology have
not always been free from doubt.”
This species is most easily distinguished from A. infulatus by
the three black stripes on the head, and the grayish white, or ochra-
ceous buff on the forehead is carried back between the black stripes,
not, being restricted to the forehead alone as in the other species
compared. The general color of the pelage is more reddish than in A.
infulatus. Frequently in the make up of skins, especially in old
material, the stripes on the head are confused with the white, and it is
sometimes not easy to ascertain whether there are three stripes or not,
the hairs having become twisted and set, and refuse to assume their
proper position. Some individuals have the top of the head russet,
and some are grayish.
Aotus griseimembra Elliot.
Nyctipithecus felinus (nec Spix), Bangs, Proc. N. Eng. Zool.
Club, I, 1900, p. 102, ex Santa Marta, Colombia.
Aotus griseimembra Elliot, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., N. Y.,
1912, p. 33 ; Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., N. Y., XXXI,
1912, p. 95.
Type locality. Hacienda Cincinnati, Santa Marta; and Rio Sinu
Cerete, Bolivar; Colombia. Type in American Museum of Natural
History, in New York.
Color. Spot above and below each eye white; a black patch
beginning at a point on forehead between each eye and extending
backward on crown, fan-shaped; jet black line extending from each
eye on side of head and going to occiput ; rest of head, neck and upper
parts mixed cinnamon and black; arms and legs smoke gray, hairs
tipped with buff ; no cinnamon nor black present ; hands mummy brown
and black; feet black on sides, golden brown on center and on toes;
sides of head and neck grayish ; throat buff ; rest of under parts and
inner side of arms and thighs ochraceous buff ; flanks grayish buff ,
tail at root above like upper parts, mixed black and cinnamon,, beneath
at root dark ochraceous rufous; sides on basal half buff, hairs black
tipped ; rest of tail jet black. Ex type in American Museum of Natural
History in New York.
Measurements. Total length, 1,047; tail, 372; foot, 92.5, (Col¬
lector) . Skull : total length, 60 ; occipito-nasal length, 58.2 ; zygomatic
width, 36.5; intertemporal width, 32; median length of nasals, 11;
breadth of braincase, 32; palatal length, 16.4; length of upper molar
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series, 13.5 ; mandible, 35 ; length of lower molar series, 15.3. Ex type
in American Museum of Natural History in New York.
This species, while resembling somewhat A. vociferans, differs
in being darker on the upper parts and especially in the gray arms
and legs, the hairs buff tipped ; and the black lines on sides of the head
go to the occiput. Two examples were collected by Mr. Carriker in
the mountains near the coast in Santa Marta; and two from the Rio
Sinu Cerete, west of the mountains, Colombia, collected by Mrs. E.
L. Kerr.
Aotus triyirgatus (Humboldt).
Simia (Aotus) trivirgata Humb., Rec. Obser. Zool., I, 1811, p. 28.
Aotus trivirgatus Illig., Prodr. Syst. Mamm, Av., 1811, p. 71; E.
Geoff., Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, XIX, 1812, p. 115.
Cebus trivirgatus Fisch., Syn. Mamm., 1829, p. 55; Blainv.,
Osteog., 1841, Atl., Cebus, pis. Ill, VI.
N yctipithecus trivirgatus E. Geoff., Cours Hist. Nat. Mamm,
1828, p. 19, lOme Legon; F. Cuv., Hist. Nat. Mamm., 2me ed.,
1833, p. 166, pi. LXVIII ; Wagn., Schreb., Saugth. Suppl., I,
1840, p. 226; V, 1855, p. 106; I. Geoff., Archiv. Mus. Hist.
Nat. Paris, IV, pp. 24, 28; Gray, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., X,
1st Ser., 1842, p. 256; Id. List Spec. Mamm. Brit. Mus., 1843,
p. 14; Wagn., Wiegm., Archiv., 2nd Part, 1843, p. 21; 1846,
p. 136; Reichenb., Vollstand. Naturg. Affen, 1862, p. 17, figs.
47, 48; Bates, Nat River Amaz., 1862. p. 316; Gray, Cat.
Monkeys, Lemurs and Fruit-eating Bats, Brit. Mus., 1870,
p. 58; Schleg., Mus. Pays-Bas, Simia, 1876, p. 213; Forbes!
Handb. Primates, I, 1894, p. 168; von Pelz, Kaiserl-Konigl.
Zool.-botanische Gesellsch. Wien, XXXIII, 1883, p. 18.
N yctipithecus douroucouli Less., Spec. Mamm., 1840, p. 169.
THREE-BANDED DOUROUCOULI.
Type locality. Banks of the Cassiquiare near the headwaters of
the Rio Negro.
Geogr. Distr. Guiana, Upper Amazon region, Brazil.
Getit. Char. Three separate distinct black streaks on head, going
to occiput. Skull narrowing towards occiput, and the posterior outline
of braincase rounded; palate wide, narrowing but slightly anteriorly
between canines.
Color. General hue dark gray with a silvery lustre caused by the
white tips of the hairs; three black stripes on head from forehead to
occiput ; spots over eyes whitish, sometimes ochraceous buff ; dorsal
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band reddish brown ; outer side of arms and legs dark brownish gray ;
under parts ochraceous buff ; inner side of arms buffy gray; legs gray¬
ish buff, more yellow than arms; hands dark grayish, feet yellowish
brown; tail at base reddish brown, remainder black; sometimes the
base of tail is tawny ochraceous.
Measurements. Total length, 605; tail, 330; hind foot, 85; ear,
25, (Collector). Skull: occipito-nasal length, 60; Hensel, 40; inter¬
temporal width, 32; zygomatic width, 40; palatal length, 17; breadth
of braincase, 33 ; median length of nasals, 10 ; length of upper molar
series, 13; length of mandible, 40; length of lower molar series, 15.
Aottjs oseryi (I. Geoff roy et Deville).
Nyctipithecus oseryi I. Geoff, et Deville, Compt. Rend., XXVII,
1848, p. 498; I. Geoff., Cat. Primates, 1851, p. 39; Casteln.,
Exped. Amer. Sud, Mamm., 1855, p. 15, pi. II; Wagn.,
Schretf., Saugth. Suppl., 1855, p. 106; Dahlb., Stud. Zool.
Fam. Reg. Anim. Nat., fasc. I, 1856, pp 148, 149; Reichenb.,
Vollstand. Naturg. Affen, 1862, p. 18; Bartl. and Sclat., Proc.
Zool. Soc. Lond., 1871, p. 220.
Type locality. “Haute Amazone, Perou.”
Genl. Char. Three stripes on head ; no stripes on dorsal region ;
tail long.
Color. Central stripe from forehead to occiput, and two lateral
lines from occiput to eyes, and down side of face to angle of mouth,
black; yellowish white spot over eyes; top of head between stripes
brownish gray ; sides of head yellowish brown ; upper parts of body
and outer side of limbs pale yellowish brown, dorsal region reddish ;
under parts and inner side of limbs yellowish white, probably much
deeper yellow originally; hands and feet very dark brown; face bare;
tail with sides on basal half yellowish or pale ochraceous brown, top
and remaining portion to tip, blackish brown. Ex type Paris Museum.
Measurements. In size about equal to A. infulatus.
Two specimens of this form are in the Paris Museum. It has
usually been classed as a synonym of A. infulatus, or as the young
of that species. The skull of A. oseryi is in the mounted type, showing
the teeth, and judging from what can be seen of these, the specimen
would seem to be adult. It is an entirely different color from A.
infulatus, and the three black stripes on the head are clear and
distinct, going to the occiput which is not the case in A. infulatus.
The general hue is a yellowish brown mixed with gray. The animal is
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full grown and shows no signs of immaturity, and with its decided head
markings, an entirely different color, it seems hardly correct to unite
it with A. infulatus. As is usual with the types of species of the
earlier authors, no locality beyond “Haute Amazone, Perou,” is given
with the specimens. The type was obtained by Castelnau and Deville
in their expedition to South America and was figured in the Atlas of
their published work.
Aottjs gularis Dollman.
Aotus gularis Dollman, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., IV, 8th Ser., 1909,
p. 201.
Type locality. Mouth of Rio Chocho on Upper Rio Napo,
Ecuador. Type in British Museum.
Color. Three heavy black lines, one from the corner of each eye
and one from above the nose, all meeting on the occiput; buffy white
spot above each eye, grading into russet, extending backward to
occiput ; sides of head and neck, and flanks, brownish gray ; dorsal
line mars brown, hairs purplish on basal half, and banded with mars
brown and black; outer side of arms dark brownish gray; outer side
of legs like flanks ; chin, throat and chest gray ; under parts of body,
and inner side of legs buff; hands and feet black; tail at base above
and beneath orange, remainder to tip black. Ex type British Museum.
Measurements. Total length, 690 ; tail, 350 ; foot, 20. Skull : total
length, 63,4; occipito-nasal length, 59.3; intertemporal width, 34;
breadth of braincase, 33 ; Hensel, 40 ; zygomatic width, 40 ; median
length of nasals, 12 ; palatal length, 16 ; length of upper molar series,
15; length of mandible, 37.6; length of lower molar series, 16.4. Ex
type British Museum.
This animal differs from A. microdon from Macas, in its gray
body and the jet black stripes on the head, and from A. nigriceps in the
russet portion of the crown stripe, and in the mars brown of the dorsal
region, and brownish gray flanks. The molar series of teeth are
smaller.
Aotus microdon Dollman.
Aotus microdon Dollman, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., IV, 8th Ser
1909, p. 203.
Type locality. Macas, Ecuador.
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19
Genl. Char. Fur woolly, long, soft; three lines on head, lateral
one not meeting on occiput ; tail bushy.
Color. Similar to A. lanius but paler; a buff line from above
eyes extending back to occiput, and a brownish black line from corner
of each eye to crown only ; occiput, and dorsal region to tail yellowish
red, much paler than this portion in A. lanius ; outer side of arms
and flanks yellowish gray, the flanks paler than arms and more yellow ;
outer side of legs similar to flanks; chin, throat, under part of body
and inner side of limbs buff; hands and feet reddish brown; tail
above and beneath on basal half orange, hairs black tipped, remaining
portion to tip, black. Ex type British Museum.
Measurements. Total length, 580; tail, 220; foot, 80, (skin).
Skull: total length, 65.5; occipito-nasal length, 59.1; intertemporal
width, 60.5 ; zygomatic width, 57.7 ; breadth of braincase, 31.6; median
length of nasals, 13.3; palatal length, 15.4; length of upper molar
series, 13.5; length of mandible, 35.4; length of lower molar series,
16.1. Ex type British Museum.
This species while having woolly, thick fur, and bushy tail like A.
lanius is much lighter in color and quite differently marked upon the
head. The tooth rows are much shorter. The unique type in the
British Museum was obtained at Macas in Ecuador, and probably the
species is found in high latitudes on the mountains.
Aotus spixi (Pucheran).
Nyctipithecus spixi Pucher., Rev. Mag. Zook, 1857, pp. 335, 352;
Reichenb., Vollstand. Naturg. Affen, 1862, p. 20.
Type locality. “Amerique Meridionale.” Type Paris Museum.
Genl. Char. Three brownish black lines on head, one central, and
two lateral extending to occiput. Size moderate, tail long.
Color. Top of head with the central and two lateral brownish
black lines ; spots over eyes grayish white, extending back to occiput,
and graduating into grayish brown ; dorsal line golden, indistinct on
middle of back, clearer on rump ; nape, sides of head, upper parts and
outer side of limbs, brownish gray, hairs tipped with white, sides paler,
the lateral brownish black lines extending down each side of the face
and meeting on the throat below chin, which is whitish ; under parts
and inner side of limbs pale yellow ; hands and feet reddish brown,
mixed with white hairs on hands; tail, basal half grayish brown like
flanks on under parts and side, above black, apical half black; face
bare save a few white hairs on lips. Ex type Paris Museum.
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AOTUS
Measurements. Total length, 412.8; tail, 298.33.
The type of this form died in the Menagerie of the Jardin des
Plantes, and was described by Pucheran (1. c.). In having the three
stripes on the head it is nearer trivirgatus and rufipes, than vocif-
erans. It is a plain little animal, a dull grayish brown constituting
the general color of its coat. The under parts were probably a deeper
yellow, as the hair is faded, not only beneath but over the body
generally, and originally it was probably considerably darker. The
golden dorsal line, broadest on the lower part of the back, distinguishes
this form from rufipes and trivirgatus, which have this part reddish
and chestnut respectively. The continuation of the lateral stripes to
the throat where they meet, also distinguishes this species from all
others. The stripes from mouth across the throat, while of the same
color as the lateral ones on the head, are fainter.
VOLUME II.
PLATE II
Ateleus BELZEBUTH.
No. 94. 12, IS. 1. Brit. Mus. Coll. % Nat. Size,
ATE LEU S
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Subfamily 4. Cebinae.
GENUS *ATELEUS. SPIDER MONKEYS.
I.
2—2
2—2)
c.
1—1
1—1)
p.
3—3
3—3)
M.
3—3
3—3
= 36-
ATELES ( !) E. Geoff., Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, VII, 1806, p.
262. Type Simia paniscus Linnaeus.
Cercopithecus Blumenb., Handb. Naturg., I, 1779, p. 68. (nec
Gronow, 1763, nec Brunnich, 1772, nec Erxleben, 1777).
Sapajus Kerr, Anim. Kingd., Mamm., I, 1792, p. 74, (Part.).
Sapajou Laceped., Tabl. Mamm., 1799, p. 4.
Atelocheirus E. Geoff., Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, VII, 1806, p.
272.
Paniscus Rafin., Analyse de la Nature, 1815, p. 53, (nec Schrank,
1802 Hymenopt.).
Sapaju Ritgen, Naturl. Einth. Saugth. Giess., 1824, p. 33.
Body light, slender; limbs long, slender; arms longer than legs;
head rounded, muzzle projecting; thumb rudimentary, or absent; tail
very long, naked beneath, tip prehensible; fur coarse, not woolly;
canines large with a diastema between them and the incisors ; middle
upper incisors long, broad, larger than outer ; molars four cusped with
transverse ridges between.
The Spider Monkeys constitute one of the most remarkable groups
of the Primates, and the tail as a prehensile organ has attained what
may be considered the greatest degree of perfection of which it is
capable. As an arboreal animal this Monkey represents the highest
development of the Quadrumana of the New World as far as known,
no other member of *the Order in past or present time, in the Western
Hemisphere, has approached nearer the higher forms of the Old
World.
The tail is unsurpassed, if not unequalled, in its flexibility, always
in motion, the tip as sensitive as that of the elephant’s trunk, grasping
*A re\v<T a priv. and reXo<r,eo<r a neuter noun, which with
would be, when Latinized, Ateleus, which should be the generic
Spider Monkeys.
the a priv.
name for the
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A TELEUS
with an unshakable firmness anything and everything it may touch, and
fulfilling in the highest degree and with an admirable service, the
purposes of a fifth hand. By it, fruits or other desirable objects other¬
wise unattainable are seized and brought within reach of the mouth
or hands, and it also can hold its possessor suspended in the air, and
allow the hands and feet to act with complete freedom. While mem¬
bers of other genera of the Order possess prehensile tails, in com¬
parison with that of Ateleus they perform but a restricted service.
Another feature of this group is the absence of the thumb, existing in
a rudimentary condition in one or two forms, and this probably is an
advantage to the animal as it travels through the forest, permitting
without hindrance the long hand to slide over and grasp the branches
in its swift progress, which the opposing thumb, might at times prevent.
Against this theory, however, is the fact that the members of Hylo-
bates, of the Old World Apes, which are strictly arboreal animals,
and whose flight through the forest can only be compared in ease and
swiftness to the passage of a bird, possess very long thumbs. The
limbs of Ateleus are long, the arms exceeding the legs in length ; the
body is comparatively small, with the stomach protruding, ’and
covered with rather coarse long hair, but without any woolly under
fur- The lumbar region of the skeleton is short, but the dorsal segment
attains a greater relative length than in any other Monkey.
The tail has twenty-three vertebrae, flattened beneath, and with
processes present for the attachment of muscles for increasing its
efficiency as a prehensile organ. A median air sac is situated in the
ack of the larynx, but there is no such provision for increasing the
power of the voice as witnessed in the vocal apparatus of the Howling-
Monkeys. s
1758.
1777.
1806.
LITERATURE OF THE SPECIES AND SUBSPECIES.
Linnceus, Systema Natures.
Ateleus paniscus described as Simla paniscus.
Crxleben, Systema Regni Animalis.
In the list here given one species, Ateleus paniscus, is included
in the genus Cebus.
E Geoffroy St. Hilaire, in Annales du Museum d’Histoire
Naturelle, Paris.
In this Memoir five species are included in the genus Ateleus,
viz. : Le Chamek, A. pentadactylus = A. paniscus; La Coaita
. paniscus; L’arachnoide, A. arachnoides = BuArwv-rirr^TTJ
A TELEUS
23
arachnoides; La belzebuth, A. belzebul; and La Camail,
CoLOBUS POLYCOM US.
1809. E. Geoffroy St. Hilaire, in Annales du Museum d’Histoire
Naturelle, Paris.
Ateleus marginatus described.
1811 Humboldt et Bonpland, Recueil d’ Observations de Zoologie
(1815) ? et d’Anatomie Comparee.
Le Chuva de Bracamorros is a trivial name here given to a
species of Ateleus, A. variegatus Wagner, but is afterward
in the same volume called A. marginatus, an appellation
bestowed on quite a different species of the same genus, by E.
Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire two years before.
1812. E. Geoffroy St. Hilaire, in Annales du Museum d’Histoire
Naturelle, Paris.
A repetition of the list of the species of Ateleus given in 1806.
1820. Kuhl, Beitrage zur Zoologie und V ergleischenden Anatomie.
Seven species of Ateleus are given in this work, viz.: A.
geoffroyi first described; A. pentadactylus = A. paniscus ;
A. marginatus; A. paniscus; A. belzebuth; A. arachnoides
and A. hypoxanthus both belonging to the genus Brachy-
teleus ; and A. fuliginosus — A. belzebuth.
1820. Desmarest, Mammalogie et Descriptions des Mammiferes.
A list of species of Ateleus, seven in number similar to that
of Kuhl, but A. geoffroyi is redescribed as A. melanochir;
and A. sub pentadactylus = A. paniscus.
1823. F. Cuvier, Histoire Naturelle des Mammiferes.
Ateles ( !) ater first described.
1829. I. Geoffroy St. Hilaire, in Annales du Museum d’Histoire
Naturelle, Paris.
Ateles ( !) hybridus first described.
1829. Fischer, Synopsis Mammalium.
Seven species and two varieties of Ateleus are here enumer¬
ated under the genus Cebus. (C.) arachnoides, and (C.)
hypoxanthus, the latter a synonym of the former, and belonging
to the genus Brachyteleus. (C.) pentadactylus — A.
paniscus. A. paniscus with two varieties; (C.) sunnamensis
ex Surinam = A. paniscus; and b. (C.) cayennensis ex Cayenne
= A ater; (C.) ater; (C.) fuliginosus = A. belzebuth ; (C.)
geoffroyi; (C.) brissoni = A. belzebuth; and (C.) mar¬
ginatus.
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ATELEUS
1830
1830.
1831.
1840.
1840.
1842.
1844.
1851.
1855.
. Fischer, Addenda, Emmendanda et Index ad Synopsis Mam-
malium.
A repetition of the list of Ateleus given in the Synopsis.
E. Geoff roy St. Hilaire et F. Cuvier, Histoire Natur elle des
Mammiferes.
A. marginatus figured as ‘le Coaita a front blanc.’
Bennett, in Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.
Ateleus marginatus redescribed as Ateles ( !) frontatus.
Wagner, Schreber, Die Saugthiere in Abbildungen nach der
Natur mit Beschreibungen. Supplementband.
Seven species are here given under Ateles ( !) only five of
which belong to the genus, viz.: A. paniscus with var. B.
pentadactylus an individual variation, the specimen having a
rudimentary thumb ; A. marginatus ; A. belzebuth ; A.
geoffroyi ; and A. hybridus. The other two A. arachno’ides,'
and A. hypoxanthus, both representing the same species, belong
to the genus Brachyteleus, but are here placed in a sub¬
section Eriodes.
R. P. Lesson, Species des Mammiferes Bimanes et Quadru-
manes.
Ateleus has here seven species : A. paniscus ; A. marginatus ;
A. ater; A. hybridus; A. belzebuth; A. melanochir = A.’
geoffroyi; and A. chamek — A. paniscus.
/. E. Gray, in Annals and Magazine of Natural History
Ateleus geoffroyi redescribed as Eriodes frontatus.
SQchm2’ Systematisches Verzeichniss aller bis jetzt bekannten
Saugethiere, oder Synopsis Mammalium nach der Cuvier’ schen
System.
Ateleus marginatus redescribed as A. albifrons.
I. Geoff roy St. Hilaire, in Catalogue des Primates
The seven species usually enumerated by previous Authors are
contamed this hst. Those not valid are A. pentadactylus =
■ paniscus (Linn.), and A. melanochir = A. geoffroyi
Wagner. Schreber, Die Saugthiere Abbildungen nach der Natur
mit Beschreibungen. Supplementband.
vabd" A1*'"5 °£ AlELEVS are here given of which are
. . paniscus; A. ater; A . MARGInatus; A .belzebuth;
. variegatus; (this not in previous list of 1840) and
A. hybridus. A. melanochir = A. geoffroyi. In subgenus
•nodes the species of Brachyteleus is placed, B. arach-
noides and its synonym B. hypoxanthus.
A TELEUS
25
1862. Reichenbach, Die V ollstdndigste Naturgeschichte der Affen.
In this work Ateleus contains the following species : A. ater ;
A. PANISCUS; A. BELZEBUTH ; A. MARGINATUS; A. VARIEGATUS ;
A. melanochir = A. geoffroyi ; and A. hybridus, I. Geoffroy.
1862. /. H. Slack, in Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences
of Philadelphia.
The seven species of Ateleus are here placed in the genus
Sapajou, Lacepede. The only non valid form is A. pentadacty-
lus = A. paniscus. The male of A. variegatus Wagner, is
described for the male A. geoffroyi; the description of the
female only being correct for that species.
1865. / . E. Gray, in Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.
Ateleus grisescens; A. cucullatus; and A. fusciceps first
described, and A. belzebuth Geoff., redescribed as A. vel-
lerosus.
1867. /. E. Gray, in Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.
Ateleus variegatus redescribed as A. bartletti.
1870. J. E. Gray, Catalogue of Monkeys, Lemurs and Fruit-eating
Bats, in the Collection of the British Museum.
In the Tribe Lagotrichina are placed the three genera, Ate-
les ( !), Lagothrix and Brachyteles ( !). Twelve species are
enumerated as belonging to the first of these, viz. : A. ater; A.
paniscus; A. fusciceps; A. grisescens; A. cucullatus; A.
marginatus; A. hybridus; A. geoffroyi; A. melanochir =
A. geoffroyi ; A. ornatus — A. geoffroyi ; A. albifrons (nec
Schinz), = A. geoffroyi; A. belzebuth; and A. vellerosus =
A. belzebuth.
1872. P. L. Sclater, in Proceedings of the Zoological Society of
London.
Ateles ( !) rufiventris first described.
1876. Schlegel, Museum d’Histoire Naturelle des Pays-Bas, Simice.
In this work the species included in Ateleus are divided into
two groups, the true and the woolly, these last now placed in
the genus Brachyteleus. The true are separated into two
divisions, A. those with a crest and B. those without. The first
of these is subdivided into five sections; a. with nearly the
entire face naked and the pelage black and shining. Three
species are apportioned to this section ; A. paniscus ; A. ater ;
and A. pentadactylus = A. paniscus; b. cheeks and chin
more or less hairy ; pelage of various colors. Three species
are included here ; A. fusciceps ; A. marginatus ; and A. chuva
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A TELEUS
= A. variegatus ; b. sides of face and beneath body, white,
or reddish white, or yellowish white, more or less prom¬
inent. Three species are placed here; A. belzebuth ; A.
fuliginosus = A. belzebuth; A. pan described for the
first time ; y. crest black but short, body beneath red or
reddish, above brownish red, or grayish, more or less pro¬
nounced, sometimes uniform black, a color which prevails on
the extremities, and often on top of the head. Two species are
found here; A. rufiventris and A. geoffroyi. The second
division has but one species, A. hybridus characterized by a
small head with a large clear spot, and no crest. The second
group contains the woolly Spider Monkeys, A. arachnoides
and A. hypoxanthus = A. arachnoides, one species, now in
Brachyteleus.
1879- Alston , Biologia Centrali Americana. Mammalia.
1882. Four species of Ateleus are here recorded. A. ater ; A. rufi¬
ventris; A. geoffroyi; A. vellerosus — A. belzebuth; of
which A. pan Schlegel, and A. fuliginosus Kuhl = A. belze¬
buth are considered synonymous ; though the Author thinks
that the original description of Kuhl’s species applies better to
the dull gray varieties of A. geoffroyi. The geographical dis¬
tribution of the species recognized is carefully given.
1883. Von Pelzeln, Brasilische Saugethiere, Resultate von Johann
Natterer’s Reise in den Jahren 1817 bis 1835.
Two species of Ateleus only are here recorded. A. paniscus,
from Fazenda do Padre Battista, May, am Flusse Sararige-
schossen; Montogrosso, November; Rio Guapore, volta del
campo dos Veados, July; Rio Marmore, August; Rio Madeira,
etwas oberhalb des Rio Abuna, September ; and A. variegatus.
GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF THE SPECIES.
The Spider Monkeys have a wide distribution extending from the
State of Vera Cruz in Mexico, through Central America into northern
South America, where they are found in the forests through which the
Orinoco and Amazon with their tributaries flow, to the Pacific Coast
States of Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. In the State of Vera Cruz,
Mexico, and southward into Guatemala, in which country it goes from
the Atlantic to the Pacific, A. pan is found and is the only representa¬
tive of the genus in Mexico. Two other species are known to inhabit
Central America. A. geoffroyi from Nicaragua, and A. ater, both
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27
extending their range into Colombia, the latter going even to Peru. A.
rufiventris is doubtfully from Panama, the type coming from the Rio
Atrato in Colombia. In the Guianas, and on the banks of the Orinoco,
and also on those of the Lower and Upper Amazon with such tribu¬
taries as the Rio Madeira, R. Marmore, R. Guapore and R. Carari, and
ranging as far to the westward as the Rio Maranon, Peru, A. panis-
cus occurs. On the Upper Rio Cauca, a tributary of the Orinoco, A.
variegatus is met with, ranging westward into Peru in the Province
of Jean de Bracamorros, and at Chayavetas, Nautuas and Elvira,
Peruvian Amazons. A. marginatus is found in the vicinity of Para,
Lower Amazon, and on the banks of the Rio Tocantins. Above the
great rapids of the Orinoco, at Atures and Maypures, A. belzebuth
occurs ; and in Colombia in the Valley of the Magdalena, A. hybridus
is supposed to dwell. A. fusciceps has only been met with in the
trans-Andean districts of Ecuador. There remain two rather doubtful
species whose habitats are quite unknown, A. grisescens and A.
CUCULLATUS.
KEY TO THE SPECIES.
A. Head and back black.
a. Under parts black.
a! Face flesh color.
a. " Forehead, crown and whiskers black. . .A. paniscus.
b. " Forehead, crown and whiskers white. A. marginatus.
b! Face black . A. ater.
b. Under parts, grayish yellow . A. variegatus.
c. Under parts bright rufous . A. rufiventris.
B. Head and back mixed black and silvery gray or golden.
a. Hair on head not projecting over forehead; back
more black than gray . A. grisescens.
b. Hair on head projecting over forehead; back more
gray than black . A. cucullatus.
C. Head black, back blackish chestnut grading into golden.
a. Under side of arms and legs grayish yellow . A. belzebuth.
b. Under side of arms and legs mostly black, yellow
restricted to narrow line on forearm . . . A. pan.
D. Head yellowish wood brown, back black tinged with
burnt umber brown . fusciceps.
E. Head buff, back grayish drab, (typical) . A. geoffroyi.
F. Head blackish brown, triangular white mark on fore-
. A. hybridus.
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ATELEUS
Ateleus paniscus (Linnaeus).
Simla paniscus Linn., Syst. Nat., I, 1758, p. 26; I, 1766, p. 137;
Bodd., Elench. Anim., 1784, p. 61.
Cebus paniscus Erxl., Syst. Reg. Anim., 1777, p. 46.
Ateles ( !) paniscus E. Geoff., Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, VII,
1806, p. 270; F. Cuv., Hist. Nat. Mamm., 1819, livr. V, 2me
ed., 1833, p. 152, pi. LIV; Kuhl, Beitr. Zool., 1820, p. 24;
Desm., Mamm., 1820, p. 73 ; Wagn., Schreb., Saugth. Suppl.,
I, 1840, p. 196, pis. XXVI, XXVII; V, 1855, p. 75; Less.,
Spec. Mamm., 1840, p. 128; Tschudi, Faun. Peruan., 1844,
p. 31; I. Geoff., Cat. Primates, 1851, p. 48; Dahlb., Stud.
Zool. Fam. Reg. Anim. Natur., fasc. I, 1856, p. 171 ; Huxley,
Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1861, p. 247, (Brain); Reichenb.,
Vollstand. Naturg. Affen, 1862, p. 59, figs. 148-149; Gray,
Cat. Monkeys, Lemurs and Fruit-eating Bats, Brit. Mus.,
1870, p. 42; Schleg., Mus. Pays-Bas, Simise, 1876, p. 169;
Anders., Cat. Mamm. Ind. Mus. Calc., 1881, p. 83 ; von Pelz.,
Brasil. Saugeth., 1883, p. 9; Forbes, Handb. Primates, l|
1894, p. 237 ; Thos., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1911, p. 127.
Ateles ( !) pentadactylus E. Geoff., Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris,
VII, 1806, p. 269 ; Id. Cours Hist. Nat. Mamm., 1828, p. 30,
9me Legon; Kuhl, Beitr. Zool., 1820, p. 23; Wagn., Schreb.,
Saugth. Suppl., I, 1840, p. 197, var. B; V, 1855, p. 74;
Tschudi, Faun. Peruan., 1844, p. 28; I. Geoff., Cat. Primates!
1851, p. 48; Dahlb., Stud. Zool. Reg. Anim. Natur., fasc. I,
1856, p. 171 ; Schleg., Mus. Pays-Bas, Simise, 1876, p. 172.
Simla chamek Humb., Rec. Obs. Zool., I, 1811, (1815), p. 355;
Less., Spec. Mamm., 1840, p. 133.
Ateles ( !) sub pentadactylus Desm., Mamm., 1820, p. 73.
Cebus chamek Fisch., Syn. Mamm., 1829, p. 38.
Cebus paniscus Fisch., Syn. Mamm., 1829, p. 39.
Cebus paniscus surinamensis a. Fisch., Syn. Mamm., 1829, p. 39.
Cebus paniscus cayennensis b. Fisch., Syn. Mamm., 1829, p. 39.
Sapajou paniscus Slack, Proc. Acad. Nat. Scien. Phil., 1862 p. 509.
Sapajou pentadactylus Slack, Proc. Acad. Nat. Scien. Phil., 1862
p. 510.
RED-FACED SPIDER MONKEY.
Type locality. America Meridionali. “Brasilia.”
Geogr. Distr. The Guianas; lowlands of the Lower and Upper
Amazon ; banks of the Rio Madeira, Rio Marmore, Rio Guapore and
Rio Carari (Natterer) ; Lower Rio Maranon, Peru, (Tschudi).
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Genl. Char. Face naked, flesh color; fur coarse, hair long; rudi¬
ment of thumb sometimes present.
Color. Entirely black; body, limbs, hands, feet and tail.
Measurements. Skull : total length, 118 ; occipito-nasal length, 98 ;
Hensel, 80; zygomatic width, 67; intertemporal width, 51; palatal
length, 36; breadth of braincase, 62; median length of nasals, 14;
length of upper molar series, 24; length of mandible, 71; length of
lower molar series, 28. Vertebrae: Cervical, 7; Dorsal, 13; Lumbar,
4 ; Sacral, 3 ; Caudal, 31.
Bates speaking of the Monkeys in the forests in the neighborhood
of Obydos, refers to one which in all probability was the present
species, but called pentadactylus on account of the presence in the
individual of a rudimentary thumb. He states that one species of
Coaita has a rudiment of thumb without a nail. The flesh of this
monkey is much esteemed by the natives in this part of the country,
and the Military Commandant of Obydos, Major Gama, every week
sent a negro hunter to shoot one for his table. Coaitas are more
frequently kept in a tame state than any other kind of monkey. The
Indians are very fond of them as pets, and the women often suckle
them when young at their breasts. They become attached to their
masters, and will sometimes follow them on the ground to considerable
distances. I once saw a most ridiculously tame Coaita. It was an
old female which accompanied its owner, a trader on the river, in all
his voyages. By way of giving me a specimen of its intelligence and
feeling, its master set to and rated it soundly, calling it scamp, heathen,
thief, and so forth all through the copious Portuguese vocabulary of
vituperation. The poor monkey, quietly seated on the ground, seemed
to be in sore trouble at this display of anger. It began by looking
earnestly at him, then it whined, and lastly rocked its body to and fro
with emotion, crying piteously, and passing its long arms continually
over its forehead, for this was its habit when excited, and the front
of the head was worn quite bald in consequence. At length its master
altered his tone. It is all a lie my old woman ; you’re an angel, a flower,
a good affectionate creature and so forth. Immediately the poor
monkey ceased its wailing and soon after came over to where the
man sat. The disposition of the Coaita is mild in the extreme; it
has none of the restless vivacity of its kindred the Cebi, and no trace
of the surly, untamable temper of its still nearer relatives the Mycetes
or Howling Monkeys. It is, however, an arrant thief and shows con-
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siderable cunning in pilfering small articles of clothing which it conceals
in its sleeping place.
Ateleus ater F. Cuvier.
Ateles ( !) ater F. Cuv., Hist. Nat. Mamm., I, 1823, Liv. XXXIV,
2nd ed., 1833, p. 157, pi. LIII; Less., Spec. Mamm., 1840,
p. 128; I. Geoff., Cat. Primates, 1851, p. 48; Wallace, Proc.
Zool. Soc. Lond., 1852, p. 108; Wagn., Schreb., Saugth.
Suppl., V, 1855, p. 71, pi. XXXVI A; Dahlb., Stud. Zool.
Fam. Reg. Anim. Natur., fasc. I, 1856, pp. 171, 172;
Reichenb., Vollstand. Naturg. Affen, 1862, p. 59, figs. 643,
644; Gray, Cat. Monkeys, Lemurs and Fruit-eating Bats,
Brit. Mus., 1870, p. 42; Barth, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1871,
p. 218 ; Sclat., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1872, p. 5 ; Schleg., Mus.
Pays-Bas, Simiae, 1876, p. 170; Alston, Biol. Centr. Amer., I,
Mamm., 1879, p. 7 ; Anders., Cat. Mamm. Ind. Mus. Calc.*
1881, p. 83 ; Forbes, Handb. Primates, I, 1894, p. 241 ; Elliot, *
Mamm. Middle Amer. and West Ind., Pub. Field Columb!
Mus., IV, Pt. II, 1904, p. 734, Zool. Ser. ; Id. Cat. Mamm.
Fjeld Columb. Mus., VI, 1905, Zool. Ser. ; Allen, Bull. Am
Mus. Nat. Hist., N. Y., XXXI, 1912, p. 95.
Cebus ater Fisch., Syn. Mamm., 1829, p. 40.
Sapajou ater Slack, Proc. Acad. Nat. Scien. Phil 1862 o 510
BLACK SPIDER MONKEY. ’ ’ P‘ MU*
Type locality. Cayenne, French Guiana. Type in Paris Museum.
Ceogr. Distr. Panama ; French Guiana ; Rio Sinu Cerete, Bolivar •
Colombo and Eastern Peru. Banks of Rio Ucayali, Rio Chamicurus
and Rio Huallaga, (Bartlett).
Genl. Char. Face black. Thumb absent.
Color. Like A. paniscus, entirely black, face black
Measurements. Skull: total length, 119; occipito-nasal length,
le^ f'Tt? d‘h’ 73 " intertemporal width, 48; palatal
I fL ( ’ dth of jraincase. 64; median length of nasals, 20;
ength of upper molar series, 25; length of mandible, 29.5; length of
lower molar series, 29. s
The only difference in the outward appearance between A. ater
and A. paniscus, is m the coloring of the face, that of the present
species being all black while that of A. paniscus is flesh colored
Wallace states (1. c.) that, “these monkeys are slow in' their
motions but make great use of their prehensile tails, by which they
swing themselves from bough to bough ; and I have been informed thlt
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two have been seen to join together by their hands and prehensile
tails to form a bridge for their young ones to pass over. The Indians
also say, that this animal generally moves suspended beneath the
boughs, not walking on them.”
Bartlett, (1. c.) says “the Black-faced Spider Monkey inhabits
the forests on the Ucayali, and the Huallaga rivers. It is found over
the whole of the valley of the Amazons, generally keeping to the
low districts. I shot an adult male at Chamicuros on the Huallaga
River, which had the thighs and belly very gray or grizzled. This is the
only species of Ateles ( !) obtained in large numbers by the Indians,
who frequently keep them as pets. These Monkeys travel in bodies of
perhaps thirty or forty together. This and the A. variegatus are,
so far as I know, the only Spider Monkeys which are found in the
district which I explored.”
Ateleus variegatus Wagner.
La Chuva de Bracamorros Humb., Rec. Obs. Zook, I, 1811,
(1815), p. 48.
Ateles (!) marginatus (nec E. Geoff.), Humb., Rec. Obs. Zool.,
I, 1811, (1815), pp. 340, 354.
Ateles ( !) variegatus Wagn., Schreb., Saugth. Suppl., I, 1840, p.
313; V, 1855, p. 78; Id. Abhandl. Bayer. Akad. Munch,, V,
1847, p. 240; Reichenb., Vollstand. Naturg. Affen, 1862, p.
62, pi. X, fig. 154; von Frantz., Archiv. Natur., 1869, Pt. I, p.
257; Sclat., Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., VI, 4th Ser., 1870, p. 472;
Id. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1870, p. 668; 1871, pp. 39, 217,
225 ; Gray, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., VI, 4th Ser., 1870, p. 472 ;
Barth, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1871, p. 217; 1884, p. 884, A.
Milne-Edw., Archiv. Mus. Hist. Nat., Paris, I, 1878, p. 162;
von Pelz., Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien, 1883, Beiheft, p. 9; Forbes,
Handb. Primates, I, 1894, p. 231, pi. XXI.
Ateles ( !) geoffroyi Slack, Proc. Acad. Nat. Scien. Phil., 1862, p.
511, cf, (nec Kuhl).
Ateles ( !) bartletti Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1867, p. 992, pi.
XLVII, <$] Id. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., VI, ’4th Ser., 1870, p.
175;
428, juv. . .
Ateles ( !) chuva Schleg., Mus. Pays-Bas, Simise, 187 , p.
Anders., Cat. Mamm. Ind. Mus. Calc., 1883, p. 84.
VARIEGATED SPIDER MONKEY.
Type locality. None given. .
Geogr. Distr. Chyavetos, Nauta and Elvira, Peruvian Amazons ;
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Province of Jean de Bracamorros, Peru, (Humboldt) ; Sierra de Coeoi,
Upper Rio Negro, (Natterer) ; Upper Cauca River, a southern tribu¬
tary of the Orinoco, Venezuela, (Gordon) ; Oyapock, (Sclater).
Genl. Char. Hair on head long, directed forward over the
forehead; beneath and behind cheeks similar long hairs directed for¬
ward; face naked.
Color. Male. Face black ; top of head and neck, upper parts,
hands, feet, and outer side of arms and legs black ; band across fore¬
head rufous, bordered by a narrow black line ; whiskers from temples
to angle of mouth, white ; inner side of arms and legs, and under parts,
orange yellow ; tail above black, beneath, orange.
Female. Like the male on upper parts, but the white stripe on
face is very narrow ; many black hairs on the outer side of thighs ;
inner side of arms, legs below the knees, and entire under parts
grayish yellow ; under side of tail pale buff yellow.
Measurements. Skull: total length, 124; occipito-nasal length,
08 , Hensel, 89 ; intertemporal width, 52 ; zygomatic width, 76 ;
palatal length, 32 ; breadth of braincase, 66 ; median length of nasals,
17; length of upper molar series, 24; length of mandible, 78; length
of lower molar series, 30.
This species was first mentioned by Humboldt, (1. c.) as Le Chuva
de Bracamorros, and was afterward called by him A teles ( l) mar¬
ginal, a name given by E. Geoffrey St. Hilaire to quite another
species. Wagner, (1. c.) bestowed upon the species the name A
variegatus which it now bears, but Schlegel refused to accept this
name and restored that of Humboldt’s ‘Le Chuva,’ a merely local
appellation, which Humboldt clearly showed he never intended should
be considered a scientific name, by adopting for it afterward, as he
supposed Geoffroy s name as stated above. A. variegatus is readily
recognized by the orange yellow of the under parts, and the rufous
band on the forehead. The female has paler under parts than the
a e, grayish yellow. . Slack (1. c.) describes the male of this species
as A. geoffroyi, quite a different animal, but his female is A
GEOFFROYI.
Mr. E. Bartlett, (1 c.) in his account of this species says, “on my
arrival m Peru in 1865, Mr. Hauxwell told me of the existence of a
H^toM”'3,!? it S ( Thich he had killed but failed to Preserve.
He told me that he met with it on the Rio Tigri a small tributary that
runs into the Amazon about four miles above the town of Nauta on
e northwestern shore of the Peruvian Amazon. He said that during
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the fourteen years he had traded he never found this species in any
other locality. On my return from the Ucayali, in September 1865,
I wished to ascend the Rio Tigri in pursuit of this Monkey, but was
obliged to abandon the idea, on account of the prevalence of fever and
ague at that season, and, moreover, the Indians were unwilling to
join me in so dangerous a country. Having determined to spend a
few months in the mountain country, I passed up the Maranon and
Huallaga to Yurimaguas, and so on to Xiberos, whence I went to the
town of * Chyavetos in the mountains. Having heard that this large
Monkey was to be met with in this little known locality, I remained
at Chyavetos about two months ; and during that time I became well
acquainted with the Indians, who informed me that a long armed Ape
(called in the Inca language Urcu Maci-suppah or Quillu Maci-
suppah), was to be met with at a distance of three or four more days
journey. I engaged three active Indians, and started by way of a
forest foot road, that had been opened by a Catholic priest, to the town
of Moyabamba, as part of his penitence. At the end of three days
I reached the highest point of the mountains ; here we came across a
number of the Monkeys in question — about eight or nine. I shot the
male that is now in the British Museum; my Indians brought down
another with the poison dart. Having obtained two of them, I felt
perfectly satisfied that I had discovered a new species. While, how¬
ever, I was busily engaged preparing the finest specimen, my Indians had
quietly placed the other on the fire ; to my great horror and disgust they
had singed the hair off, and thus spoiled my second specimen. Of
course I was obliged to keep peace for we had not tasted meat for
several days before starting from Chyavetos, and this Monkey proved
a very dainty dish to us all. I was still in hopes of obtaining more
specimens in the Munga-Urcu, or Saucepan Mountain (so called from
its peculiar shape,) but in this, after much hard work, I failed.
“These Monkeys appear to go in small parties, passing through
the forest at a rapid pace, feeding on different kinds of berries. The
berries I found in the mouth and stomach of the male were similar to
the gooseberry in external appearance; they have, however, a large
stone inside. These stones appear to pass through them, as I found
several in the intestines.
“On my return to town I found an Indian who had arrived from
Cauhapanas, a small town lying at the foot of the mountains in the
Maranon Valley, north west of the town of Chyavetos, who had in
his possession a very fine young Spider Monkey, which proved to be
*Chayavitas.
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of this species. It was nearly black, but just showing the light golden
hair coming on the under side of the body and tail, some few white
hairs on the cheeks, and slight golden crest, sufficient to identify the
species. I bought it of the Indian, and managed to bring it alive to
Yurimaguas, where it died.
“On my arrival I was informed by some of my old Indians, that
they discovered this Monkey during my absence on the Upper Hual-
laga, (on the south eastern shore). One of the Indians said that he
brought three young ones alive, which died soon after his arrival in the
town. I here give an idea of the great range this Monkey inhabits,
owing to the ease with which a beast that can use his long arms and tail
may travel a country of this description. It is found on both sides of
the Peruvian Amazon (or Maranon), on both shores of the Huallaga,
and in the interior forest near the town of Chamicuros. I was told
by some of the oldest Indians that these animals are common in the
dense forest on the hills near the latter town, their range running
between the Huallaga River and Ucayali River to the head waters
of the Huallaga, between the towns of Lamas and Sarayagu. Here
they occupy the interior forest, and appear to be common, according to
accounts given me by Indians of that country — as also on the lower
spurs of the mountains between the towns of Moyabamba and the
Huallaga River.
“Then again on the Rio Tigri, north western shores of the Great
Maranon, there is not the slightest doubt that this species is to be
found ranging along the lower spurs of the Andes, across Ecuador and
Colombia, over the head waters of the Rio Napo, Rio Japuri, and Rio
Negro, where Natterer first discovered it.”
Ateleus margin atus E. Geoffroy.
Ateles ( !) marginatus E. Geoff., Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris,
XIII, 1809, p. 92, pi. X; XIX, 1812, p. 106; Id. Cours Hist.
Nat. Mamm., 1828, p. 30, 9me Legon; Kuhl, Beitr. Zook,
1820, p. 24; F. Cuv., Hist. Nat. Mamm., 1830, Liv. LXII,
2nd ed.; 1833, p. 154, pi. LV ; Less., Spec. Mamm., 1840, p!
129; Wagn., Schreb., Saugth. Suppl., I, 1840, p. 198; V, 1855,
p. 77; I. Geoff., Cat. Primates, 1851, p. 49; Slack, Proc. Acad.
Nat. Scien. Phil., 1862, p. 512; Reichenb., Vollstand. Naturg
Affen, 1862, p. 62, fig. 153; Bates, Nat. Riv. Amaz., II, 1863,
p. 119; Gray, Cat. Monkeys, Lemurs and Fruit-eating Bats'
Brit. Mus., 1870, p. 43; Schleg., Mus. Pays-Bas, Simise, 1876^
p. 174; Forbes, Handb. Primates, I, 1894, p. 239.
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Ateles ( !) front atis Bennett, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1831, p. 38.
Ateles ( !) albifrons Schinz, Syn. Mamm., I, 1844, p. 63.
WHITE-WHISKERED SPIDER MONKEY.
Type locality. “Para, banks of the Orinoco,” Brazil. Type in
Paris Museum.
Geogr. Distr. Para; vicinity of Cameta on the banks of the
Tocantins, (Sieber) ; banks of the Cupari, a branch of the Tapajos,
(Bates); Peru, (Tschudi).
Color. Forehead, crown and whiskers, white, all the rest of the
body, limbs, hands, feet and tail jet black; under parts black; face
black except around the eyes which is flesh color. Ex type in Paris
Museum.
Measurements. Skull: total length, 112; occipito-nasal length,
98 ; zygomatic width, 66 ; intertemporal width, 50 ; palatal length, 32 ;
breadth of braincase, 61 ; median length of nasals, 14; length of upper
molar series, 23 ; length of mandible, 70 ; length of lower molar
series, 27.
The type of this species was procured by the Paris Museum from
the “Cabinet de Lisbonne” in 1808. It is not a fully grown animal, and
the white on the forehead and whiskers is not very distinct as yet, for
black hairs are mixed with it.
Adult male in Leyden Museum has no white on the crown only
on forehead.
Bates while staying at the site of Joao Aracu on the Rio Tapajos,
met with this Monkey. He says, (1. c.) “the most interesting acquisi¬
tion on the place was a large and handsome monkey. I had not before
met with the white-whiskered Coaita, or Spider Monkey, Ateles
marginatus. I saw a pair one day in the forest moving slowly along
the branches of a lofty tree, and shot one of them ; the next day Jose
Aracu, brought down another, possibly the companion. The species
is of about the same size as the common black kind of which I have
given an account in a former chapter. * * * It is never met with
in the alluvial plains of the Amazons, nor I believe, on the northern
side of the great river valley, except towards the head waters, near
the Andes, where Humboldt discovered it on the banks of the
Santiago. I thought the meat the best flavored I ever tasted. It
resembled beef, but had a richer and sweeter taste. During our stay
in this part of the Cupari, we could get scarcely anything but fish to
eat, and as this diet ill agreed with me, three successive days reducing
me to a state of great weakness, I was obliged to make the most of our
Coaita meat. We smoke-dried the joints instead of salting them,
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placing them for several hours on a framework of sticks arranged over
a fire, a plan adopted by the natives to preserve fish when they have
no salt, and which they call ‘Muquiar.’ My monkeys lasted me about
a fortnight, the last joint being an arm with the clenched fist, which
I used with great economy, hanging it in the intervals between my
frugal meals on a nail in the cabin.”
Ateleus rufiyentris Sclater.
Ateles ( !) vellerosus Sclat., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1871, p. 478,
(nec Gray).
Ateles ( !) ruhventris Sclat., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1872, p. 688,
pi. LVII; Schleg., Mus. Pays-Bas, Simise, 1876, p. 182;
Alston, Biol. Centr. Amer., I, Mamm., 1879, p. 8; Forbes,
Handb. Primates, I, 1894, p. 236; Elliot, Mamm. Middle
Amer. and W. Indies, F. C. M. Pub., IV, Pt. II, 1904, p. 734,
Zool. Ser.; Id. Check-L. Mamm. N. Amer. Cont. and W.
Indies, F. C. M. Pub., VI, 1905, p. 535, Zool. Ser.
FUL VOUS-BELLIED SPIDER MONKEY.
Type locality. River Atrato, Colombia. Type in British Museum.
Geogr. Distr. Panama ? into Colombia, South America.
Genl. Char. Fur coarse, hairs long, those on forehead and on top
of head directed backward ; thumb absent.
Color. Black line from inner corners of eyes and side of nose
to cheeks, rest of face flesh color, under parts extending a short
distance on inner side of arms and legs, bright rufous ; all the rest of
head, body, limbs, hands, feet and tail black. The line between the
color of the under parts and black of the body is sharply drawn, and
does not grade over into the other at any place. Ex type British
Museum.
Measurements. The type is that of an immature animal hardly
half grown, and no skull seems to have been preserved.
The evidence of this animal occurring in Panama, rests solely
on a specimen in the Leyden Museum, stated to have been “tue en
Panama. This is hardly satisfactory, as there seems to be an
authority wanting for this locality, and its appearance therefore in
Central America can only be regarded as doubtful.
The type was obtained on the Rio Atrato and was a young
individual, which was captured alive, and sold to the Zoological Society
of London. }
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Ateleus grisescens Gray.
Ateles ( !) grisescens Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1865, p. 732;
Id. Cat. Monkeys, Lemurs and Fruit-eating Bats, Brit. Mus.,
1870, p. 42; Sclat., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1871, p. 223;
Schleg., Mus. Pays-Bas, Simke, 1876, p. 173 ; Forbes, Handb.
Primates, I, 1894, p. 242 ; Elliot, Mamm. Middle Amer. and
W. Indies, F. C. M. Pub., IV, Pt. II, 1904, p. 734, Zool. Ser. ;
Id. Check-L. Mamm. N. Amer. Cont. and W. Indies, F. C.
M. Pub., VI, 1905, p. 535, Zool. Ser.
GRIZZLED SPIDER MONKEY.
Type locality. Unknown. Type in British Museum.
Geogr. Distr. Central America ?
Color. Entirely black except the under side of the tail which is
tinted with yellowish brown, the basal portion of the hairs being of
that color, as is also the basal part of the hairs on arms and legs.
Intermixed with the black hairs are long gray, or silvery, or golden
hairs, not sufficiently numerous to give a tint to the black color, this
being produced only where the basal part of the hairs are yellow or
golden, which is most apparent on the limbs, shoulders and lower part
of the back. Head, black mixed with golden brown hairs, these
directed forward, except those on forehead which stand upright ; hands,
feet, and tail above black with golden brown hairs intermingled. No
skull. Ex type British Museum.
The type specimen has the appearance of a black monkey, with a
moderate number of golden brown and silvery hairs intermingled. In
some lights these are hardly perceptible, but in strong lights they are
conspicuous. It is a rather small animal about the size of A. cucul-
latus. It certainly is a peculiar looking example, but its real claim to
specific distinctness can only be satisfactorily proved by the acquisition
of more specimens. It is nearest in its state of coloration to A.
cucullatus and it is possible they may eventually prove to be the
same, but placed side by side this example is much blacker. Dr.
Sclater, writing about this animal in 1871 (1. c.) says “Dr. Gray
founded this species of Ateles ( !) upon a specimen that was living
in our Gardens in 1864. It was brought home by Mr. E. Greey, F. Z. S.
(who was at that time an officer in the West Indian Mail Company’s
Steamship Shannon-, on the 29th Oct., 1864). Referring to Mr.
Greey’s letters, I regret to find that he did not know the exact locality
of it, but only states that it was obtained by him at St. Thomas’s, and
had already been three years in captivity, so that it was quite adult.
“In 1889 (Oct. 12) we purchased of a London dealer a somewhat
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A TELEUS
similar specimen, which died twenty-six days afterwards. It was a
young half grown male. I have compared its skin with the typical
specimen of A. griscescens, now in the British Museum, and believe
them to be probably identical. The young animal is, as might be
expected, rather lighter in color, particularly below, but above exhibits
the same mixture of black and grayish hairs as in the original. The tail
is nearly black above, with a light line of grayish hairs below. The
length of the body is fourteen inches, of the tail sixteen inches. There
is no rudiment of a thumb apparent.
“It is possible this may be a good species, and still turn up in
some part of the Central American or Colombian Coast, whence Mr.
Greey’s specimen probably came, but I do not yet consider it sufficiently
well established.”
This specimen, described by Dr. Sclater, I found in the Collection
of the Paris Museum.
A skull in the Paris Museum stated to have been obtained from
the Zoological Society of London bears upon it the name “Ateles ( !)
cinerascens.” This is evidently an error as there is no Spider
Monkey with that appellation. It was most probable that grisescens
was the word intended to have been written, and it doubtless belonged
to Sclater’s example. The dimensions of this skull are as follows:
total length, 119; occipito-nasal length, 99; Hensel, 69; zygomatic
width, 62 ; intertemporal width, 47.5 ; breadth of braincase, 59 ; median
length of nasals, 17 ; length of upper molar series, 25 ; length of
mandible, 62 ; length of lower molar series, 29.
As the type of A. cucullatus was without a skull, no comparison
between it and the one from which the measurements given above
were taken, could be made.
Ateleus cucullatus Gray.
Ateles ( !) cucullatus Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1865, p. 733 ;
Id. Cat. Monkeys, Lemurs and Fruit-eating Bats, Brit. Mus.,
1870, p. 43; Murie, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1865, p. 739 1
Sclat., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1871, p. 223, pi. XIV; Schleg ’
Mus. Pays-Bas, Simiae, 1876, p. 169; Forbes, Handb’
Primates, I, 1894, p. 243.
HOODED SPIDER MONKEY.
Type locality. Unknown. Type in British Museum.
Geogr. Distr. Colombia?
Color. Face bare; around eyes and about nose flesh color with
darker freckles intermixed ; cheeks and lower jaw black. Ex ’living
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animal. Head and neck black, the hairs very long and projecting over
the forehead ; rest of body above and beneath, limbs and tail black
mixed with yellowish gray or golden hairs, so numerous on the back
as to give the prevailing color to that part — a pale yellowish brown;
the limbs have the base of the hairs a similar yellowish brown or
golden hue, (not far removed from the color on the base of the hairs
in similar parts of A. grisescens), and this gives a strong yellowish
tint to these members ; hands and feet black, base of hairs on hands
golden, but not on those of the feet which are black to the roots. Ex
type British Museum. *
Measurements. Total length, about 1,021 ; tail, 698.5. No skull.
The following measurements were taken from the body of this type
specimen immediately after its death, by Dr. Murie.
Body. Length from vertex of cranium to root of
tail . 14J4 inches.
Length of tail . 27)4 inches.
Girth at chest, widest part . 11 inches.
Girth at abdomen . 9 inches.
Girth of tail at root . 4 inches.
Girth of tail a few inches from point . 2 inches.
Head. Depth from vertex to base of lower jaw
(barely) . 3 jnches-
Antero-posterior diameter . 4)4 inches.
Breadth of vault at opening of ears . 6 inches.
Breadth from one to the other external
edges of orbits . 2)4 inches.
Fore limb. Length of shoulder to elbow-joint . 6 lA jnches-
Cubital region, elbow- joint to wrist . 7 inches.
Length, palm of hand to tips of fingers. ... 4)4 inches.
Greatest breadth, palm of hand . 1 K inches.
Hind limb. Length from hip to knee-joint . 6Et inches.
Length, knee to sole of foot . 6V2 inches.
Length, sole of foot, heel to tip of middle
^ 6)4 inches.
Sole of foot, average breadth . VA inches.
Sole, greatest breadth at ball of great toe. . . 2 inches
Ateleus belzebuth E. Geoffroy.
Ateles ( i) belzebuth E. Geoff., Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, V ,
1806, p. 272, pis. XVI, XIX; 1812, p. 106; Id. Cours Hist.
NatMamm., 1828, p. 30, 9me Legon; Kuhl, Beitr. Zook,
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A TELE US
1820, p. 24; Desm., Mamm, 1820, p. 74; F. Cuv., Hist. Nat.
Mamm., 2me ed., 1833, p. 158, pi. LVII; Blainv., Osteog.,
1841, Atl., Cebus, pi. I; Less., Spec. Mamm., 1840, p. 132;
Wagn., Schreb., Saugth. Suppl., I, 1840, p. 199; V, 1855, p.
78, pi. XXVI; I. Geoff., Cat. Primates, 1851, p. 49; Dahlb.,
Stud. Zool. Fam. Reg. Anim. Natur., fasc. I, 1856, pp. 171,
172; Reichenb., Vollstand. Naturg. Affen, 1862, p. 62, figs.’
149, 152; Gray, Cat. Monkeys, Lemurs and Fruit-eating Bats,
Brit. Mus., 1870, p. 44 ; Schleg., Mus. Pays-Bas, Simise, 1876,’
p. 176.
La Marimonda Humb., Rec. Obs. Zool., I, 1811, (1815), p. 325.
Simia belzebuth Humb., Rec. Obs. Zool., I, 1811, (1815), p 353
Ateles ( !) fuliginosus Kuhl, Beitr. Zool., 1820,’ p. 26 • Schlep-
Mus. Pays-Bas, Simke, 1876, p. 179, (Part.). '
Cebus fuliginosus Fisch., Syn. Mamm., 1829, p. 40.
Cebus brissonii Fisch., Syn. Mamm., 1829, p. 40.
Aides ( !) vellerosus Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1865, p. 733;
187o”at ^°nkeyS’ Lemurs and Fruit-eating Bats, Brit. Mus.,'
MEXICAN SPIDER MONKEY.
Type locality. Banks of the Orinoco. Neither Geoffroy’s type
PaHs Museum' Gray’s *pe of *
the fr IT' DiAr\ A°Uth America on the banks of the Orinoco, above
the great rapids of Atures and Maypures, (Humboldt).
Genl. Char. Hair long, soft, falling over sides like a mantle
Color. Head, outer side of arms, legs from above knees to
ankles, hands, feet, and upper side of tail black; upper part of back
and rump blackish chestnut; lower back golden; sides deep orange or
wny, w iskers throat, inner side of limbs, grayish yellow; under side
of tail yellowish brown. Sometimes the lower back and sides are pale
inZihCsIm "der Crea” C°,0r- EX type °f ^
width. 72; breadth of brainease, , SC
SerKS- *“■* °f — ?1; length oi loTer
Neither the type of A. belzebuth, nor that of A. fuliainosus is
datedni836 7 The •P^ of A. LlLbuth !s
dated 1836, and the ammal died in the Menagerie; the next is 1840,
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from “Amerique Meridionale” and was given by M. Bernard, Departe-
ment de la Marine. Both these examples have a general dark brown
pelage, with more of the golden hue on the lower back on the earlier
example, although the one given in 1840, has the tips of the hairs
golden as if a change to that color had commenced.
They are in the pelage which might well be designated as fulig-
inosus, but which Geoffroy called belzebuth, and both are so
labelled; while one obtained in 1894, from Acapulco, Mexico, which is
doubtless an immature A. pan Schlegel, is called A. fuliginosus Kuhl,
as stated on the label. A. vellerosus Gray, the fuliginosus style, would
seem to be the earlier pelage before the brighter coloring of the mature
animal had appeared. As Geoffroy’s name of belzebuth was given
to the species fourteen years before Kuhl named it, fuliginosus must
become a synonym.
Judging from the descriptions, both Geoffroy’s and Kuhl’s speci¬
mens were immature, and had little of the golden color on the back
so characteristic of the adult. Considerable confusion has arisen by
writers attempting to connect this South American species with the
Spider Monkey from Mexico. Gray’s type was said to have come
from Brazil, but there were no proofs to confirm this. The type of
belzebuth, as stated by Geoffroy, came from the banks of the Orinoco
above the great rapids of that river. At Atures and Maypures
Humboldt saw it, (1. c.). The Mexican species of Ateleus is distinct,
and Schlegel has given to it the name, A. pan.
Ateleus pan Schlegel.
Ateles ( !) pan Schleg., Mus. Pays-Bas, Simise, 1876, p. 180; Allen,
Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 1904, p. 40.
Ateles (!) vellerosus (nec Gray), Sclat., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond.,
1872, pp. 5, 798; Reinh., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1872, p. 797 ;
Alston, Biol. Centr. Amer., I, Mamm., 1879, p. 10; Thos.,
Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1890, p. 72 ; Forbes, Handb. Primates,
I, 1894, p. 244; Elliot, Mamm. Middle Amer. and West
Indies, Field Columb. Mus. Pub., IV, Pt. II, 1904, p. 73 3, fig.
CXLI, pi. LXVIII, Zool. Ser. ; Id. Cat. Mamm. Field Columb.
Mus., VI, 1905, p. 559, Zool. Ser.
SCHLEGEL’S SPIDER MONKEY.
Type locality. Coban, Vera Paz, Guatemala. Type in Leyden
Museum.
Geogr. Distr. Volcano of Orizaba, State of Vera Cruz, into
Guatemala.
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A TELEUS
Genl. Char. Similar to A. belzebuth, but the yellowish white on
inner side of arms and legs very restricted ; no white on the cheeks.
Color. Face black; head, shoulders, arms, hands, legs and feet,
black or blackish brown; rump brown, hairs tipped with shining
golden; under parts yellow; reddish line on border of flanks; inner side
of arms to elbows, and legs to ankles yellowish white; tail brownish
black. Ex type Leyden Museum.
Measurements. Total length, 1,120; tail, 700; foot, 150. Skull:
total length, 1,022; interorbital width, 57.1 ; occipito-nasal length, 99.3 ;
Hensel, 66; zygomatic width, 63.5; median length of nasals, 15.4;
palatal length, 27.6; length of upper molar series, 24.3; length of
mandible, 60; length of lower molar series, 27.1. Ex type Leyden
Museum.
The type specimen has the hair on the head radiating from point
on occiput and projecting in front over the face. There is a strong
reddish brown tint over all the back in certain lights, and also on the
tail, but less strong. The light stripe on inner side of arms goes to
elbows.
This species is found in Mexico and Guatemala, and in the latter
country quite across from sea to sea. Mr. Salvin met with it in
Guatemala during his visits there. Once he came near a troop of these
monkeys on the summit of a ridge of mountains which connects the
Volcan de Fuego with the main cordillera, at an elevation of about
8,300 feet above the sea.
“Indians always spoke of Monkeys (doubtless of this species)
being found in these upland forests.” Alston (1. c.) states that
“during Mr. Salvin’s last visit to Guatemala (in 1873-74) he met
with A. vellerosus, (A. pan), in numbers in the forests of the Volcano
of Atitlan. On the 22nd of January, 1874, he made an expedition from
the village of San Augustin with the object of ascertaining the most
practicable part to attempt the ascent of the mountain. On this
occasion he ascended to a height of 6,000 feet, and during the last
1,000 feet or so, saw several troops of Ateles in the tops of the
higher trees in the forest. One of these, the specimen in the British
Museum, he shot. These parties of Monkeys were usually about
twenty in number and of all ages. On approaching them they did not
evince any alarm, but kept uttering a constant querulous sort of bark
and moved from time to time so as to get a better view of the intruder’
A few days afterwards, during an excursion to the same volcano, when
t e summit, 11,800 feet above the sea was reached, numerous troops
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43
of Ateles were seen in the forest from an elevation of 7,000 feet to
as low as 2,500 feet, on the outskirts of the coffee plantations of San
Augustin. So far as Mr. Salvin could see with his glass, these
Monkeys showed no variation in color, being dark above and light
beneath; but the trees in which they were found were very lofty,
and the foliage so dense as to make it difficult to observe them
accurately.”
At Mirador, near Mount Orizaba, State of Vera Cruz, Professor
Liebmann found this species common, going in small troops in the deep
ravines up to an elevation of 2,000 feet. In eastern Oaxaca he also
found it at a height of 4,000 feet. He believed it does not go on the
Pacific slope of the mountains nor farther north than Tehuantepec.
Ateleus fusciceps Gray.
Ateles (!) fusciceps Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1865, p. 733;
Id. Cat. Monkeys, Lemurs and Fruit-eating Bats, Brit. Mus.,
1870, p. 42 ; Sclat., Proc. Zool Soc. Lond , 1872, p. 663, pi.
LV ; Schleg., Mus. Pays-Bas, Simiae, 1876, p. 173; Forbes,
Handb. Primates, I, 1894, p. 242.
BROWN-HEADED SPIDER MONKEY.
Type locality. Unknown. Type in British Museum.
Geogr. Distr. Trans-Andean Ecuador. Range unknown.
Genl. Char. Thumb absent.
Color. Top of head yellowish wood brown darkening to a line of
mummy brown above the forehead ; upper parts and limbs black tinged
with burnt umber brown, the tips of the hairs being of that color ;
hands, feet and tail, black; under parts blackish brown. Ex type
British Museum.
Measurements. Skull: total length, 114; occipito-nasal length,
102; zygomatic width, 71 ; intertemporal width, 52; palatal length, 33;
breadth of braincase, 62 ; median length of nasals, 21 ; length of upper
molar series, 24; length of mandible, 72; length of lower molar series,
29. Ex type British Museum.
The type of this species, a skin in the Collection of the British
Museum, was obtained from the Zoological Society, the animal having
been received alive, patria unknown, and died in the gardens. Subse¬
quently other specimens were procured by Mr. Buckley in Ecuador,
locality not given. It is apparently quite a distinct form, the peculiar
coloring of the top of the head making it easily recognizable.
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A TELEUS
Ateleus geoffroyi Kuhl.
Ateles ( !) geoffroyi Kuhl, Beitr. Zool., 1820, p. 26; Wagn.,
Schreb., Saugth. Suppl., I, 1840, p. 40; V, 1855, p. 200, pi.
XXVI E; Schleg., Mus. Pays-Bas, Simiae, 1876, p. 181;
Alston, Biol. Centr. Amer., I, Mamm, 1879, p. 8; Anders.,
Cat. Mamm. Ind. Mus. Calc., 1881, p. 83; Forbes, Handb.
Primates, I, 1894, p. 233 ; Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist.,
1904, p. 5 ; Elliot, Mamm. Middle Amer. and W. Indies, Field
Columb. Mus. Pub., IV, Pt. II, 1904, p. 733, Zool. Ser. ; Id.
Check-L. Mamm., N. Amer. Cont. and W. Ind., Field
Columb. Mus. Pub., VI, 1905, p. 535, Zool. Ser.
Ateles (!) melanochir Desm., Mamm., 1820, p. 76; Less., Spec.
Mamm., 1840, p. 133; Wagn., Schreb., Saugth. Suppl., I,
1840, p. 200; V, 1855, p. 78; I. Geoff., Cat. Primates, 1851, p.
49; Dahlb., Stud. Zool. Reg. Fam. Anim. Natur., fasc. I,
1856, pp. 171, 172 ; Reichenb., Vollstand. Naturg. Affen, 1862,
p. 62, fig. 155; Sclat., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1870, p. 797;
1871, p. 226, pi. XV ; 1875, p. 419, pis. XLVIII, XLIX ; Gray,’
Cat. Monkeys, Lemurs and Fruit-eating Bats, Brit. Mus *
1870, p. 43.
Eriodes frontatus Gray, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 1842, p. 256; Id
Voy. Sulphur, Zool., p. 9, pi. I; Frantz., Wiegm., Archiv.’
XXXV, 1869, p. 257; Sclat., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1882, p.
186; Reichenb., Vollstand. Naturg. Affen, 1862 o 57 fio-s
158 on ’ ^ ' 5
Sapajou geoffroyi Slack, Proc. Acad. Nat. Scien. Phila 186? n
511, ?. (nec <?). " V'
Ateles ( !) melanochir var. frontatus Gray, Cat. Monkeys, Lemurs
and Fruit-eating Bats, Brit. Mus., 1870, p. 44.
Ateles ( !) albifrons Gray, Cat. Monkeys, Lemurs and Fruit¬
eating Bats, Brit. Mus., 1870, p. 44.
Ateles ( !) ornatus Gray, Cat. Monkeys, Lemurs and Fruit-eatin?
Bats, Brit. Mus., 1870, p. 44. S
Large Yellowish Brown Spider Monkey Belt, Nat. Nicarag., 1874,
GEOFFROY’S SPIDER MONKEY.
Type locality. Unknown. Type in Paris Museum
Geogr Distr Nicaragua, Central America to Colombia, South
America. Pozo Azul, Central Costa Rica, (Allen).
Genl. Char. Thumb absent.
Color. This species varies greatly and has been described under
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45
various names. Top of head and upper part of tail buff ; a patch of
erect hairs on forehead black; ring around eyes and lips flesh color,
rest of face black ; upper and lower parts of body light grayish drab ;
hands, elbows, feet, knees, and apical portion of tail above black. Ex
type in Paris Museum.
This is also the A. melanochir style described by Desmarest from
the same specimen that served Kuhl for his type of A. geoffroyi. A.
ornatus Gray, has the face black, the base of hairs on head yellowish,
on forehead and nape all black or brownish black; whiskers pale red¬
dish yellow, upper part of back and shoulders Vandyke brown, hairs
tipped with golden; rest of back, flanks, inner side of arms above
elbows, and inner side of thighs and base of tail beneath, brownish
red; under parts reddish, rest of arms, outer side of legs, hands, feet
and upper parts of thighs, and tail above black. This description is
from Gray’s type in the British Museum.
Between this style and the typical one all kinds of gradations are
found, some of the most extreme character, such as grayish drab upper
parts, or a cream color on the under parts. Specimens of A. ornatus in
the British Museum vary considerably from the type, being much
lighter above the shoulders where they are yellowish brown, and in no
place does the red color attain the depth exhibited in the type. Other
specimens have the upper part of back dark brown, grading into a
yellowish brown on lowest back and sides, and under parts yellowish
gray. The type of A. albifrons Gray has a yellowish white line on the
forehead continued by a few straggling hairs on sides of face to mouth ;
upper parts dark brown grading into drab and whitish brown on rump,
yellowish gray beneath ; tail dark brown like upper part of back ; a
variation of the A. melanochir or typical A. geoffroyi style. The
type of A. albifrons is stated on the ticket as from Medillen, and a
specimen from Bogota is almost exactly like it but has no white on
the forehead. The extreme of the different coloring among individual
specimens if considered by themselves might be readily regarded as
indicating distinct forms, but a series of examples soon disposes of
any such view, and they can only be considered as representing the
changeable styles of coloration exhibited by a species subject to
extreme variations.
Measurements. Skull: total length, 117; occipito-nasal length,
103 ; Hensel, 79; zygomatic width, 76; intertemporal width, 51 ; palatal
length, 33; breadth of braincase, 64; median length of nasals, 21,
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length of upper molar series, 25 ; length of mandible, 77 ; length of
lower molar series, 29. Vertebrae: Cervical, 7; Dorsal, 14; Lumbar,
4; Sacral, 3; Caudal, 31.
Mr. Salvin during a short stop at San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua,
met with several Monkeys, probably of this species, as related by
Alston (1. c.) when strolling in the neighborhood of the town. He
was walking up the course of a half dry stream, when a troop of
Monkeys came to a pool to drink, and were climbing about the low
trees on the bank of the water course. Most of the troop consisted
of Cebus hypoleucus (C. capucinus Linn.), but with them were
several Ateles ( !) of one of which Mr. Salvin wrote this "description :
“The whole body has a light grayish drab all over, except the hands,
elbows, knees and feet which were black ; the face was black, with the
exception of the flesh colored mouth; the upper part of the tail was
slightly tinged with buff, as was also the top of the head. On the
middle of the forehead was a small triangular patch of erect black
hairs.” There were several others just like the specimen described.
These animals were evidently of the form described as A. melanochir.
It was not unusual Mr. Salvin states, to see occasionally this Monkey
kept in confinement in Guatemala, but, on inquiry, he always found
they had been brought from Nicaragua or Costa Rica.
Belt, in his Naturalist in Nicarauga ’ speaks of meeting a “large
yellowish brown Spider Monkey which roams over the tops of the
trees in bands of from ten to twenty. Sometimes they lay quiet until
I was passing underneath, when, shaking a branch of the Nispera tree,
they would send down a shower of the hard round fruit, but never
throwing anything, simply letting it fall. Often, when on lower trees,
they would hang from the branches two or three together, holding on
to each other and to the branch with their fore feet and long tail, whilst
their hind feet hung down, all the time making threatening gestures
and cries.
Sometimes a female would be seen carrying a young one on its
back to which it clung with legs and tail, the mother making its way
among the branches and leaping from tree to tree, apparently but little
encumbered with its baby. A large black and white eagle is said to
prey upon them, but I never saw one, although I was constantly falling
m with troops of monkeys. Don Francisco Velasquez, one of our
officers, told me that one day he heard a monkey crying out in the
forest for more than two hours, and at last going to see what was the
matter he saw a monkey on a branch, and an eagle beside it trying to
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frighten it to turn its back, when it would have seized it. The monkey,
however, kept its face to the foe, and the eagle did not care to engage
with it in this position, but probably would have tired it out. Velasquez
fired at the eagle, and frightened it away. I think it likely, from what
I have seen of the habits of this monkey, that they defend themselves
from its attack by keeping two or three together, thus assisting each
other, and it is only when the eagle finds one separated from its com¬
panions that it dares to attack it.”
Ateleus hybridus I. Geoff roy.
Ateles ( !) hybridus I. Geoff., Mem. Mus. Hist Nat., Paris, XVII,
1829, p. 168 ; Id. fitudes Zool., 1832, p. 1, pi. I ; Id. Mag. Zool.,
1832, p. 1, pi. I; Id. Cat. Primates, 1851, p. 49; Less., Spec.
Mamm., 1840, p. 129; Wagn., Schreb., Saugth. Suppl., I,
1840, p. 201; V, 1855, p. 79; Dahlb., Stud. Zool. Fam. Reg.
Anim. Natur., fasc. I, 1856, pp. 171, 172; Schleg., Mus. Pays-
Bas, Simiae, 1876, p. 183.
Sapajou marginatus Slack, Proc. Acad. Nat. Scien. Phil., 1862,
p. 512.
Eriodes hybridus Reichenb., Vollstand. Naturg. Affen, 1862, p. 57,
figs. 136, 137.
HYBRID SPIDER MONKEY.
Type locality. Valley of the Magdalena, Colombia. Type in
Paris Museum.
Geogr. Distr. Valley of the Magdalena, Colombia.
Genl. Char. Triangular white mark on forehead.
Color. Face black, white triangular spot on the forehead, the
lower point reaching each eye ; top and sides of head and nape blackish
brown ; shoulders, arms, legs, hands and feet also blackish brown, but
not quite so dark as the head ; upper parts of body pale or ashy brown ;
under parts of body and inner side of limbs grayish white; tail
blackish brown same color as outer side of limbs.
Measurements. Skull : total length, 109 ; occipito-nasal length, 92 ,
Hensel, 75 ; zygomatic width, 65 ; palatal length, 51 ; breadth of brain-
case, 59 ; median length of nasals, 15 ; length of upper molar series, 23 ;
length of mandible, 70; length of lower molar series, 29. Palis
Museum, possibly the type, as it bears the date, 1820, procured by M.
Plee.
The above description was taken from an example presented to
the Paris Museum by M. Baron and stated to have come from
Colombia. Several specimens are in the collection, and it does not seem
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that they can be referred to any known species, and must be recognized
as distinct. It is a plain light brown animal, with dark head, limbs,
and tail, and whitish under parts.
The specimen marked on ticket, ‘type’ was presented by M. Plee
and said to have come from Colombia. It is much faded, mummy
brown on head, arms, and shoulders, with a white spot in the center
of the forehead; forearms, upper parts of body, flanks, legs and tail
yellowish brown ; hands and feet blackish brown.
Measurements. Total length, 1,346.40; tail, 163.85; foot, 177.80.
Another specimen, better in color, has the head, shoulders, arms,
hands, feet and tail blackish brown, darker than seal brown; white
triangular spot on forehead; upper part of body and flanks Prout’s
brown ; legs Prout’s brown nearly on front edge over knee ; inner side
of limbs and under parts of body, grayish white ; tail above, blackish
brown like arms, beneath, yellowish.
Exposure to light has changed this specimen somewhat, as one of
the legs is paler than the other, and possibly the back and sides may
have changed also, but the head, arms, hands, feet and tail doubtless
still retain the original color. As the description shows, it is a very
much darker animal than the one marked as the ‘type,’ and it does not
seem likely that the latter ever was as dark, which gives rise to the
suspicion that there may be a considerable variation in color among
members of this form. All the specimens have a triangular white spot
on the forehead, the lower points reaching, as stated by Geoffroy, to the
corners of the eyes. If this is a hybrid, as its name would seem to
imply, it is extremely difficult to determine what species have pro¬
duced it.
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VOLUME II
PLATE III,
Brachyteleus arachnoides
No. 3. 0.4.4. Brit. Mus. Coll. 44 Nat
B RAC H Y T ELEU S
49
GENUS *BRACHYTELEUS. WOOLLY SPIDER
MONKEYS.
I — ■
2—2 >
C.
i— x
l—i 5
P.
3—3
3 — 3 5
M.
3—3
3—3
= 36.
BRACHYTELES ( !) Spix, Sim. et Vespert. Bras., 1823, p. 36, pi.
XXVII. Type Brachyteles ( !) macrotarsus Spix, = Ateles
( !) arachnoides E. Geoffroy.
Eriodes I. Geoff., Mem. Mus. Hist. Nat., Paris, XVII, 1829, p. 160.
Head round; body heavy; limbs long, slender; fur woolly; face
flat; septum of nose narrow; nostrils circular, approximate, directed
downwards ; thumb rudimentary or wanting ; nails sharp, compressed ;
tail longer than body, naked beneath, prehensile. Skull has a rounded
braincase; incisors of equal size; canines small, of same length as the
incisors, while the molars, which are square shaped and heavy, are
higher than the canines.
The fur of this species is woolly in texture and not brightly
colored, while the face is naked and often a brilliant red, the color
being intensified when the animal is excited. The arms are long and
slender, and the hand is without a thumb or with merely a rudiment
of one. The tail is long, naked on the under side at the tip, and
prehensile. The nails of the hands and feet are compressed and acute.
LITERATURE OF THE SPECIES.
1806. E. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, in Annales du Museum d’Histoire
Naturelle, Paris.
In a paper upon the species of Ateles ( !) Brachyteleus
arachnoides is first described as Ateles ( !) arachnoides.
1820. Kuhl, Beitrage zur Zoologie und vergleichenden Anatomie.
Among the species of Ateleus here given, two of the genus
Brachyteleus are included as Ateles ( !) arachnoides, speci¬
men without a thumb, and A. hypoxanthus, example with a
thumb = Brachyteleus arachnoides.
1823. Spix, Simiarum et Vespertilionum Brasiliensium, Species Novce.
*Bpax>Js short, and re\os,eai end = Brachyteleus nec Brachyteles. See
I. Geoffroy, Cat. Primates, p. 51.
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BRAC HYTELEU S
The genus Brachyteleus was here first established, and B.
arachnoides was redescribed as Brachyteles ( !) macrotarsus.
1829. I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, in Memoires du Museum d’Histoire
Naturelle, Paris.
Under his genus Eriodes = Brachyteleus three species are
named. ( E .) arachnoides; (£.) tuberifer, and (E.) hemi-
dactylus, the last two = B. arachnoides. E. hemidactylus
was simply another name proposed for hypoxanthus because as
the Author supposed, it had been given to two species, he
believing that the presence or absence of the thumb constituted
a specific character.
1870. Gray, Catalogue of Monkeys, Lemurs and Fruit-eating Bats,
in the Collection of the British Museum.
In this List the individual here called a variety without a thumb,
is named Brachyteles ( !) arachnoides, and the variety with
a rudimentary thumb B. hypoxanthus. Only one species, how¬
ever is recognized, B. arachnoides.
1876. Schlegel, Museum d’Histoire des Pays-Bas, Simice.
The single species of Brachyteleus is here placed under
Ateles ( !) and is divided into two according to the presence or
absence of the thumb, as (A.) arachnoides, and (A.)
hypoxanthus = B. arachnoides.
Brachyteleus arachnoides (E. Geoffroy).
Ateles ( !) arachnoides E. Geoff., Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris,
VII, 1806, p. 271 ; XIII, 1809, p. 90, pi. IX ; XIX, p. 106 ; Id.
Cours Hist. Nat. Mamm, 1828, p. 30, 9me Legon; Kuhl,
Beitr. Zool., 1820, p. 25; Desm., Mamm., 1820, p. 72; Rei-
chenb., Vollstand. Naturg. Affen, 1862, p. 57, fig. 140; Schleg.,
Mus. Pays-Bas, Simiae, 1876, p. 184.
Ateles (!) hypoxanthus Kuhl, Beitr. Zool., 1820, p. 25; Desm.,
Mamm., 1820, p. 72; E. Geoff., Cours Hist. Nat. Mus., 1828,
p. 30, 9me Legon; Wagn., Schreb., Saugth. Suppl., I, 1840,
p. 202; V, 1865, p. 79; Schleg., Mus. Pays-Bas, Simise, 1876,
p. 184.
Brachyteles ( !) macrotarsus Spix, Simiar. et Vespert. Bras 1823
p. 36, pi. XXVII.
Eriodes hemidactylus E. Geoff., Mem. Mus. Hist. Nat., Paris,
XVII, 1829, p. 163 ; Less., Spec. Mamm., 1840, p. 135 ; Dahlb.|
Stud. Zool. Fam. Reg. Anim. Natur., fasc. I, 1856, p. 135 \
Reichenb., Vollstand. Naturg. Affen, 1862, p. 58, fig.’l45. '
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Eriodes tuberifer E. Geoff., Mem. Mus. Hist. Nat., Paris, XVII,
1829, p. 163; Less., Spec. Mamm, 1840, p. 135; Dahlb.,
Stud. Zool. Fam. Reg. Anim. Natur., fasc. I, 1856, p. 135;
Reichenb., Vollstand. Naturg. Affen, 1862, p. 57, figs. 41, 42.
Eriodes arachnoides E. Geoff., Mem. Mus. Hist. Nat., Paris, XVII,
1828, p. 160; Wagn., Schreb., Saugth. Suppl., I, 1840, p. 204,
pi. XXVI D ; V, 1855, p. 80 ; Less., Spec. Mamm., 1840, p. 136 ;
Blainv., Osteog., 1840, Atl., Cebus, pi. V ; I. Geoff., Cat.
Primates, 1851, p. 51 ; Reichenb., Vollstand. Naturg. Affen,
1862, p. 57, fig. 140 ; von Pelz., Bras. Saugeth., 1883, p. 8.
Cebus hypoxanthus Fisch., Syn. Mamm., 1829, p. 38.
Cebus arachnoides Fisch., Syn. Mamm., 1829, p. 38.
Brachyteles ( !) arachnoides Gray, List Spec. Mamm. Brit. Mus.,
1843, p. 10; Id. Cat. Monkeys, Lemurs and Fruit-eating Bats,
Brit. Mus., 1870, p. 45 ; Forbes, Handb. Primates, I, 1894, p.
226.
BROWN WOOLLY SPIDER MONKEY.
Type locality, “le Bresil.” Type in Paris Museum.
Geogr. Distr. South eastern Brazil. Cape St. Roque to Rio de
Janeiro.
Genl. Char. Size large; face naked; thumb rudimentary or
absent ; hairs of head short, directed backward.
Color. Varying somewhat among individuals. Head blackish
brown washed with yellow, or dark gray washed with brown, or with
the forehead and nape orange rufous, and top of head chestnut; upper
parts dark gray ; limbs gray of varying intensity, some specimens when
the head is reddish have the limbs and tail rufous, in others the tail is
a yellowish gray ; under parts pale or yellowish gray or washed with
rufous; base of tail beneath varying from pale gray to black; hands
and feet yellowish gray with the fingers and toes chestnut, or yellowish
brown ; an all reddish color does not seem to indicate sex, for some
females are more richly colored than the males, that is, exhibit more
rufous shades and deeper tints generally. The prevailing color of the
major portion of examples is a yellowish gray or ashy brown.
Measurements. Total length, 1,280; tail, 670; foot, loO. Skull,
total length, 115 ; occipito-nasal length, 94; Hensel, 87; intertemporal
width, 47 ; palatal length, 38 ; breadth of braincase, 61 ; median length
of nasals, 19; zygomatic width, 77 ; length of upper molar series, 33,
length of mandible, 85 ; length of lower molar series, 37.
The type of the species is in the Paris Museum and was presented
to the Institution in 1806, over one hundred years ago by its describer
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M. E. Geoffroy St. Hilaire. From unwise exposure to light for over a
century it is now nearly white having lost practically all its coloring,
a little on sides of head and neck, and on hands and feet, being all that
remains of the hues formerly existing. Of course it no longer serves
for a description of the species, and I have availed myself for that pur¬
pose of the numerous specimens in the British Museum. It is much
to be regretted that all the Mammalian types of the Primates in the
Paris Museum are deteriorating from the same cause, and in a
comparatively brief time will probably be useless for comparison or
description. Examples of this species have been described at various
times under different names as distinct from each other on account
of the presence of an undeveloped thumb, or sometimes merely a
tubercle, or its absence altogether. These, however, have no specific
value, and individuals have been found with the nailed thumb on one
hand and the tubercle on the other, or the tubercle has been present and
the thumb absent from the other hand. There seems to be no regu¬
larity for the presence or absence of these members, but they merely
exhibit individual peculiarities.
The type of Brachyteleus macrotarsus Spix is in the Munich
Museum. It is very much discolored with dust and greatly faded, but
there is no doubt that it is the same as Geoffroy’s species, and
Spix’s name must become a synonym.
VOLUME II
PLATE IV,
Lagothrix LAGOTRICHA.
No. 0.11,5.9. Brit. Mus. Coll. % Nat. Size.
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GENUS LAGOTHRIX. WOOLLY MONKEYS.
I.
2—2
2—2 5
c.
1—1
l — 1 5
P.
3—3
3— 3>
M.
3—3 _
3—3 —
36-
LAGOTHRIX E. Geoff., Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, XIX, 1812, p.
106. Type Lagothrix cana E. Geoffroy.
Gastrimargus Spix, Sim. et Vespert. Bras., 1823, p. 39, pis.
XXVIII, XXIX.
Head round ; body heavy ; tail long, prehensile ; limbs of moderate
length, with thumb and great toe well developed, having the nails of
fingers and toes flat and pointed; fur woolly. Skull: an articulation
exists between the premaxillaries and nasals at a right angle to their
suture. Incisors small, upper incisors the largest; canines large with
a frontal groove.
The species of this genus have a round head covered with thick,
short hairs, and with the black face are not unlike the negro in
appearance. The under fur is very woolly in texture, and this
character helped in the definition of the name bestowed by Humboldt
upon the first specimen he procured, lagotricha. The genus has but
few species, characterized by a thickly built heavy body, with limbs
moderately lengthened, a well developed thumb and great toe, with
compressed and pointed nails. The animals are gregarious, slow in
movement, arboreal, and of a mild and tractable disposition.
LITERATURE OF THE SPECIES.
1811. Humboldt and Bonpland, Recueil d’ Observations de Zoologie
(1815) et d’Anatomie Comparee.
Lagothrix lagotricha first described as Simia lagotricha.
1812. E. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, in Annales du Museum d’Histoire
Naturelle, Paris.
Lagothrix cana, young male, first described; and L. lago¬
tricha redescribed as *L. humboldti.
*E Geoffroy in this instance gives as the sole synonym of his Lagothrix
humboldti the “Caparro Humb. Rec. d’Obser. p. 321,” showing evidently that
he had seen either the MS. or the published work, probably the first, as Humboldt
in his article had given a Latin name to the species, and which in this case I
prefer to retain.
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1823. Spix, Simiarum et Vespertilionum Brasiliensium.
Lagothrix infumata first described as Gastrimargus infu-
matus; and L. cana redescribed as Gastrimargus olivaceus.
1829. Fischer, Synopsis Mammalium.
Lagothrix lagotricha and L. cana are here placed in the
genus Cebus !
1840. Wagner, Schreber, Die Sdugthiere in Abbildungen nach der
Natur mit Beschreibungen. Supplementband.
Two species are recognized in this work, L. cana, of which
G. olivaceus Spix is made a synonym; and L. infumata.
1840. R. P. Lesson, Species des Mammiferes Bimanes et Quadru-
manes.
The genus Lagothrix in this work contains but one species L.
caparro = L. lagotricha Humb., and the G. infumatus Spix,
is described as the female. L. cana is considered the same as
L. caparro = L. lagotricha and Gastrimargus olivaceus Spix,
= L. cana Geoff., is considered a variety.
1848. I. Geotfroy St. Hilaire et Deville, in Comptes Rendus.
Lagothrix cana redescribed as L. castelnaui.
1851. I. Geoffroy St. Hilaire, Catalogue des Primates.
Three species are here recognized: L. cana; L. humboldti =
L. lagotricha; and L. castelnaui = L. cana.
1855. Wagner, Schreber, Die Sdugthiere in Abbildungen nach der
Natur mit Beschreibungen. Supplementband.
L. olivacea (Spix), and L. infumata (Spix), are the two
species recognized in this work, with L. humboldti ex Tschudi
= L. lagotricha as a synonym of the first, and L. castelnaui
synonym of the second.
1857. Pucheran, in Revue et Magasin de Zoologie.
The paper here published is a review of the species of Lago¬
thrix based upon the examples in the Collection of the Paris
Museum. There were ten in all, exclusive of those brought by
MM. Castelnau and Deville, and which were described as dis¬
tinct as L. castelnaui. The ten specimens come from Brazil,
Colombia and Peru. Descriptions of these are given and the one
from Peru is named L. tschudi, and the specimen from Cayenne
is separated as L. geoffroyi. These however are only L. lago¬
tricha and L. cana at different ages. L. castelnaui — L. cana,
is considered a good species. The ten examples are separated
according to locality and four species are recognized : L. cana,
Brazil ; L. humboldti — L. lagotricha, New Grenada, (the
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banks of the Rio Guaviare and Rio Negro) ; L. tschudi = L.
lagotricha, Peru, and L. geoffroyi = L, cana, Cayenne. A
willingness to accept slight shades of coloration, (easily the
result of the age of the individual), as having specific value,
is discernible throughout the article.
1862. Reichenbach, Die Vollstdndigste Naturgeschichte der Affen.
Lagothrix in this work contains, L. humboldti — L. lago¬
tricha; L. cana; L. infumata; and L. castelnaui = L. cana.
1862. Slack, in Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of
Philadelphia.
In this review of Lagothrix but one species is recognized: L.
humboldti Geoff., = L. lagotricha Humb. The latter name
is among the synonyms but the law of priority is disregarded.
L. cana, in fact all described forms, are considered as merely
representing a variety of coloring of the one species resulting
from age and sex.
1876. Sc hi eg el, Museum d’Histoire Naturelle des Pays-Bas, Simice.
Three species are recognized : L. cana ; L. humboldti L.
lagotricha, which name is rejected as insufficiently described,
and L. infumata Spix made a synonym; and L. poppigii
Schinz, = L. lagotricha; with L. castelnaui, L. humboldti
Tschudi, and L. tschudi juv. Pucheran, as synonyms.
1883. A. von Pelzeln, Brasilische Saugethiere.
Two species are apparently recognized in this List, L. cana
and L. infumata ; but under the last as its first synonym is
Simia cana Geoff. ( !) Of course a form cannot be both a
species and a synonym, and the method adopted by the Author
is puzzling to say the least. If cana and infumata are the same,
then cana, having been published eleven years before infumata,
becomes the name of the species, and infumata the synonym,
but never otherwise as von Pelzeln has given it. L. hum¬
boldti Geoff., = L. lagotricha Humb. ; L. geoffroyi Pucher. ; L.
poppigii Schinz; L. tschudi Pucher.; L. castelnaui Geoff.; are
all considered synonyms of L. infumata, but which is itself a
synonym of L. cana Geoff., this last being considered the adult.
1907. D. G. Elliot, in Annals and Magazine of Natural History.
Lagothrix lugens ex Colombia first described.
1909. D. G. Elliot, in Annals and Magazine of Natural History.
Lagothrix thomasi, and L. ubericola first described.
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GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF THE SPECIES.
The majority of the species of Lagothrix are found in the
western portion of Brazil, in the forests of the Upper Amazon and its
tributaries. L. lagotricha ranges from the banks of the Rio Gua-
viare, a branch of the Orinoco, to the district southwest of the Rio
Negro, and on the Upper Rio Magdalena, Colombia, to Chanchamayo
in Peru, from which place specimens now in the British Museum were
brought by Kalinowski. Near the mouth of the Rio Tocantins, Brazil,
L. cana occurs, and goes westward to the forests watered by the Rio
Solimoe'ns and Rio Iga. In the mountains, north of Tolima, Ecuador,
at an elevation of 5,000 to 7,000 feet L. lugens was procured ; and on
the banks of the Rio Copataza, and near Macas in Ecuador, and also in
the valley of the Peruvian Amazons, L. infumata is found. In the
forests through which the Rio Juara flows near Barrigudo, L. uberi-
cola was obtained, extending its range into Peru, and also along the
Rio Solimoens; and at Callanga, Department of Cuzco, Peru, L.
thomasi is found.
KEY TO THE SPECIES.
A.
Body thick, heavy; fur woolly; tail long.
a. General color blackish hoary gray, or bluish
£ray . L. lagotricha.
b. General color dark purplish brown . L. lugens.
c. General color grizzled gray and ochraceous _ L. thomasi.
d. General color grizzled wood brown . L. ubericola.
e. General color dark reddish brown; under
parts black . £,. infumata.
f. General color buffy gray ; under parts ochraceous _ L. cana.
Lagothrix lagotricha (Humboldt).
Simia lagotricha Humb., Rec. Obs. Zool., I, 1811 (1815) no
322,354.
Lagothrix humboldti E. Geoff., Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris XIX
1812, p. 107 ; Id. Cours Hist. Nat. Mamm, 1828, p. 35, 9me
Legon; I. Geoff., Cat. Primates, 1851, p. 50; Pucher., Rev.
Mag. Zook, 1857 , p. 292 ; Slack, Proc. Acad Nat. Scien. Phil.,
1862, p. 514; Reichenb., Vollstand. Naturg. Affen, 1862, p.
78, figs. 173, 175; Sclat., Proc. Zook Soc. Lond., 1863, p. 374,
Pk XXXI ; Bates, Nat. Riv. Amaz., II, 1863, p. 320; von
Volume II
Plate 1
LAGOTHRIX LAGOTRICHA
VOLUME II
PLATE 2
LAGOTHRIX LAGOTRICHA.
Cebus capucinus
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57
Pelz., Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien, 1883, Beiheft, p. 7; Schleg., Mus.
Pays-Bas, Simise, 1876, p. 162, (Part.).
Cebus lagothrix Fisch., Syn. Mamm., 1829, p. 41.
Lagothrix caparro Less., Spec. Mamm., 1840, p. 125.
Lagothrix tschudi Pucher., Rev. Mag. Zool., 1857, p. 296.
Lagothrix olivacea Bates, Nat. Riv. Amaz., II, 1863, p. 320, (nec
Spix).
Lagothrix lagothrix Forbes, Handb. Primates, I, 1894, p. 222, pi.
XX.
HUMBOLDT’S WOOLLY MONKEY.
Type locality. Banks of the Guaviare, a branch of the Upper
Orinoco River, Brazil.
Geogr. Distr. River Guaviare and the Upper Amazonian region
in the district lying south-west of the Rio Negro, and in the Upper
Magdalena Valley, Colombia. Chanchamayo, Peru (Kalinowski).
Specimen in British Museum Collection.
Color. Head to nape black; hands and feet and under parts of
body black; upper parts, limbs and tail blackish hoary gray; some¬
times bluish gray.
Measurements. Skull : occipito-nasal length, 95 : total length, 110;
Hensel, 77 ; zygomatic width, 73 ; intertemporal width, 53 ; breadth of
braincase, 65; palatal length, 30; median length of nasals, 11; length
of upper molar series, 25 ; length of mandible, 76 ; length of lower
molar series, 29.
The type of L. tschudi Pucheran, in the Paris Museum is prac¬
tically in all respects the same as the present species. It is lighter in
color on back and tail but has undoubtedly faded, and also the animal
was not entirely mature.
Bates writing on the species of Lagothrix (1. c.) which he calls
‘Barrigudo Monkeys’ says, “Of the remainder, the most remarkable
is the Macaco barrigudo, or big-bellied monkey of the Portuguese
Colonists, a species of Lagothrix. The genus is closely allied to the
Coaitas, (Ateles), having, like them, exceedingly strong and flex¬
ible tails, which are furnished underneath with a naked palm like
a hand for grasping. The Barrigudos, however, are very bulky ani¬
mals, whilst the Spider monkeys are remarkable for the slenderness
of their bodies and limbs. I obtained specimens of what have been
considered two species, one, (G. olivaceus of Spix?) having the head
clothed with gray, the other, (L. Humboldtii) with black fur. They
both live together in the same places and are probably only differently
colored individuals of one and the same species. I sent home a very
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large male of one of these kinds, which measured twenty-seven inches
in length of trunk, the tail being twenty-six inches long; it was the
largest monkey I saw in America with the exception of a black
Howler whose body was twenty-eight inches in height! The skin of
the face of the Barrigudo is black and wrinkled, the forehead is low,
with the eyebrows projecting, and, in short, it altogether resembled in
a striking manner those of an old negro. In the forests, the Barrigudo
is not a very active animal ; it lives exclusively on fruits, and is much
persecuted by the Indians, on account of the excellence of its flesh as
food. From information given me by a collector of birds and mam¬
mals, whom I employed, and who resided a long time amongst the
Tucuna Indians near Tabatinga, I calculated that one horde of this
tribe, 200 in number, destroyed 1,200 of these monkeys annually for
food. This species is very numerous in the forests of the higher lands,
but owing to long persecution it is now seldom seen in the neighbor¬
hood of the larger villages. It is not found at all on the Lower
Amazons. Its manners in captivity are grave, and its temper mild and
confiding like that of the Coaitas. Owing to these traits, the Barrigudo
is much sought after for pets ; but it is not hardy like the Coaitas, and
seldom survives a passage down the river to Para.”
Lagothrix lugens Elliot.
Lagothrix lugens Elliot, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., XX, 7th Ser.,
1907, p. 193.
Type locality. Mountains 2° 20' north of Tolima, Colombia.
Altitude 5,000 to 7,000 feet. Type in British Museum.
Genl. Char. Body stout, heavy, like L. lagotricha, color very
different ; fur thick, woolly ; limbs moderate in length ; tail very long,
and very large and broad at base. Nasals very different in shape from
those Of L. LAGOTRICHA.
Color. Male. Head, arms and body dark purplish brown almost
black; legs and tail blackish brown washed with gray, the hairs being
grayish brown at base, then black and tipped with gray or yellowish ;
breast reddish chestnut, rest of under parts black.
Measurements. Size same as L. lagotricha. Skull : total length,
112, (occiput broken); occipito-nasal length, 105; zygomatic width,
74 ; intertemporal width, 45 ; palatal length, 34 ; breadth of braincase,
57 ; length of braincase from end of nasals, 79 ; median length of
nasals, 13 ; width of nasals anteriorly, 13 ; length of upper molar
series, 24 ; length of mandible, 74 ; length of lower molar series, 30.5.
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59
Two specimens are in the British Museum Collection, which differ
so markedly from all others, that it seems impossible to assign them to
any known or described species. The fur is soft and very thick par¬
ticularly so at the base of the tail. One is dark purplish brown or
black on the upper parts to rump, when it becomes blackish gray on
legs and tail ; the other example is darker, being nearly black with but
little of the purplish shade. The skulls resemble, as may be expected
those of L. lagotricha and L. infumata, in general, but the nasals
have a depression in the center, and the anterior half stands at right
angles to the posterior, and they are very broad anteriorly; the brain-
case is not so long as those of the species compared, and the narial
opening is of a different shape, like a heart but not so pointed, more
rounded on the lower side.
Lagothrix thomasi Elliot.
Lagothrix thomasi Elliot, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., IV, 1909, 8th Ser.,
p. 245.
Type locality. Callanga, Cuzco, Peru, 1,500 m. altitude. Type
in British Museum.
Color. Head in front of ears seal brown; upper parts and sides
of body, and arms to elbows grizzled gray and ochraceous, the hairs
being ochraceous at base, ringed with black and white and tipped with
white ; dorsal line blackish ; hairs on back of neck ochraceous with a
single broad subterminal black band and white tips, causing this part
to be darker than the rest of the upper parts, except dorsal line ; fore¬
arms and legs, grizzled black and tawny, the hairs being tawny with
subterminal black bar and white tips ; hands and feet black, the hairs
with tawny tips ; inner side of arms and legs, and central portion of
chest and abdomen, black; tail above, and basal portion beneath
grizzled gray and ochraceous like back ; remainder beneath black. Ex
type British Museum.
Measurements. Size equal to L. lagotricha. Skull: occipito-
nasal length, 98; Hensel, 88.4; zygomatic width, 79.4; interorbital
width, 59.4; palatal length, 39.6; median length of nasals, 10.7; length
of upper molar series, 24; length of mandible, 78; length of lower
molar series, 38.5. Ex type British Museum.
This is a larger monkey than L. ubericola and fully equal in size
to L. lagotricha. The type is an old individual, with teeth greatly
worn and blackened. It is much darker than L. ubericola and he
base of the hairs ochraceous instead of buff. There are none of t e
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blue or silver gray hues so characteristic of L. lagotricha, and the
red of L. cana is absent altogether. The specimen is a female.
Lagothrix ubericola Elliot.
Lagothrix ubericola Elliot, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., IV, 8th Ser.,
1909, p. 246.
Type locality. Barrigudo, River Jurua, Upper Amazon. Type in
British Museum.
Geogr. Distr. Upper Amazon, Rio Solimoens and Rio Jurua,
Peru.
Genl. Char. Color pale; hair soft, rather short, buff at base.
Color. Top of head to nape, inner side of hands and feet black;
upper parts of body, and arms to elbows grizzled wood brown, with
a reddish tinge on rump and thighs, the hairs being buff at base, with
a subterminal black ring and whitish tips ; outer side of forearms iron
gray ; tops of legs to knees iron gray, when the color becomes blackish
brown ; the hairs with yellow tips on the fingers and toes, which are
black, flanks and sides of abdomen yellowish brown; chest and middle
of abdomen black ; hairs of tail above like upper side of legs, tawny
ochraceous with black and white rings and white tips ; beneath rufous
brown at base, rest black. Ex type British Museum.
Measurements. About the size of L. lagotricha but more
slender in body. Skull: total length, 116.6; occipito-nasal length, 103*
zygomatic width, 65.7; intertemporal width, 59.5; palatal length, 30;
breadth of braincase, 61.5; median length of nasals, 10.6; length of
upper molar series, 25.2; length of mandible, 69; length of lower molar
series, 29. Ex type in British Museum.
The type in the British Museum is from the Jurua River, Upper
Amazon, Brazil. It is full grown but not an old adult. It differs
markedly from L. lagotricha in color, and as the young of that
species resemble the adults, these cannot be considered as possessing
immature coats and therefore are not to be regarded as representing
the same species. The locality of these specimens is south of the
range of L lagotricha. It is not so large as the last named species
is more slenderly built, and its very light color, a grizzled wood brown'
makes it conspicuously different from all the other members of the
genus. The type is unique.
Lagothrix cana (Humboldt).
Simla cana Humb., Rec. Obs. Zool., I, 1811, (1815) p 354
Lagothrix cana E. Geoff., Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, XIX, 1812.
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p. 107 ; Id. Cours Hist. Nat. Mamra., 1828, p. 35, 9me Legon;
Kuhl, Beitr. Zool., 1820, p. 27 ; Desm., Mamm., 1820, p. 77 ;
Schinz, Syn. Mamm., I, 1844, p. 71 ; I. Geoff., Cat. Primates,
1851, p. 50; Pucher., Rev. Mag. Zool., 1857, p. 39, pi.
XXVIII ; Reichenb., Vollstand. Naturg. Affen, 1862, p. 72,
figs. 176, 177.
Gastrimargus olivaceus Spix, Simiar. et Vespert. Bras., 1823, p.
29, pi. XXVIII.
Lagothrix cana Wagn., Schreb., Saugth. Suppl., I, 1840, p. 186,
pi. XXVI E ; Schleg., Mus. Pays-Bas, Simise, 1876, p. 162.
Lagothrix olivacea Wagn., Schreb., Saugth. Suppl., V, 1855, p.
73.
Lagothrix geoffroyi Pucher., Rev. Mag. Zool., 1857, p. 296, (nec
Schinz).
Type locality. “Probablement le Bresil.”
Geogr. Distr. Mouth of the Rio Tocantins, (Spix), to the forests
along the Rio Solimoens.
Genl. Char. Under parts ochraceous.
Color. Narrow line on forehead and sides, buff; top of head and
nape dark brown with a reddish tinge ; back, flanks and limbs, buffy
gray ; forearms and legs below knees darker ; inner side of limbs black¬
ish; hands and feet blackish brown; throat reddish brown; under
parts ochraceous ; tail above dark brown on basal half, remainder gray
tinged with reddish, beneath dark brown.
Measurements. Smaller than the other members of the genus.
Skull : occipito-nasal length, 83 ; Hensel, 68 ; zygomatic width, 60 ; inter¬
temporal width, 48 ; median length of nasals, 9 ; length of upper molar
series, 19; length of mandible, 64; length of lower molar series, 30.
The example in the Paris Museum marked as Geoffroy’s type
was obtained from the ‘Cabinet de Lisbonne’ in 1809. It is immature,
in good condition though somewhat faded, and is yellowish gray with a
reddish brown head, and tail and limbs like the body but darker. Much
of the fur has fallen from the chest and abdomen, but what remains is
a dark ochraceous rufous, and there is no evidence of any black color
having been present. There are two specimens in the Museum, adult
and young, the latter stated to have come from Brazil.
The type of Gastrimargus olivaceus Spix, in the Munich Museum
agrees in all respects with Geoffroy’s type, and Spix’s name must
become a synonym of L. cana. It is quite different both m color and
texture from G. infumatus Spix. A young individual of G. olivaceus
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is also in the Museum. It resembles the type, but is slightly darker in
the general color.
Lagothrix infumata (Spix).
Gastrimargus infumatus Spix, Simiar. et Vespert. Bras., 1823, p.
41, pi. XXIX; Less., Spec. Mamm., 1840, p. 126, juv. ; Wagn.,
Abhand. Bayer. Akad. Munch., V, 1848, p. 417 ; Id. Schreb.,
Saugth. Suppl., V, 1855, p. 73.
Lagothrix infumata Schinz, Syn. Mamm., I, 1844, p. 71 ; Pucher.,
Rev. Mag. Zook, 1857, p. 298 ; Reichenb., Vollstand. Naturg!
Affen, 1862, p. 72, fig. 178 ; Gray, Cat. Monkeys, Lemurs and
Fruit-eating Bats, Brit. Mus., 1870, p. 46; Sclat., Proc. Zool.
Soc. Lond., 1871, p. 219; von Pelz., Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien,
1883, Beiheft, p. 7 ; Forbes, Handb. Primates, I, 1894, p. 224.
Lagothrix poppigii Schinz, Syn. Mamm., I, 1844, p. 72; Pucher.,
Rev. Mag. Zool., 1857, p. 298; Schleg., Mus. Pays-Bas, Simise!
1876, p. 164.
Lagothrix geoffroyi Schinz, Syn. Mamm., I, 1844, p. 71 (nec
Pucheran).
Lagothrix castelnaui I. Geoff, et Deville, Compt. Rend., XXVII,
1848, P- 498; I. Geoff., Cat. Primates, 1851, p. 50;’ Casteln.,’
Exped. Amer. Sud, 1855, p. 5, pi. I ; Pucher., Rev. Mag. Zool.,
1857, p. 289; Reichenb., Vollstand. Naturg. Affen, 1862 o 72
BROWN WOOLLY MONKEY. 5 ’ P'
. TyPe Reality. Forests near the Rio I?a, Upper Amazon. Type
in Munich Museum.
Geogr. Distr. Valley of the Peruvian Amazon; Valley of the
Rio Copataza, and near Macas, Ecuador.
Genl. Char. Under parts jet black.
Color. Top and sides of head, chin, neck, upper parts of body
arms to elbows and upper part of thighs to knees, dark reddish brown-
orearms, wrists, hands, back of thighs and legs, ankles and feet black-
tail blackish brown. Most of the under parts are bare, but the hair
remaining from lower part of chest to groin is long and jet black. Ex
type Munich Museum, nearest in color to Spix’s figure. Another
specimen also marked ‘Type,’ has the upper part of breast light reddish
brown, lower breast and belly jet black.
Measurements. Total length, 1,180 ; tail, 655 ; foot, 150. Mounted
specimen, no skull.
Spix’s Gastrimargus infumatus is represented in the Munich
Museum by four examples all marked ‘Types.’ They are not all alike
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in color, but all are in bad condition, and one, the nearest in color to
the figure in Spix’s plate has lost most of the hair on the body. They
are all reddish brown, of different shades however, caused somewhat,
possibly, by fading or from the accumulation of dust. One has the
body above of a buff color, another raw umber, while another is dark
reddish brown. The tails vary also in color from a dark reddish brown
to almost black. The fur is short, rather thick, soft and silky to the
touch, very different from that of L. lagotricha and the group it
represents.
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GENUS CEBUS. CAPUCHIN MONKEYS.
CEBUS
2—
2— 2>
c.
1—1
1— 1 j
p.
Erxl., Syst. Regn. Anim.,
capucina Linnaeus.
3—3
3—3 5
■» m 3 — 3 /
M. 3=3 = 36.
1777, pp. 44-54.
Type Simia
Sapajus Kerr, Anim. Kingd., 1792, Nos. 64-77, pp. 74-79.
Calyptrocebus Reichenb., Vollstand. Naturg. Affen, 1862, p. 56, pis.
VI, figs. 93-102; VII, figs. 103-117.
Pseudocebus Reichenb., Vollstand. Naturg. Affen, 1862, p. 55,
pis. VI, VII, figs. 83, 84, 89, 90, 108.
Otocebus Reichenb., Vollstand. Naturg. Affen, 1862, p. 56 pis
VII, VIII, figs. 125-135.
Eucebus Reichenb., Vollstand. Naturg. Affen, 1862, p. 56 pi VI
fig. 92; pi. VIII, figs. 124-135.
Head round ; body robust ; limbs moderate ; thumb well developed ;
tail long, covered with hair, no distal naked portion, prehensile; hair
on face short, whiskers present ; no crest but tufts on head sometimes
present; canines large; molars with four cusps, connected by ridges;
posterior molar in both jaws the smallest. "
The Sapajous or Capuchins, comprising the genus Cebus, are the
most common monkeys seen in captivity, and most familiar to the
dwellers of lands distant from their habitats. The head is round, the
face flat, without a protruding muzzle. The skull has the cranial
portion well developed, the facial region being very short in com¬
parison, and the brain is large with numerous convolutions of the outer
surface of the cerebrum. The limbs are of moderate length, the arms
and legs about equal, and rather slender, while the thumb is well
toer if' r! •!“ °f thC d«itS ” some sPecies compressed
laterally. The tail is long, covered with hair to the tip, and although
there is no cling, ng bare surface on the lower side, it is prehensile, and
IS of great assistance in various ways, though lacking the ability to
assume the place of another hand, as is so eminently the case of this
member among the species of the genus Ateleus. As a rule the Cebi
are of small size, with a slender waist, and the fur is inclined to a
woo ly texture, and usually dense upon the crown of the head, and
ort on this part, though m some species there is an elongated tuft on
VOLUME II.
PLATE V.
CEBUS MALITIOSUS.
No. 14020 Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. Coll. % Nat. Size.
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each side. The orbits are large and close together, the nasals being
Quite narrow , the f rontals contain air cavities, and there is no external
meatus to the ear. The incisors incline slightly forward, and are
shorter than the canines ; the molars have four cusps, and on the
crowns there are two transverse ridges and one oblique, the last going
from the front inner cusp to the hind outer cusp. In the often great
variation in the color of their fur, witnessed among the members of
the various genera of the Primates, there is probably no genus whose
species exhibit a more extreme diversity of hues than do those belong¬
ing to Cebus, and in some cases it would appear that each individual
possessed the power of selecting the color of its own dress, and the
taste for diversity of hues has been so wide, that it is not easy some¬
times to find members of the same species alike. This instability of
color has been one of the greatest, if not indeed, the greatest obstacle
to all investigators in the determination of the species, for with the
majority of the earlier Authors, color was the chief character for a
distinct specific rank, cranial differences having been little regarded,
and consequently the number of species was largely increased. The
fact that great variability in color among individuals of the same
species, often from the same locality, was not known; or perplexed at
the great diversity of hues exhibited by his examples, and unable to
explain the problem, an Author would, happily, sometimes, place all
his specimens in one species, geographical distribution receiving little
consideration. Unfortunately the latter method was not often adopted,
and multiplication of species has been with many writers more the
rule than the exception, and the synonymy consequently greatly
increased thereby. Another difficulty with the Cebi has been, and is
still to-day, that Mammalogists have been obliged to content them¬
selves with the descriptions given by Authors, ( few types being usually
accessible), often inadequate, brief and insufficient, and many have
been misled by these, and wrong conclusions reached. Then again
types have disappeared, and the brief description originally given was
totally insufficient for any one to decide what the species really was,
or, (as the Author of this work has found to be the case in too many
instances), neglect for their proper preservation, and the lapse of
time, have left the types so dilapidated and faded, that they no longer
agreed with the original description, nor gave even a tangible clue to
their appearance in life.
It is not to be wondered at, therefore, that so much diversity of
opinion has existed and still does exist, among writers, as to the number
of species there really is at the present day, or that the synonymy
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should be so greatly confused. The writer has examined all the
types of Cebus that are accessible at the present time, and his
descriptions have been taken from them as they now appear, some
much changed from their former state, with the delicate colors gone,
and occasionally important portions of the fur having disappeared
also ; but the manner in which the various colors are distributed could
in some cases still be traced, and an idea of the animal’s original
appearance might thus be obtained. When types were altogether
missing, and the description first given was insufficient for the recog¬
nition of the species, and there was no other example from the same
locality to show what the type may have been, little could be accom¬
plished, and the species would have to be dropped altogether as unde¬
terminable, or allowed to stand with the original description as a
guide, in hopes that some one more fortunate, might in the future be
able to discover what it really might be. The species that follow are
believed to be all of the genus Cebus existing to-day that are known,
twenty-four in all, but the types of some, embraced in the various
synonyms, no longer existing, the conclusions in such instances have
been reached through the, often imperfect or too brief, descriptions
originally published.
LITERATURE OF THE SPECIES AND SUBSPECIES.
1758. Linnaeus , Sy sterna Naturae.
Two species of Cebus are given in the list of Simiae, 5". apella
and S. CAPuciNus. These were described by Linnaeus in a
work entitled ‘Museum Regis Adolphi Frederici,’ published in
1754. The original description, slightly transposed, is repeated,
and the above work the only reference cited.
1766. Linnaeus, Sy sterna Naturae.
The two species of Cebus described in the 10th edition appear
again here, with the same descriptions, but in the case of C.
capucinus farther on, Linnaeus unfortunately, gives a more
lengthy description and in certain parts a very erroneous one,
i. e. “pectus ferrugineus,” which in no wise is ever the case in the
color of the animal he originally described and figured as C.
capucinus. This error has been the cause of the transference
of the name C. capucinus to an entirely different animal, the
one Linnaeus called C. apella, and these two species have had
the wrong appellation applied to them since that time by all
Mammalogists, even though some writers had discovered the
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error that had been committed, but had not the courage to
correct it. A third species C. fatuellus is also here first
described. 5’. trepidus is undeterminable. All are placed in
Simia.
1777. Erxleben, Systema Regni Animalis.
The following species of Cebus are recorded: C. fatuellus,
C. capucinus and C. apella, of which the Author remarks
“Hie quibus differat a capucino, non satis intelligo.”
So early had the confusion between these totally distinct species
commenced. C. trepidus is undeterminable as “manibus pedi-
busque cseruleis” is found in no Cebus known. Other species
are given under Cebus but do not belong to the genus.
1788. Gmelin, Systema Natures.
C. capucinus is given with Linnaeus’ original description, and
his, the only work cited ; the synonymy, however, is mixed. C.
apella with the original description; and C. fatuellus. All
these are placed in the genus Simia.
1792. Kerr, Animal Kingdom, Mammalia.
Cebus capucinus renamed Simia ( Sapajus ) capucinus albulus.
1797. /. B. Audebert, Histoire Naturelle des Singes et des Makis.
Three species and three varieties, with figures of all are given
in this work under Simia: (S.) fatuellus; (S.) apella; var.
A. a dark individual of the same species which died in the
Menagerie of the Paris Zoological Garden. (S.) capucinus,
var. A. represents the typical style; but (S.) capucinus, with
red on forearms, and var. B. with a red breast, are unlike any
example of C. capucinus I have ever seen, and it is impossible
to determine what species they represent.
1811. Humboldt et Bonpland, Recueil d’ Observations de Zoologie
(1815). et d’Anatomie Comparee.
In his subdivision Cebus six species are recognized. Cebus
albifrons first described; and (Simia) capucinus Linn.,
redescribed as Simia hypoleucus; C. apella (Linn.), called
(5\) capucina (nec Linn.) ; (S.) cirrifer first described, and
(S.) variegatus E. Geoff roy, but not described by that Author
in 1811.
1812. E. Geoffroy St. Hilaire, in Annales du Museum d’Histoire
Naturelle, Paris.
In his Tableau des Quadrumanes, this Author gives the follow¬
ing species of Cebus: C. apella (nec Linn.), = C. fatuellus,
C. cirrifer; C. barbatus = C. flavus ; C. trepidus undetermin-
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able ; C. albifrons ; C. niger = C. cirrifer ; C. variegatus
first described; and C. albus, an albinistic individual of C.
FLAVUS.
1820. Kuhl, Beitrage zur Zoologie vergleichenden Anatomie.
The following species are included in the genus Cebus: C.
cirrifer; C. fatuellus; C. variegatus; C. flavus; C. bar-
batus — C. flavus; C. albus, (albino); C. frontatus first
described; C. niger — C. cirrifer; C. albifrons; C. robustus
= C. variegatus ; C. xanthosternos = C. variegatus ; C.
apella; C. capucina; C. lunatus — C. frontatus; C. hypo-
leucus — C. capucinus (Linn.).
1820. Desmarest, Mammalogie et Description des Especes de Mammi¬
feres.
A List of the species of Cebus is here given as recognized by
the Author, very similar to that of Kuhl. C. robustus = C.
variegatus; C. apella; C. griseus = C. apella; C. barbatus
= C. flavus ; C. frontatus ; C. niger = C. cirrifer ; C. varie¬
gatus ; C. fulvus = C. flavus ; C, albifrons ; C. lunatus Kuhl
= C. frontatus Kuhl ; C. xanthosternos = C. variegatus ; C.
fatuellus; C. capucinus = C. apella (Linn.) ; C. hypoleucus
= C. capucinus (Linn.).
1820. F. Cuvier, Histoire Naturelle des Mammiferes.
C. variegatus Humb., redescribed as C. monachus.
1823. Spix, Simiarum et Vespertilionum Brasiliensium.
Six species are recorded by this Author as follows : C. macro-
cephalus; C. unicolor; and C. libidinosus first described;
C. xanthocephalus = C. variegatus; C. gracilis = C. albi¬
frons ; and C. cucullatus = C. variegatus.
1825. F. Cuvier, Histoire Naturelle des Mammiferes.
C. chrysopus first described.
1826. Maximilian, Prinzen zu Wied, Beitrage zur Naturgeschicte von
Brasilien.
A list of the species of Cebus from Brazil as known to the
Author is here given: C. fatuellus (nec Linn.), = C. cirrifer;
C. robustus = C. variegatus; C. xanthosternos — C. varie¬
gatus ; C. cirrifer ; and C. flavus.
The type of C. robustus seems to have disappeared from the
New York American Museum of Natural History; in fact no
type of Cebus from the Maximilian collection is now in the
Museum.
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1827. C. 7. Temminck, Monographies de Mammalogie.
The Author makes remarks upon species of Cebus, and con¬
siders C. variegatus Kuhl, to be the young of C. xanthosternos
Wied, which is figured by Spix as C. xanthocephalus; and C.
lunatus Kuhl, (nec F. Cuv.), is the young of C. cirrifer!
1829. 7. B. Fischer, Synopsis Mammalium.
Among the many species of different genera included by this
Author in the genus Cebus, the following are now considered
as properly belonging to it: C. cirrifer; C. robustus = C.
variegatus; C. fatuellus; C. xanthosternos = C. varie¬
gatus; C. apella; C. griseus Desm., = C. apella (Linn.) ; C.
barbatus — C. flavus ; C. libidinosus ; C. unicolor ; C. niger
— C. cirrifer; C. flavus; C. capucinus = C. apella (Linn.) ;
C. trepidus undeterminable ; C. hypoleucus = C. capucinus
(Linn.) ; C. albifrons; C. chrysopus; and C. gracilis Spix =
C. albifrons (Humb.).
1830. 7. B. Fischer, Addenda, Emendanda et Index ad Synopsis
Mammalium.
The above list is here repeated with the following additions
and changes : C. xanthocephalus Spix — C. variegatus E.
Geoff., is made var. B. of xanthosternos Kuhl, which = C.
variegatus; C. apella Linn., is given two varieties, A. C.
antiguensis Shaw, and B. C. paraguayensis Azara, both unde¬
terminable ; and C. niger = C. cirrifer.
1830. 7. R. Rengger, Naturgeschichte der Sdugethiere von Paraguay.
Cebus azar;e first described.
1833. F. Cuvier, Histoire Naturelle des Mammiferes.
C. frontatus Kuhl, redescribed as C. lunatus; and C. cirrifer
Humb., redescribed as C. cristatus.
1840. Wagner, Schreber, Die Sdugthiere in Abbildungen nach der
Natur mit Beschreibungen. Supplementband.
In this work the Author commences with C. apella (Linn.),
under which as var. a. he places C. azar^e Rengg. He then
gives a list of the described species as follows, eighteen in
number: C. gracilis Spix, — C. albifrons Humb., C. flavus
Kuhl ; C. unicolor Spix ; C. barbatus Geoff., = C. flavus
Kuhl ; C. macrocephalus Spix, = C. apella (Linn.) ; C. capu¬
cinus (Linn.) ; C. griseus F. Cuv., = C. variegatus E. Geoff. ,
C. hypoleucus Humb., = C. capucinus (Linn.) ; C. capucinus^
(nec Linn.), = C. apella (Linn.) ; C. monachus F. Cuv., -
C. variegatus E. Geoff. ; C. xanthosternos Kuhl, — C. varie-
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gatus E. Geoff. ; C. cucullatus Spix, — C. variegatus E.
Geoff.; C. chrysopus F. Cuv. ; C. fatuellus (Linn.); C.
cirrifer, Humb. ; C. lunatus Kuhl, = C. frontatus Kuhl ; C.
cristatus F. Cuv., = C. cirrifer Geoffroy.
Then he states that the variation existing among the species of
Cebus is so extreme that it is practically impossible to designate
the species, then reviews those given in his list, compares some
with others, and gives the coloring of the pelage.
1840. R. P. Lesson , Species des Mammiferes Bimanes et Quadru-
manes.
The species of Cebus in this work are arranged in groups
according to the way the hair is disposed on the head whether
in horns in front upright, or the hair lying flat, or lengthened.
The recognized forms are C. cirrifer juv. ; C. fatuellus ; C.
buffoni = C. fatuellus ; C. robustus — C. variegatus ; C.
cucullatus Spix, = C. variegatus; C. frontatus; Sajou
trembleur = S', trepida ? Linn., undeterminable; C. apella; C.
capucinus var. A. B. ; Le Cai = C. azar^e; var. C. C. capu-
cina ; var. D. C. gracilis = C. albifrons ; var. E. C. xantho-
cephalus = C. variegatus; var. F. C. libidinosus; C. hypo-
leucus = C. capucinus ; C. monachus - C. variegatus ; var.
A. C. xanthosternos = C. variegatus ; C. chrysopus ; C. albi¬
frons ; C. brissoni = C. flavus ; var. A. C. unicolor Spix ;
var. B. C. fulvus D’Orb., = C. unicolor ; var. albine C. albus,
albino.
1844. Tschudi, Fauna Peruana.
Four species recorded: C. robustus (nec Kuhl), undeterminable,
possibly - C. macrocephalus Spix ; C. capucinus undetermin¬
able; C. albifrons (Humb.) ; and C. chrysopus Cuv.
1845. Pucheran, in Revue et Magasin de Zoologie.
C. albifrons Humb., redescribed as C. versicolor.
1847. Wagner, Konigliche bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften.
Abhandlungen der mathematisch-physikalischen Classe.
(~'EBUS APELLA (Linn-)> redescribed as Cebus nigrivittatus
Schombur9K Reisen in British Guiana in den Jahren
1840-44 Sdugethiere.
C. apella (Linn.), redescribed as C. olivaceus.
1851. I. Geoffroy St. Hilaire, Catalogue des Primates.
Fourteen species of Cebus are here recorded: C. apella
(Linn.), (specimen ex Guiana), but with this another species
is confounded and united, the C fatuellus (Linn.), and he
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divides his examples into three varieties or groups : a.
“Individus a pelage ordinaire, sans pinceau,” and group b.
comprising “Individus semblables au precedents, mais avec
pinceau ” ; c. “Individus a couleurs semblablement disposees,
mais plus pale.” These last are those which died in the Men¬
agerie, and whose color has been affected by captivity. Of
course group b. for which is cited C. fatuellus (Linn.), is
quite distinct specifically from any form of C. apella (Linn.) ;
C. robustus Kuhl, = C. variegatus (E. Geoff.) ; C. variegatus
(E. Geoff.) ; C. cirrifer (Humb.) ; C. vellerosus first
described; C. frontatus Kuhl; C. elegans I. Geoff.; C.
azarze Rengg. ; C. barbatus E. Geoff., — C. flavus E. Geoff. ;
C. flavus E. Geoff. ; C. capucinus E. Geoff., = C. apella
(Linn.); C. castaneus Geoff., first described; C. versicolor
Pucher., = C. albifrons (Humb.) ; C. chrysopus F. Cuv.; C.
hypoleucus (Humb.), = C. capucinus (Linn.).
1855. Wagner, Schreber, Die Sdugthiere in Abbildungen nach der
Natur mit Beschreibungen. Supplementband.
Ten species and numerous varieties of Cebus are here recorded,
the Author evidently experiencing the same difficulty in dis¬
tinguishing the specific rank of his specimens as was exhibited
in the volume published in 1840. He commences with C.
azarze Rengg.; C. fatuellus (Linn.), of which as varieties
he places /3. C. robustus Kuhl, = C. variegatus E. Geoff. , y.
Sajou cornu var. a moustaches F. Cuv., = C. frontatus Ku ,
s. C. cristatus F. Cuv., = C. cirrifer (Humb.) ; e. C. apella
(Linn, nec Auct.). He then cites C. elegans l. Geoff., - C.
azare; Rengg.; C. libidinosus Spix, a species he does ™t
know, and cites the descriptions ; C. capucinus Geoff., - G.
apella (Linn.) ; C. olivaceus Schomb., = C. apella (Linn.) ;
C. hypoleucus Geoff., = C. capucinus (Linn.) ; C. nignvittatus
Natter., = C. apella (Linn.) ; C. gracilis Spix, — C. albi¬
frons (Humb.) ; then follow three species unknown to him,
C. albifrons (Humb.) ; C. flavus E. Geoff. ; and C. chry¬
sopus F. Cuv.; C. versicolor Pucher., - C. albifrons
(Humb.); C. xanthosternos Max., — C. variegatus (
Geoff.) ; of which the three following C. xanthocephalus Spix,
= C. variegatus Geoff.; C. momchus F. Cuv., = C. varie¬
gatus E. Geoff. ; and C. cucullatus Spix, = C. variegatus E.
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1856.
1857.
1862.
1865.
Geoff., are considered synonyms. C. macrocephalus Spix, is
followed by two species unknown to him, C. unicolor Spix,
and C. castaneus I. Geoffroy.
Pucheran, in Bulletin de la S ociete Philo fnatique.
Cebus albifrons Humb., redescribed as Cebus versicolor.
Pucheran, in Revue et Magasin de Zoologie et d’Anatomie
Comparee.
A review of some of the specimens of Cebus in the Paris
Museum with critical remarks. The species mentioned are
C. apella (Linn.); C. variegatus E. Geoff.; C. niger = C.
cirrifer (Humb.) ; C. frontatus; C. castaneus I. Geoff.; C.
hypoleucus = C. capucinus; C. hypomelas and C. crassic’eps
both first described; but the first, an individual that died in
the Jardin des Plantes Menagerie without any locality, is
possibly the same as C. apella.
i^eicnenoach, Die V ollstandigste Naturgeschichte der Aifen.
The following are the species attributed to Cebus in this work :
C. fulvus Desm. ; C. unicolor Spix ; C. gracilis Gray, = C. uni¬
color Spix; C. fistulator Reichenb., = C. fatuellus (Linn.) • C.
macrocephalus Spix; C. robustus Kuhl, = C. variegatus’ E
Leoff. ; C. hypoleucus Humb, = C. capucinus (Linn.) ; C. capu¬
cinus Auct, - C. apella (Linn.) ; C. libidinosus Spix ; C. nigri-
vittatus Wagn, - C. apella (Linn.) ; C. barbatus E. Geoff.
FLAVUS E- Geoff.; C. albus an albino; C. apella (Linn.) •
C. chrysopus F. Cuv.; C. versicolor Pucher., = C. albifrons
xiumb. ; C. momchus F. Cuv., = C. variegatus E. Geoff • C
cucullatus Spix, - C variegatus E. Geoff. ; C. capucinus
apej;LA (Linn.) ; C. griseus Desm., = C. apella
(Linm); c. treptdus undeterminable; C. paraguayensis Reich-
|”r “ c AP=LLA (Lin" ) : C ■ albifrons Humb. ; C. olivaceus
bchomb., - C. apella (Linn.); C. frontatus Kuhl - C vel
lerosus I. Geoff.; C. elegans I. Geoff., = C. azar* Reng-g •
C. azarai Rengg. ; C. cirrifer E. Geoff. ; C. cristalus G. Cuv ’
Geoff CrTE f' ^°5'; C' ”'ger E- Geoff > = C cirrifer e!
(U„'\C'rU? S K,Uh ’ = c FE0NTATUS Kuhl; C. fatuellus
: hyJomelas undeterminable; C. crassiceps Pucher
and C. lacephdn not a Cebus. As in his treatment of most of
the genera of the Primates, the Author does not exhibit much
discnmmatmn in determining the species, but accepts about
r phr nameS |lven Augers as belonging to valid species
/. E. Gray, m Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.
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A list is here given of the species recognized by the Author in
the British Museum. They are arranged in six groups accord¬
ing as the hair of the crown is directed, or forms a crest. I.
“Hairs of the crown reflexed, bent back around the face,
forming a short crest over each eyebrow.” II. “Hairs of the
crown bent back, those on the sides of the dark crown spot
elongate in the perfect state forming two more or less erect
crests or tufts.” III. “Hairs of the crown short, reflexed,
adpressed, not forming any crest.” IV. “Hairs of the crown
of the head elongate, erect, forming a single central more or
less conical crest.” V. “Hairs of the crown radiating from a
center ; directed forward in front, and forming, with the
eyebrows, a transverse crest.” VI. “Hairs of the crown
elongate, erect, diverging in all directions, forming a kind of
cup.” Under No. I, one species only is placed, C. leucogenys
Gray, = C. cirrifer (Humb.). With No. II, are arranged,
C. apella I. Geoff., a composite of C. apella (Linn.), and C.
fatuellus (Linn.) ; C. elegans E. Geoff., which he says =
C. pallidus Gray, not then described, but Geoffroy’s animal =
C. azaRjE Rengg. ; C. cirrifer (Humb.); C. vellerosus I.
Geoff. No. Ill, has C. capucinus I. Geoff., (nec Linn.), = C.
apella (Linn.) ; C. xanthocephalus Spix, = C. variegatus; C.
variegatus E. Geoff. ; C. albifrons (Humb.) ; C. hypoleucus
= C. capucinus (Linn.) ; C. leucocephalus Gray = C. albi¬
frons (Humb.) ; C. Havescens Gray, = C. unicolor Spix. No.
IV, includes C. robustus = C. variegatus Geoff. ; C.
annellatus Gray, = C. apella (Linn.). No. V, has C. chry-
sopus F. Cuv. ; C. subcristatus Gray, — C. variegatus Geoff.,
juv. No. VI, contains only C. capillatus Gray, = C. variegatus
I. Geoff., juv. If the manner in which the hair on the crown
was directed had been considered from living animals, it
might be deemed of more importance as a character, but in
this instance many of Gray’s specimens were badly prepared,
and the hairs greatly disarranged, and in some cases at least,
gave a very imperfect and doubtless erroneous idea of how it
was worn during the life of the animal, and therefore was
not to be relied upon. Gray’s knowledge of the species of
Cebus was derived chiefly from the examples in the British
Museum, and he nowhere states that he had ever examined a
single type of other Mammalogists, and in view of the many
errors in his list, his remarks at the beginning of his article
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have a pathetic force: “The distinction (sic) of the species of
the American Monkeys is very difficult, and perhaps the genus
Cebus the most difficult of all. Next to the difficulty of dis¬
tinguishing them is that of determining the names which have
been applied to them by various Authors.”
1870. /. E. Gray, List of Monkeys, Lemurs and Fruit-eating Bats,
in the Collection of the British Museum.
The species represented in the National Collection are placed
in Section II, Trichiura, Tribe III, Cebina, and arranged into
groups according to the color of the fur, or the manner in
which the Author supposes the hair was directed upon the
crown of the head during the life of the animals; but these
methods do not agree in their arrangement for each one con¬
tains different species in its group. In his own arrangement he
follows the one indicating the growth of hair on the head, as
given in his paper in 1865 with its VI groups. No. I contains
but a single species, C. leucogenys Gray, = C. cirrifer
(Humb.). II has four species, C. apella (Linn.) ; C. palli-
dus Gray, first described; C. cirrifer (Humb.); and C.
vellerosus I. Geoff. Ill contains six species : C. capucinus =
C. apella (Linn.) ; and var. ? C. libidinosus Spix, as a
synonym!, C. xanthocephalus Spix, = C. variegatus
(Humb.) , C. albifrons (Humb.) ; C. hypoleucus (Humb.), =
C. capucinus (Linn.) ; C. leucocephalus Gray, = C. albifrons
(Humb.) ; and C. davescens Gray, = C. unicolor Spix. IV
has two species : C. robustus Max., = C. variegatus E. Geoff. ;
and C. annellatus Gray, = C. apella (Linn.). V has also two
species : C. chrysopus F. Cuv. ; and C. subcristatus Gray, =
C. variegatus E. Geoff. VI has the remaining species C.
capillatus Gray, = C. variegatus E. Geoffroy.
1876. Schlegel, Museum d’Histoire Naturelle des Pays-Bas. Simice.
A careful review of the species of Cebus founded upon the
examples in the collection of the Museum in Leyden. While
recognizing the earlier descriptions of Linnaeus’ Simla apella
and Simia capucinus, he does not adopt the latter name for C
hypoleucus (Humboldt), because in the original description he
finds corpus atrum,” while in the Systema Naturae the body
is given as “corpus fuscum.” Atrum, the Author considers,
means sombre, obscure, dark, (“sombre, obscur, tenebreux ”)
which is contrary to “nigrum” or black, employed to describe
the cap on the crown, and therefore does not accurately portray
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C. capucinus (Linn.). The point here made is not tenable,
for in the diagnosis of C. capucinus given in the Mus. Adolph.
Fred., Linnaeus describes the species as “Simia imberbis nigra ,
cauda longa hirsuta, facie flavescente,” and in the fuller descrip¬
tion given afterwards “corpus magnitudine cati, atrum pileo
laxo longiusculo; at Facies et maxima pars capitis, excepto
pileo nigro, pallide flava est una cum pectore ad flexuram usque
cubitorum,” which is perfectly applicable to A. hypoleucus
Humboldt, but in no wise answers to the capucinus Auctores.
The first definition the Dictionary gives of ater is “black,”
followed by “coal-black,” which sufficiently shows that Linnaeus
used the words as expressing the same meaning, and niger and
ater in this case are synonymous. In copying the diagnosis of
capucinus into the Systema Naturae of 1758 and also of 1766,
by an oversight it is made to read “S. caudata imberbis,” the
nigra having been omitted, but as the only work cited as a
reference is Linnaeus’ Mus. Ad. Fred., the omission is of little
consequence. Schlegel’s objection therefore becomes of small
importance and capucinus Linn., must be accepted for the C.
hypoleucus (Humb.), a name the species has borne erroneously
for a century. The list of species commences with C. hypo¬
leucus (Humb.), (although E. Geoffroy is given as its author),
= C. capucinus (Linn.) ; C. capucinus E. Geoffroy, = C.
apella (Linn.) ; C. albifrons (Humboldt) ; C. barbatus
C. flavus E. Geoff.; C. apella (Linn.), ex Surinam is con¬
sidered distinct from the one he calls C- capucinus from the
Guianas = possibly C. castaneus I. Geoff. There seems to be
no valid reason for separating examples of C. apella (Linn.),
from different localities in its range. It is very variable in
coloration and all the individuals can only be regarded as
representing one species with a considerable dispersion. C.
libidinosus Spix; C. niger E. Geoff., = C. cirrifer (Humb.),
(synon. Part.) ; C. flavus E. Geoff.; C. frontatus Kuhl; C.
fatuellus (Linn.); C. variegatus E. Geoff., and C. fallax,
founded on a skeletal defect, — C. apella (Linn.).
1879. Alston, Biologia C entrali- Americana. Mammalia.
One species only of Cebus is here given, C. hypoleucus
(Humb.), = C. capucinus (Linn.), with an account of its
habits.
1901. O. Thomas, in Annals and Magazine of Natural History.
C. fatuellus (Linn.) , juv. probably, redescribed as C. fatuellus
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peruanus; and C. unicolor Spix, probably, redescribed as C.
davescens cuscinus.
1907 . D. G. Elliot, in Annals and Magazine of Natural History.
Cebus apiculatus described.
1909. D. G. Elliot, in Bulletin American Museum of Natural History,
New York.
Cebus capucinus nigripectus, and Cebus malitiosus first de¬
scribed; and the status of C. capucinus (Linn.), and C.
apella (Linn.), explained and fixed.
1910. D. G. Elliot, in Annals and Magazine of Natural History.
Cebus versuta and Cebus caliginosus described.
GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF THE SPECIES AND SUBSPECIES.
It must be acknowledged that the geographical distribution of the
species of the genus Cebus is imperfectly known. Much of the vast
territory of South America which they inhabit is unexplored, and we
are entirely ignorant of the animals to be found in it. A large number
of the described species are known only from the type locality, and the
range of others is indefinite and unsatisfactory. A serious difficulty
also exists in the fact, that it is often uncertain what species a writer
is referring to, for although he employs the name of a well known
species, he frequently has in mind quite a different one. Hence the
confusion and intricacy of the synonymy. Thus the C. capucinus of
Authors is not the C. capucinus Linnaeus, and the C. apella Linnaeus,
is seldom recognizable in the species given by writers under that name ;
and the C. gracilis Gray is not C. gracilis Spix, nor is the C. robustus
Tschudi, the same species that Kuhl and Wied call by that name.
Many examples of this confused nomenclature could easily be given to
prove how very difficult it is to accurately establish the species intended,
and unless the specimen referred to is extant and accessible, too often a
correct decision is impossible. Fully aware, therefore, of the great
limitation to our knowledge, the writer can only attempt to give the
restricted boundaries of the dispersion of the Cebi which have been
ascertained at the present time. The most northern habitat of anv
species is Central America, and there, from and including Nicaragua
to Panama, C. capucinus is found ranging, and also into northern
South America to Colombia. To the north of Nicaragua no species of
Cebus is found. In the three Guianas : English, Dutch and French C.
apella (Linn.), dwells, and from Cayenne in French Guiana’ C
CASTANEUS was brought, its type locality and range however unknown!
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From Bolivia C. flavus comes, but the extent of its range is unknown.
On the eastern coast of Brazil, from Bahia to north of Rio de Janeiro, C.
variegatus occurs ; and in the forests of the Orinoco, and also in those
of the Amazon with its tributaries the Rio Negro, Rio Teffe, Rio
Madeira and Rio Japura, and in the Peruvian Province of Mainas, C.
albifrons is met with. In the forests of the Rio Teffe C. unicolor
has been procured; and west of the mouth of the Rio Negro, C. macro-
cephalus is found. In the Brazilian Province of Minas Geraes in the
western part of the Rio Jordao C. versuta dwells; and in the same
Province in the forests watered by the Rio Carinainha, C. libidinosus
occurs. In the Province of Sao Paulo, three species have been
observed: C. cirrifer at Ypanema, south to New Fribourg between
the Rio Parahyba and Rio de Janeiro ; C. caliginosus in the vicinity
of St. Catarina, and C. vellerosus the precise locality of which is
unknown. In the Province of Paraguay, the most southern district in
which any species is found, C. azar^: occurs, extending its range north
westward into Matto Grosso west of the Rio Parana, and according to
Burmeister, (1. c.) into Bolivia. On the Lower Orinoco near La Union,
and at Marino on the Rio Caura, and also on the Rio Mocho, a tributary
of the Upper Rio Caura in Venezuela, C. apiculatus has been
obtained. On the Pacific coast in Colombia, locality unknown, C.
chrysopus was procured ; and near Bonda, C. malitiosus was found ;
while in the Cauca Valley C. c. nigripectus was taken ; and in the moun¬
tains and in the forests of the Upper Magdalena at an elevation of
from 5,000 to 7,000 feet, C. fatuellus dwells. Peru has C. azarce
pallidus taken near Santa Anna, and in the Province of Cuzco ; and
near Callanga, C. unicolor cuscinus was obtained. In southeastern
Peru near Marcopata in the Inambari Valley C. fatuellus peruana
is found. Two species remain whose habitat is as yet unknown . C.
crassiceps, supposed to come from the Rio Negro forest, and C.
frontatus which may possibly occur near Ypanema in the Province
of Sao Paulo, Brazil.
KEY TO THE SPECIES AND SUBSPECIES.
A. Head without tufts on male.
a. Arms without yellow.
a.' Hairs on body without yellow.
a." Crown and line on side of face black,
sides of head beneath the ears
yellowish white .
C. apella.
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c.
d. "
c."
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b." Crown black, cheeks whitish.
a.'" Arms to elbows white.
a.4 Chest white . C. capucinus.
bA Chest black . C. c. nigripectus.
Crown black, cheeks pale yellow . C. frontatus.
Crown white . C. albifrons.
Crown pale brownish yellow tinged
with reddish . C. unicolor.
Crown dark chestnut . C. u. cuscinus.
Crown golden brown . C. flavus.
b. Arms with yellow.
a. ' Arms to elbows, and shoulders golden
yellow . C. castaneus.
b. Arms to elbows yellowish white . C. variegatus.
c! Arms to wrist on outer side pale yellow.
d." Upper parts mummy brown . C. malitiosus.
b. Upper parts cinnamon red . . C. chrysopus.
c. Upper parts blackish brown . C. apiculatus.
B. Heads with tufts or ridges on male.
a. No white hairs on body.
a. ' Arms with yellow.
a. " Dorsal region dark yellowish brown. . C. libidinosus.
b. " Dorsal region reddish chestnut . C. fatuellus.
c. " Dorsal region reddish golden
brown . C. macrocephalus.
b. ' Arms without yellow.
a. " Arms to elbows cream buff . C. versuta.
b. " Arms to elbows reddish chestnut.. C. /. peruanus.
c. " Arms to elbows dark Prout’s brown.
oA Black cap on head . C. azarce.
b. Black cap divided nearly into two . C. a. pallidus.
d. " Arms to elbows black.
a. "
b. r
Upper parts mummy brown. .... .C. cirrifer.
Upper parts chestnut red . C. crassiceps.
e." Arms to elbows golden brown tinged
, . . Wlth red . . caliginosus.
b. White hairs on body . C. vellerosus.
Cebus apella (Linnaeus).
Simla apella Linn., Mus. Reg. Ad. Fred., 1754, Quad p 3 pi I •
U. Syst. Nat, I, 1758, p. 28; I, 1766, p. 42; Bodd., Flench!
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Anim., 1784, p. 62; Gmel., Syst. Nat., I, 1788, p. 37; Aude-
bert, Hist. Singes et Makis, 1797, Fam. X, Sec. Ill, p. 3, pi.
II ; and var. A. p. 4, pi. III.
Cebus apella Erxl., Syst. Reg. Anim., 1777, p. 50; Kuhl, Beitr.
Zook, 1820, p. 36; Fisch., Syn. Mamm., 1829, p. 47; Wagn.,
Schreb., Saugth. Suppl., I, 1S40, p. 207 ; Blainv., Osteog.,
1841, Atl., Cebus, pi. II; I. Geoff., Cat. Primates, 1851, p. 41 ;
Casteln., Exped. Amer. Sud, Zook, 1855, p. 9; Flow., Proc.
Zook Soc. Lond., 1862, p. 230; Gray, Proc. Zook Soc. Lond.,
1865, p. 826 ; Schleg., Mus. Pays-Bas, Simise, 1876, p. 19,
(specimens ex Guianas) ; Elliot, Bulk Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist.,
N. Y., 1909, p. 227; Thos., Proc. Zool Soc. Lond., 1911, p.
128.
Cebus capucinus (nec Linn.), Erxl., Syst. Reg. Anim., 1777, p.
48; E. Geoff., Ann. Mus. Hist.' Nat. Paris, XIX, 1812, p. Ill ;
Kuhl, Beitr. Zook, 1820, p. 36 ; Desm., Mamm., 1820, p. 85 ;
Fisch., Syn. Mamm., 1829, p. 49; Less., Spec. Mamm., 1840,
p. 145; Wagn., Schreb., Saugth. Suppl., I, 1840, p. 208; V,
1855, p. 87; I. Geoff., Cat. Primates, 1851, p. 46; Reichenb.,
Vollstand. Naturg. Affen, 1862, p. 34, ph VI, fig. 95 ; pi. VII,
fig. 114; Elliot, Bulk Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., N. Y., 1909, p. 228.
Simla ( Sapajus ) trepidus fulvus Kerr, Anim. Kingd., I, 1792,
Mamm., No. 69.
Simla ( Cebus ) apella Humb., Rec. Obs. Zook. I, 1811, (1815),
p. 355.
Cebus griseus Desm., Mamm., 1820, p. 81.
Cebus nigrivittatus Wagn., Konigl. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. Abhandl.
Math. Phys. Classe, V, 1847, p. 430; Id Schreb., Saugth.
Suppl., V, 1855, p. 88.
Cebus olivaceus Schomb., Reis. Guian., II, 1848, p. 246 , III, p.
770 a.?; Wagn., Schreb., Saugth. Suppl., V, 1855, p. 87, ph
VHI. ?. „ _
Cebus fatuellus var. E. apella Wagn., Schreb., Saugth. Supp ., ,
1855, p. 84.
Cebus pucherani Dahlb., Stud. Zook Fam. Reg. Anim. Natur.,
fasc. I, 1856, pp. 161, 165. ,
Cebus hypomelas Pucher., Rev. Mag. Zook, 2me Ser., 18.7, P-341.
Cebus ( Eucebus ) griseus Reichenb., Vollstand. Naturg. Affen,
1862, p. 40, fig. 115. __ n ,
Cebus ( Calyptrocebus ) paraguayanus Reichenb., Vollstand.
Naturg. Affen, 1862, p. 41, ph VII, fig. 11S.
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Cebus ( Calyptrocebus ) olivaceus Reichenb. Vollstand. Naturg.
Affen, 1862, p. 42, pi. VII, figs. 106, 107; pi. VIII, fig. 122.
Cebus ( Calyptrocebus ) apella Reichenb., Vollstand. Naturg.
Affen, 1862, p. 56, pi. VII, figs. 103-107.
Cebus ( Calyptrocebus ) nigrivittatus Reichenb., Vollstand. Naturg.
Affen, 1862, p. 56, pi. VI, fig. 99 ; pi. VIII, fig. 123.
Cebus annellatus Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1865, p. 827; Id.
Cat. Monkeys, Lemurs and Fruit-eating Bats, Brit. Mus.,
1870, p. 51; Schleg., Mus. Pays-Bas, Simiae, 1876, p. 194;
Forbes, Handb. Primates, I, 1894, p. 213.
Cebus fallax Schleg., Mus. Pays-Bas, Simhe, 1876, p. 210.
(Example of C. apella with skeletal defect).
WEEPING CAPUCHIN.
Type locality. Surinam, or Dutch Guiana.
Geogr. Distr. English, Dutch and French Guianas.
Genl. Char. Black cap on head, white spot on temple and white
line on forehead. This may be considered the typical style. In other
examples the white extends backward, often leaving only a narrow
black line on the forehead.
Color. Top of head, and line on sides of face meeting under
chin, black; whitish spot on temples; upper parts and thighs Vandyke
brown; dorsal region blackish; forearms, legs, feet and tail black; no
tufts on ears; sides of head below ears, upper lip and under parts
yellowish white, sometimes with a golden tinge; inner side of arms and
legs black.
Measurements. Skull: occipito-nasal length, 79; Hensel, 64;
zygomatic width, 61 ; intertemporal width, 40 ; median length of nasals!
9; length of upper molar series, 20; length of mandible, 57; length of
lower molar series, 24. Vertebrae : Cervical, 7; Dorsal, 14 ; Lumbar 5 •
Sacral, 3 ; Caudal, 23 -27.
The Simia apella Linnaeus as described and figured in the
Museum Regis Adolphi Frederici, p. 1, pi. I, 1754, is the animal known
generally to Authors as Cebus capucinus. Under that species I have
demonstrated (1. c.) that the capucinus Linn., was the animal after¬
ward named by Humboldt hypoleucus, and consequently the capucinus
of Authors was a misnomer.
Linnaeus’ description and plate of this species in the work above
cited, though not so clearly demonstrable perhaps as in the case of
his capucinus, leave little room for doubt that apella was applied
to the familiar monkey known to all as the typical Capuchin, the one
with the colore fuscum, sive griseo nigricans uti martes, at pedes et
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cauda nigra”; also, “sub mento vellus breve, densum, atrum, pingue,”
one of the characters of capucinus Auct. The general description
given in the Mus. Reg. Ad. Fred., exactly covers capucinus Auct., and
the plate gives most of the characteristic markings, such as the black
cap on the head extending down the sides of the face and under the
chin, and the black hands, feet and tail. In both editions of the
Systema Naturae, 1758 and 1766, the Mus. Reg. Ad. Fred, is the only
work cited, and the descriptions are too brief to determine the species,
while that in the work, where the form was first named, is fairly
comprehensive.
Cebus annellatus Gray, the type of which is before me, appears
to be nothing but what I call apella Linnaeus, capucinus of Authors, •
in one of its many varietal colorations. The yellowish white of the
temple extends to the top of the head leaving but a narrow black line
down the center. The body is pale reddish, the limbs and under parts,
tail, hands and feet like ordinary apella. Mindful of the immense di¬
versity of color exhibited by this species, which is dependent neither
upon locality, age nor sex, but is simply individual, I have no hesitation
in referring Gray’s type to the present species and include its name
among the synonyms.
Cebus olivaceus Schomburgk (1. c.). The description given of this
form, seems nearest to C. apella, but there are discrepancies such as
“Ausnature der Schultern und Oberarme, die strogelb aussehn,” which
leans more towards C. fatuellus (Linn.), for I do not recall any
specimen of C. apella at any age with the upper part of arms straw-
yellow. This part is often very light colored and sometimes in immature
animals approaches a yellowish tinge, but never so far as I have seen
a straw-yellow. But as the greater part of Schomburgk’s description is
nearer C. apella (Linn.), than it is to any other species, and C.
fatuellus (Linn.), is a native of the western part of the continent,
I have placed it among the synonyms of the former species but with an
interrogation mark, for I know no other species from the Guianas to
which it can be referred.
The type of Cebus hypomelas Pucheran, is in the Paris Museum,
and while the upper parts are Prout’s brown, the flanks are redder
or more russet than is usually seen in typical C. apella, yet mindful of
how the species varies in coloration, it seems best to refer Pucheran’s
type to the older known form. The type has no history beyond what
is written on the bottom of the stand “Achete a M. Perdrinelli le 8
fevrier 1854, mort a la Menagerie le 11 fevrier, 1854.” It therefore
lived only three days after its purchase. Its patrie is quite unknown.
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It would seem to be a rather brightly colored C. apella, with under
parts Prout’s brown.
Color. Forehead and sides of head in front of black stripe brown¬
ish black, the hairs being buffy at base, rest brownish black, the buff
showing through slightly; rest of head and nape black; a black band in
front of ears goes from top of head and meets under the chin ; dorsal
region Prout’s brown ; sides of body russet, this color also extending on
to the arms above shoulders, and on thighs ; forearms, hands, front of
thighs, legs below knees, feet and tail jet black; under parts Prout’s
brown with a reddish tinge. Ex Pucheran’s type of C. hypomelas.
C. fallax Schlegel is an immature individual, not fully grown, and
. with a skeletal defect, as there are but four lumbar vertebrae instead
of five or six. The specimen was brought alive to Europe, its habitat
unknown and died May 1, 1875. In color it is like C. apella and
cannot be separated from that species.
Cebus capucinus (Linnaeus).
Simla capucina Linn., Mus. Reg. Ad. Fred., 1754, p. 2, pi. II; Id.
Syst. Nat., I, 1758, p. 29; I, 1766, p. 42; Schreb., Saugth.. i!
1775, p. 120, pi. XXIX; Gmel., Syst. Nat., I, 1788, p. 37; Au-
deb., Hist. Nat. Singes et Makis, 1794, p. 5, pi. IV, var. a, (not
typical) ; p. 6, pi. V, var. a ; Elliot, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist
N. Y., 1909, p. 228.
Simla ( Sapajus ) capucinus albulus Kerr, Anim. Kingd. I 1792
Mamm., No. 73.
Simla hypoleuca Humb., Rec. Obs. Zool., I, 1811, (1815), p. 337.
Cebus hypoleucus E. Geoff., Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, XIX,
1812, p. Ill; Kuhl, Beitr. Zool., 1820, p. 37; Desm., Mamm.,
1820, p. 85; Fisch., Syn. Mamm., 1829, p. 50; Wagn., Schreb
Saugth. Suppl., I, 1840, p. 208; V, 1855, p. 88; I. Geoff., Cat
Primates, 1851, p. 47 ; Pucher., Rev. Mag. Zool., 1857, p. 346-
Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1865, p. 826 ; Id. Cat. Monkeys,’
Lemurs and Fruit-eating Bats, Brit. Mus., 1870, p. 190;
Alston, Biol. Amer. Centr., I, Mamm., 1879, p. 13; Elliot!
Mamm. Middle Amer. and W. Ind., Field Columb Mus Pub ’
IV, Pt. II, 1904, p. 736, figs. 167, CLXII, Zool. Ser.; Id. Cat’
Mamm. Field Columb. Mus., VIII, 1906, p. 262, fig. LXXXV
Zool. Ser.
Cebus ( Calyptrocebus ) hypoleucus Reichenb., Vollstand Nature
• Affen, 1862, p. 33, pi. VI, figs. 93, 94. '
Cebus albifrons (nec Humb.), Belt, Nat. Nicar., 1874, p. 118.
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Cebus imitator Thos., Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 7th Ser., XI, 1903,
p. 396; Elliot, Mamm. Middle Amer. and W. Ind., Field
Columb. Mus. Pub., VI, 1905, p. 596, Zool. Ser.
Cebus capucinus Elliot, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., N. Y., XXVI,
1909, p. 227 ; Thos., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1911, p. 128.
white-throated capuchin. Mono Carablanca, native name.
Type locality. None given.
Geogr. Distr. Nicaragua to Colombia.
Color. Face flesh color; forehead, cheeks, sides of head to behind
ears, chin, throat, sides of neck, chest and shoulders, sometimes on
arms nearly to elbows, white or yellowish white; rest of body, limbs,
hands, feet and tail black.
Measurements. Total length about 1,000; tail, 500; foot, 120.
Skull : occipito-nasal length, 86 ; Hensel, 61 ; zygomatic width, 60 ;
median length of nasals, 16 ; palatal length, 30 ; length of upper molar
series, 21 ; length of mandible, 51 ; length of lower molar series, 26.
Simla capucina Linnaeus has been generally recognized by
Authors as the monkey with the sides of face, throat, chest and front
part of the shoulders grayish yellow, or grizzled, (gray and black). In
the Museum Regis Adolphi Frederici, 1754, the work in which Linnaeus
first employed the binominal system, two species of Cebus are figured
and described as Simla apella and Simia capucina. The plates are
recognizable, that on which the latter species is portrayed eminently
so, and represent the forms recognized by Authors generally as Cebus
capucinus and Cebus hypoleucus, and the descriptions given,
fairly, if not completely, describe the figures, and the one known to
Mammalogists at the present day as Cebus hypoleucus is called X.
capucina, and the other X. apella, and these names must take
precedence for these forms. In the 10th edition of the Systema
Naturae, 1758, p. 29, Linnaeus gives a brief description of X. capucina,
not sufficient however to cause the form to be recognizable, but the
only authority he gives is his own work the Mus Reg. Ad. Fred.,
which thus fixes the animal, (afterwards named by Humboldt hypo¬
leucus), as his X. capucina. In the 12th edition of the Systema
Naturae, 1766, p. 43, the one cited by many European Naturalists,
under X. capucina, Linnaeus gives quite a different description of this
monkey from that in the Mus. Reg. Ad. Fred., and instead of pallida
flava est una cum pectore ad flexuram usque cubitorum” as exhibited
in the figure of his plate, he writes “pectus ferrugineum,” which
describes neither capucinus nor hypoleucus of Authors. It is on
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account of having thus altered his original description, a custom not
unusual with Linnaeus, and the fact that the 12th edition of the Sys-
tema Naturae is the only one consulted and cited by many naturalists,
that confusion has arisen with the name of this species and the wrong
one attributed to it, a name Linnaeus only applied to the animal
generally known to-day as Cebus hypoleucus, but which in the future
must be called Cebus capucinus. The original description like all
given by Linnaeus is brief, but emphasizes the characters of the Monkey
afterwards called hypoleucus, and if this is not considered sufficient
evidence, the plates exhibit unmistakably, that Humboldt’s species
was the one Linnaeus originally called capucinus. The subject is fully
discussed in a paper by the writer published in the Bulletin of the
American Museum of Natural History for 1909.
Schlegel has added to the confusion connected with these animals
by separating the species from the Guianas, C. apella into two, to
one of which he gives the name, capucinus, although he was fully
aware that it was a black and white monkey which was so designated
by Linnaeus.
C. capucinus Tschudi, Faun. Peruan., p. 42, is difficult to charac¬
terize from his short and unsatisfactory description. It is not C.
capucinus (Linn.), for that species is never “dunkelbraun” or “rotlich
braun” on any part of its body at any age, and “die Kehle, die Brust,
der Bauch und die innere Seite der Extremitaten sind weisslich gelb’’
does not describe C. apella (Linn.), very well, nor will it answer for
any stage of C. fatuellus (Linn.). Besides, the latter species is not
actually known to be found in Peru, nor is the description suitable for
C. flavus E. Geoff., from Bolivia. It would seem therefore that C.
capucinus Tschudi (nec Linn.), must be relegated to the list of unde¬
terminable species of the genus Cebus.
From an examination of the series of C. imitator Thos., from
Boquete, in the British Museum, it would hardly seem that the speci¬
mens possessed sufficient characters to warrant their separation from
the typical form. Four females, all there are of this sex, have the hair
on the forepart of the head much longer than the rest forming a sort
of bushy tuft, and this is not confined to any particular season of the
year. The examples were procured at a rather high elevation, 4,000
to 4,500 feet, and long hair and thick fur would naturally constitute
the coats of animals living at that height; but if a low temperature was
the cause of the existence of these tufts the males should also possess
them, but they do not and are quite indistinguishable from other mem-
bers of C. capucinus throughout its range.
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There are seven males all with the hair short and lying flat on the
head like the typical form. In the absence of any other character to
support a distinctive rank, the skulls also showing none, it would seem
proper to consider imitator as a synonym of C. capucinus. That this
peculiarity of bushy tufts on the heads of the females only is not
restricted to this animal, the males not possessing them, is seen in the
females of the species I have called C. apiculatus, which have tufted
heads, the males not. This fact alone with no other characters, would
hardly be deemed sufficient for the examples to be given a distinct
specific rank.
Belt, who met with this species in Nicaragua, says (1. c.) that
sometimes a troop of the White-faced Cebus would be met rapidly
running away, throwing themselves from tree to tree. It feeds on
fruits, but is also constantly searching for insects in the crevices in
trees and among withered leaves, and the largest beetles are seized and
munched with avidity. It also is very fond of eggs and nestlings. It
is an intelligent and mischievous animal, and he had one as a pet
for a long time, whose antics were very amusing. At first it was kept
chained but it would open the links and go directly to the nests of the
fowls, and break every egg it could get ; after a day or two it would
permit itself to be captured.
When there were young ducks about, it would hold out a piece of
bread in one hand and a duck being tempted to approach within its
reach, it would seize it with the other and kill it by biting the breast.
When any one fondled him, he would pick his pockets diligently,
pulling out letters and taking them from the envelopes, and anything
eatable at once disappeared in his mouth. Once he took a bottle of
turpentine from the pocket of a medical officer, drew the cork, held it
first to one nostril, then the other, made a wry face, recorked it and
returned it to the doctor. When he was about to be punished for some
of his misdeeds, he would try to intimidate by uttering a shrill threaten¬
ing note and showing his teeth. His notes varied from a gruff bark to
a shrill whistle and by them his owner could tell whether he was
hungry, or eating, frightened or menacing, even without seeing him.
Once near Juigalpa, Belt saw a troop of this species on the ground
among low scattered trees. Their attitudes were amusing as some
stood upright trying to get a better view of the intruder, while others
arched their backs like cats. They remained quite still, watching, but a
few steps towards them sent them scampering away, barking. Belt
misnames them C. albifrons, but that species is not found in Central
America.
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Cebus capucinus nigripectus Elliot.
Cebus capucinus nigripectus Elliot, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist.,
N. Y., 1909, p. 229; Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., N Y
XXXI, 1912, p. 95. ' ’’
Type locality. Las Pubas, Cauca Valley, Colombia. Type in
American Museum Natural History, New York.
Genl. Char. Forehead bistre, chest black. Upper molar series
small.
Color. Sides of head and neck, chin, throat, shoulders and outer
side of upper arms yellowish white ; forehead bistre ; top of head, back
of neck, chest, body above and beneath, lower arms, legs, hands, feet
and tail jet black.
Measurements. Total length, 835; tail, 430; foot, 120; ear, 30,
(Collector). Skull: occipito-nasal length, 89; zygomatic width, 53 8*
width of braincase above root of zygoma, 52; length of braincase from
margin between orbits, 75.1 ; Hensel, about 68.5; skull broken; length
of upper molar series, 32.1; width of last molar, 35; length of man¬
dible on lower margin, 44.9; width at symphysis, 13.7; height of
ascending ramus, 28.5 ; length of lower molar series, 25.9.
While resembling the typical C. capucinus (Linn.), in general
appearance this species differs in the color of the forehead which is
bistre, and not white nor yellowish white, and also in the black chest
the white of the throat not extending downward. The skull also differs’
m having a longer braincase, and is not wide over root of zygoma as
is the skull of C. capucinus (Linn.). The orbits are smaller, the
nasals narrower and the teeth of the upper molar series much shorter
the last molar being about half the size of m* and appearing minute
when compared with the other molars.
The Collector, the late J. H. Baity, stated that this monkey was
no found in low lands, but is a mountain species, a sagacious and shy
animal, and an expert jumper. y
Cebus ekontatus Kuhl.
TK“hLBeitr- ZO°K 182°> P' 34 ; Desm- Mamm.,
8-0, p. 32 , L Geoff., Cat. Primates, 1851, p. 44 ; Dahlb., Stud
f°°, Fa™' Re«- Anim- Natur., fasc. I, 1856, pp. 161, 166;
Schleg., Mus. Pays-Bas, Simile, 1876, p. 206, (Part.); von
Pelz., Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien, 1883, Beiheft, p. 13- Goldi
Mamm. Bras., 1893, p. 41, (note).
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Cebus lunatus Kuhl, Beitr. Zool., 1820, p. 37, juv. ; Desm., Mamm.,
1820, p. 84; Temm., Mon. Mamm., 1827. p. XV; Wagn.,
Schreb., Saugth. Suppl., I, 1840, p. 209.
Cebus ( Otocebus ) lunatus Reichenb., Vollstand. Naturg. Affen,
1862, p. 45, pi. VIII, figs. 132, 133.
Cebus ( Otocebus ) frontatus Reichenb., Vollstand. Naturg. Affen,
1862, p. 43, pi. VII, fig. 112 ; pi. VIII, fig. 125.
Variete du Sajou Cornu F. Cuv., Hist. Mamm., IV, 1881, pi.
Type locality. None given. Type in Paris Museum.
Geogr. Distr. Patrie unknown. Ypanema,? Province of Sao
Paulo, Brazil.
Genl. Char. No tufts on head; hairs on forehead and sides of
head standing upright.
Color. Superciliary line, temples, cheeks to corners of mouth
pale yellow ; chin whitish ; top of head to nape and a narrow line down
sides of face, meeting under the chin, black; upper parts of body, arms
and hands glossy Prout’s brown ; legs and feet brownish black ; tail
black with reddish hairs intermingled at base ; inner side of limbs
blackish ; chest and throat grayish ; abdomen blackish brown. Ex pro
able type Paris Museum.
The words “C. frontatus nobis” on the stand of the example in
the Paris Museum is said to be in Kuhl’s handwriting and designates
the type; but nowhere is it said to be “type de l’espece,” which is
almost always written on the stands when any particular specimen
is indicated as the type. The example bears no resemblance what¬
ever to C. crassiceps, and which Schlegel includes with this species
as a synonym of C. variegatus, but is very like the type of C. cirrifer
E. Geoff., but has not the long head tufts of that species. The hair
on the top of the head is long and stands upright, and is longest on t e
forehead. The tail is not so bushy as is that of C. cirrifer, and is
black with reddish hairs mixed on the basal part. In size this species
equals the ordinary Capuchin.
The type of C. lunatus Kuhl, is now in the Leyden Museum
having been obtained in exchange from the Heidelberg Museum. It
is a young animal in the brown coat, has a black head, and is evident y
in process of change to the adult dress, and cannot be separated specif¬
ically from the present species. It must however be confessed that
the distinctness of C. frontatus is doubtful. Its resemblance to C.
cirrifer, (differing chiefly in wanting the head tufts, which may be
a mark of age or of season), and our total lack of knowledge of the
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country from whence it came give it a very disadvantageous position
among the species of Cebus. This is the more remarkable, for it is
nearly a century since it was described, and yet we are still waiting for
more material which will show what status this type specimen should
have among the species.
Cebus albifrons (Humboldt).
Simla (Cebus) albifrons Humb., Rec. Obser. Zool I 1811
(1815), pp. 323, 356. ’ ’
Cebus albifrons E. Geoff., Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, XIX, 1812,
P-111 '> Id- Cours Hist. Nat. Mamm, 1828, p. 9, lOme LegonJ
Kuhl, Beitr. Zool., 1820, p. 34; Desm., Mamm., 1820, p. 83;
Fisch., Syn. Mamm., 1829, p. 50; Less., Spec. Mamm., 1840,
p. 154; Wagn., Schreb., Saugth. Suppl., I, 1840, p. 208; V,
1855, p. 93; Tschudi, Faun. Peruan., 1844, p. 42; Bates, Nat
1863> U> p- 101 ; Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond.,
1865, p. 826; Id. Cat. Monkeys, Lemurs and Fruit-eating
Bats, Brit Mus., 1870, p. 50; Schleg., Mus. Pays-Bas, Simiae,
1876, p. 195 ; Forbes, Handb. Primates, I, 1894, p. 213.
Cebus gracilis Spix, Sim. et Vespert. Bras., 1823, p. 8, pi. V;
Wagn., Abhandl. Bayer. Akad. Munch., V, 1848 p 426 - Id
Schreb., Saugth. Suppl., V, 1855, p. 90.
Cebus leucocephalus Blainv., Osteog., 1840, Atl., Cebus nl V-
*Gray Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1865, p. 827; Id. Cat. Mon¬
keys, Lemurs and Fruit-eating Bats, Brit. Mus., 1876, p 50 •
Sclat., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1872, p. 4.
Cebus versicolor Pucher, Bull. Soc. Philom., 1856, p. 34.
CebusJCalyptrocebus) gracilis Reichenb., Vollstand. Naturg
Affen, 1862, p. 30, pi. VI, fig. 85. S'
Cebus (Cdyptrocebus) albifrons Reichenb., Vollstand. Naturg.
Affen, 1862, p. 42, not figured.
white-fronted capuchin. Caiarara, native name.
Orinoco^ l°Cahtym Mission of Santa Barbara, Cataracts of the
Geogr. Distr. Forests of the Orinoco, and of the Amazon and its
nbutaries, Rio Negro, (Bates) ; Rio Japura and Rio Teffe (Spix) •
near Borba Rio Madeira, (Natterer) ; Colombia, (Plee and Schlegel) ’
Province of Minas, Peru, (Tschudi). S }’
no differeynceateS ^ tWS “ ^ C ALBIFR°NS ^ description gives
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Genl. Char. Size large, tail very long, bushy; head and body of
strongly contrasting colors.
Color. Forepart of head, throat, chest and back of head white;
upper parts grayish red to reddish brown, dorsal line and rump darker
red in some examples ; limbs brighter red than the body ; hands and feet
dark reddish brown or blackish ; under parts dull reddish ; tail varying
from fox red or grayish red at base, to yellowish red or sooty yellow
at tip. In some specimens the red of the back of the head extends
forward in a point on the white crown.
Measurements. Skull : occipito-nasal length, 80 ; Hensel, 57 ; zygo¬
matic width, 60; intertemporal width, 40; median length of nasals, 13;
length of upper molar series, 21 ; length of lower molar series, 21 ;
length of mandible, 55.
Gray’s type of C. leucocephalus is in the British Museum,
mounted. It is a large monkey and answers in all respects to the
description of Humboldt’s species, save the breast, but as the hair
has disappeared from this part it is not possible to say what the color¬
ing was originally, but as the rest of the animal accords with C. albi-
frons it would doubtless be white like the greater part of the head.
There are two specimens of C. gracilis Spix, in the Munich
Museum both marked ‘Types,’ both young animals, but one consider¬
ably younger than the other. They have probably faded somewhat
for they are paler than Spix’s figure but that may have been over
colored. In their markings and general distribution of hues these
examples resemble C. albifrons (Humboldt), and cannot be sepa¬
rated from that species.
The type of C. versicolor Pucheran, and another specimen are
in the Paris Museum, the type much darker and richer in color of the
two. It does not present any characters to cause its separation from
C. albifrons, the fact that there is no specimen in the Museum bear¬
ing that name, probably was the main cause for Pucheran having been
misled and made to suppose he had an unknown species before him.
The type is somewhat darker, and the limbs a deeper red than is seen
in the majority of specimens, but the other example is much paler and
has, evidently, not yet suffered by exposure to light. The total length
is 1,229.90; tail, 673.80; foot, 114.30. The skull, as is the case with
so many of the types in the Paris Museum, is in the specimen, and no
comparisons can be made or measurements taken ; and it would seem
that the earlier writers did not look for cranial characters by which
their species might be determined, but relied, apparently, almost
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altogether upon the colors exhibited by their examples ; too often a
broken reed to lean upon, especially when endeavoring to establish
a new species of the genus Cebus. That these monkeys varied among
themselves in color to an incredible degree was not known nor under¬
stood, hence the long list of synonyms that now accompanies the
names of many species.
Bates found this monkey on the lower part of the Rio Tapajos,
where it is pretty generally distributed through the forests of the level
country. He saw it often also on the banks of the Upper Amazon,
and used to watch it leaping among the trees, as it is a wonderful
performer in this line of gymnastics. The troops travelled in a single
file of thirty or more individuals, and when the leader reached the end
of a branch of a lofty tree he at once sprang into the air, and alighted
on the yielding foliage of another tree maybe fifty feet below ; all his
companions following closely behind. As they alight they seize the
branches with hands and tail, steady themselves an instant and are off
again over the branches to the next tree. Bates kept one as a pet for
about a year, which went with him on his journeys and became very
familiar, sharing his blanket on wet nights. While restless, it was not
playful, its inability to remain quiet arising from a nervous irritability
and discontented disposition, and these were exhibited by the painful,
changeable expression of its countenance, and general lack of purpose.
Its actions were those of a wayward child, and it was not happy even
with plenty of its favorite food, bananas, but would leave its own
meal to snatch morsels from the hands of its companions. The
Caiarara kept the house in a perpetual uproar, for it screamed when¬
ever alarmed or hungry or jealous; but no matter what the trouble
might be it was always making some kind of a noise, screwing up its
lips and uttering a succession of loud whistling notes. It would fol¬
low its master, when loose, supporting itself upright on its legs. One
day in a fit of jealousy it quarrelled with an owl-faced monkey ( Nyc -
tipithecus trivirgatus) , over a fruit some one had given the latter.
Nyctipithecus fought only with its paws and hissing like a cat, but the
Caiarara obtaining the mastery cracked the other’s skull with its teeth
and killed it. Thereupon Bates got rid of it. It is difficult to suppose
that this individual was a fair representative of its species, but rather
had, unfortunately, a disagreeable, irritable disposition not often met
with among its relatives. However it is well known that all monkeys
are jealous, and when aroused by that regrettable passion are capable
of going to any extreme of violence, and at such times are best left
to themselves.
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Cebus unicolor Spix.
Cebus unicolor Spix, Simiar. et Vespert. Bras., 1823, p. 7, pi. IV ;
Fisch., Syn. Mamm., 1829, p. 48; Less., Spec. Mamm., 1840,
p. 155; Wagn., Schreb., Saugth. Suppl., I, 1840, p. 207; V,
1855, p. 98.
Cebus gracilis Gray, List Spec. Brit. Mus., 1843, p. 12, (nee Spix,
desc. nulla).
Cebus ( Pscudocebus ) unicolor Reichenb., Vollstand. Naturg.
Affen, 1862, p. 30, fig. 84.
Cebus Havescens Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1865, p. 827, juv. ;
Id. Cat. Monkeys, Lemurs and Fruit-eating Bats, Brit. Mus.,
1870, p. 51 ; Forbes, Handb. Primates, I, 1894, p. 217.
PALE CAPUCHIN.
Type locality. Ega on the River Teffe, Brazil. Type in Munich
Museum.
Geogr. Distr. Forests of the Rio Teffe, Brazil.
Color. Forehead and sides of head, flanks, limbs and under parts
of body, pale yellow; hinder parts of crown and nape, dorsal region,
and rump, reddish brown ; hands and feet pale reddish brown ; tail and
hinder part of thighs, rump and about tail, mars brown. Ex type in
Munich Museum.
Measurements. Total length, 850; tail, 300; foot, 133. Ex type
Munich Museum. Skull in specimen.
Spix’s type is, as the measurement shows, a rather large monkey for
a member of the genus Cebus. In general appearance it is a pale yel¬
lowish animal tinged in places with reddish, or reddish brown, and
with a reddish tail. It is in only a fair degree of preservation, and has
lost considerable hair on various parts of the body. The open mouth
of the specimen shows the teeth which are remarkable for the great
length of the canines. Spix’s figure is a fair representation of the
species but is too red, at least as the specimen is to-day. It may pos¬
sibly have faded. According to Spix the specimen came from the
forest bordering the River Teffe near the village of Ega.
The type is, apparently, the only specimen he procured. It does
not resemble very closely any of the species of Cebus, but perhaps is
nearer to C. variegatus than any other though much lighter in color.
Gray’s type of C. Havescens is quite immature, probably not more
than three fourths grown, and it would be a very unsatisfactory repre¬
sentative of a species if distinct from all others, which happily it is not.
It is doubtless a young individual of C. unicolor Spix, and therefore
Gray’s name must become a synonym. An example like this without
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a history, its habitat unknown, and lacking even a single character to
separate it from a species described twenty years before, is a source of
confusion and perplexity to all investigators who are unable to have
personal knowledge of it. The practice of giving names to such
specimens, in which Gray was frequently an offender, is especially
reprehensible when indulged in with such a genus as Cebus, whose
members exhibit extreme variation in the colors of their coats, sur¬
passed possibly by no other group of mammals, save, perhaps, the
squirrels of Mexico.
The type of C. flavescens is in the British Museum, and may be
described as follows: crown, nape and dorsal region, pale brownish
yellow tinged with reddish on lower back ; sides of head, flanks, limbs,
under parts and tail pale yellow, tinged with reddish on outer side of
arms, thighs and upper side of tail ; hands and feet reddish brown.
Cebus unicolor cuscinus Thomas.
Cebus flavescens cuscinus Thos., Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., VII, 7th
Ser., 1901, p. 179; Festa, Boll. Mus. Torino, 1903, p. 6.
Type locality. Callanga, Cuzco, Peru. Type in British Museum.
Genl. Char. Closely allied to C. unicolor Spix, but with a large
brown coronal patch.
Color. Forehead and cheeks yellowish brown; crown and nape
dark chestnut ; base of hairs pale brown ; dorsal region mummy brown
tinged with reddish, brightest and reddest on the rump ; outer side of
arms pale brown; legs reddish; inner side of arms and legs pale
ochraceous rufous ; flanks pale brown ; throat and chest yellowish
white ; rest of under parts pale ochraceous rufous ; tail reddish brown,
base of hairs nearly white; hands and feet reddish, digits gray. Ex
type British Museum.
Measurements. Total length, 730; tail, 390; foot, 250; ear, 35,
(Collector). Skull: total length, 92 ; occipito-nasal length, 82.4; inter¬
temporal width, 40.5; Hensel, 60.3; zygomatic width, 61.1; width of
braincase, 50.7; median length of nasals, 15; palatal length, 29.2;
length of upper molar series, 18.4; length of mandible, 57.5; length of
lower molar series, 24.3. Ex type in British Museum.
This is another species of Cebus described from a single immature
example, a female, but without some of the objections attached to
Gray’s specimen, for this one has a history and we know the locality
whence it came. Although it exhibits some difference in color from C.
unicolor Spix, mindful of the variations existing in their hues among
all the Capuchin Monkeys, the probability is that eventually it will
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be found to be the same as Spix’s species. At present, it can only be
left under the name Mr. Thomas has given it, trusting that the
acquisition of more material, and authentic information will enable it
to take an indisputable place in the genus.
Cebus flatus E. Geoff roy.
Simia davia Schreb., Saugth., 1775, pi. XXXI B. (desc. nulla).
Cebus davus E. Geoff., Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, XIX, 1812,
p. 112; Kuhl, Beitr. Zool., 1820, p. 33; Wied, Beitr., 1826, p.
10; Fisch., Syn. Mamm, 1829, p. 49; Wagn., Schreb., Saugth.
Suppl., I, 1840, p. 207 ; V, 1855, p. 94; D’Orbign., Voy. Amer.
Merid., Mamm., IV, 1847, p. 1 ? ; I. Geoff., Cat. Primates,
1851, p. 45; Dahlb., Stud. Zool. Fam. Reg. Anim. Natur.,
fasc. I, 1856, pp. 163, 167; Schleg., Mus. Pays-Bas, Simise,
1876, p. 204; Forbes, Handb. Primates, I, 1894, p. 209.
Cebus barbatus E. Geoff., Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, XIX, 1812,
p. 110; Kuhl, Beitr. Zool., 1820, p. 33; Desm., Mamm., 1820,
p. 82 ; Fisch., Syn. Mamm., 1829, p. 48 ; Less., Spec. Mamm.,
1840, p. 146 ; Wagn., Schreb., Saugth. Suppl., I, 1840, p. 208 ;
V, 1855, p. 87; I. Geoff., Cat. Primates, 1851, p. 45; Dahlb.,
Stud. Zool. Fam. Reg. Anim. Natur., fasc. I, 1856, pp. 162,
166; Gray, Cat. Monkeys, Lemurs and Fruit-eating Bats,
Brit. Mus., 1870, p. 49; Schleg., Mus. Pays-Bas, Simise, 1876,
p. 197.
Cebus albus E. Geoff., Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. Pans, XIX, 1812, p.
112, (albino) ; Kuhl, Beitr. Zool., 1820, p. 34.
Cebus fulvus Desm., Mamm., 1820, p. 88 ; Reichenb., Vollstand.
Naturg. Affen, 1862, p. 30, fig. 83.
Cebus brissoni Less., Spec. Mamm., 1840, p. 155.
Cebus {Pseudo cebus') davus Reichenb., Vollstand. Naturg. Affen,
1862, p. 32, pis. VI, figs. 89, 90, VII, fig. 108.
Cebus {Calyptrocebus) barbatus Reichenb,. Vollstand. Naturg.
Affen, 1862, p. 35, pi. VI, fig. 101 ; pi. VII, fig- H6.
Cebus ( Calyptrocebus ) albus Reichenb., Vollstand. Naturg. Affen,
1862, p. 35, not figured.
Caiardra branca Bates, Nat. Riv. Amaz., II, 1863, p. 100.
SLENDER CAPUCHIN. . .
Type locality, “le Bresil.” Geoffroy’s type in Paris Museum.
Geogr. Distr. Bolivia, (D’Orbigny). Range unknown.
Color. Forehead and top of head almost cream color ; back of
head and neck, pale golden brown ; dorsal region paler brown, reddish
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on rump, rest of body fulvous or yellowish fulvous, becoming grayish
on shoulders, flanks, and hinder part of arms and thighs ; limbs yellow,
the legs strongly tinged with golden ; hands and feet yellowish brown ;
under parts yellowish gray, but most of the hair gone ; tail reddish buff
above, at base like rump but paler; beneath sooty gray. Albinistic
individual. Ex type Paris Museum.
Measurements. Skull : Not the type. Occipito-nasal length, 88 ;
Hensel, 65; zygomatic width, 71; intertemporal width, 40; median
length of nasals, 10 ; length of upper molar series, 21 ; length of
mandible, 63 ; length of lower molar series, 25.
The above describes Geoffroy’s type as it is to-day, much faded
in color and soiled with dust. Originally it was probably of a general
golden yellow color, with a brown head, and tinged with red on rump
and back. The present gray hues are probably derived from the dust
that has settled upon the fur.
The type of C. barbatus Geoff., is also in the Paris Museum and
is referable to C. flavus. It is not quite so greatly faded on one side
of the body, and is of a general yellowish brown hue, the top of the
head being almost a cream color, and a slight golden shade on occiput
and neck; the hind limbs are somewhat darker than typical flavus,
but the differences perceptible after all these years, it has been in the
Museum since 1812, are only such as the variability of the species and
the deterioration of the specimen could easily produce. One side of
the type is paler than the other. The skulls unfortunately are in the
examples and no opportunity is therefore afforded for ascertaining if
any cranial differences exist. Mindful of the great variations existing
among nearly all the species of Cebus, uniting these specimens in one
species seems to be the proper course to pursue.
Cebus castaneus I. GeofFroy.
Cebus castaneus I. Geoff., Cat. Primates, 1851, p. 46; Wagn
Schreb., Saugth. Suppl., V, 1855, p. 97; Dahlb., Stud. Zool’
Fam. Reg. Anim. Nat., fasc. I, 1856, pp. 164, 168
Cebus a pell a (nec Linn.), Schleg., Mus. Pays-Bas, Simiae, 1876
p. 199.
Type locality. Cayenne. Type one of two in Paris Museum
. Gent. Char. Size large, tail very long, black on crown a mere
stripe, greater part of forehead yellowish white.
Co/or. Head yellowish white, triangular small black patch on
middle of crown, extending as a mere thread to the forehead; above
ears and nape reddish chestnut; upper parts of body and hind limbs
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reddish chestnut, tips of hairs pale rufous ; dorsal line darker ; shoulders
and front part of arms above elbows pale yellow, rest of arms to
middle forearm, outer side, golden yellow, grading into blackish brown
on lower forearm and wrist, the hairs tipped with yellowish; hands
blackish ; inner side of arms dark reddish chestnut ; under parts chest¬
nut becoming blackish towards groin ; tail blackish brown, hairs tipped
with grayish.
Measurements. Total length about 980; tail, 525. Skull in speci¬
men.
There are two examples of this form in the Paris Museum and
each one marked “un des types,” but the real type, unless one of the
specimens is it, does not seem to be in the collection. Both examples
came from Cayenne, one brought by M. Martin in 1819, the other by M.
Poiteau in 1882. I am not satisfied to consider these as C. apella,
( capucinus Auct.), for besides the peculiar chestnut color of the body,
and the yellow on shoulders and upper arm, the head lacks entirely
the black cap of apella and the black lines on side of face meeting
under the chin. There are no tufts and the hair on head is short.
Cebus variegatus E. Geoff roy. .
Cebus variegatus K. Geoff., Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, XIX,
1812, p. Ill; Id. Cours Hist. Nat. Mamm., 1828, p. 9, lOme
LeQon ; Kuhl, Beitr. Zool., 1820, p. 83; Temm., Mon. Mamm.,
1827, p. XIV; Less., Mamm., 1840, p. 153; I. Geoff., Cat.
Primates, 1851, p. 48; Dahlb., Stud. Zool. Fam. Reg. Anim.
Natur., fasc. I, 1856, pp. 163, 167; Pucher., Rev. Mag. Zool.,
1857, p. 343; Schleg., Mus. Pays-Bas, Simke, 1876, p. 208;
Forbes, Handb. Primates, I, 1894, p. 211.
Simia (Cebus) variegatus Humb., Rec. Obs, Zool., 1811, (1815),
p. 356.
Cebus xanthosternos Kuhl, Beitr. Zool., 1820, p. 35 ; Desm.,
Mamm., 1820, p. 84; Wied, Beitr., 1826, p. 90; Fisch., Syn.
Mamm., 1829, p. 46; Wagn., Schreb., Saugth. Suppl., I, 1840,
p. 209; V, 1855, p. 95.
Cebus robustus Kuhl, Beitr., 1820, p. 35 ; Desm., Mamm., 1820,
p. 80; Wied, Beitr., 1826, p. 90; Fisch., Syn. Mamm., 1829,
p. 45 ; Less., Spec. Mamm., 1840, p. 40 ; I. Geoff., Cat. Pri¬
mates, 1851, p. 43; Dahlb., Stud. Zool. Fam. Reg. Anim.
Natur., fasc. I, 1856, pp. 160, 165.
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Cebus monachus F. Cuv., Hist. Nat. Matnm., livr. XIX, 1820, pi.;
Wagn., Schreb., Saugth. Suppl., I, 1840, p. 208; Less., Spec.
Mamm., 1840, p. 151 ; Forbes, Handb. Primates, 1894, p. 209.
Cebus xanthocephalus Spix, Simiar. et Vespert. Bras., 1823, p. 6,
pi. CXIV ; Temm, Mon. Mamm., 1827, p. XIV; Less., Spec.
Mamm., 1840, p. 149 ; Gray, Cat. Monkeys, Lemurs and Fruit¬
eating Bats, Brit. Mus., 1870, p. 50.
Cebus cucullatus Spix, Simiar. et Vespert. Bras., 1823, p. 9, pi. VI ;
Wagn., Schreb., Saugth. Suppl., I, 1840, p. 209 ; Less., Spec.
Mamm., 1840, p. 142; Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1865, p.
827 ; Id. Cat. Monkeys, Lemurs and Fruit-eating Bats, Brit.
Mus., 1870, p. 52, juv.
Cebus ( Eucebus ) robustus Reichenb., Vollstand. Naturg. Affen,
1862, p. 32, pi. VII, figs. 88, 91.
Cebus ( Eucebus ) cucullatus Reichenb., Vollstand. Naturg Affen
1862, p. 39, pi. VII, fig. 93.
Cebus ( Eucebus ) variegatus Reichenb., Vollstand. Naturg Affen
1862, p. 56, pi. VI, fig. 92.
Cebus ( Eucebus ) monachus Reichenb., Vollstand. Naturg Affen
1862, p. 56, pi. VII, figs. 90, 91.
Cebus subcristatus Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1865, p. 827; Id.
Cat. Monkeys, Lemurs and Fruit-eating Bats, Brit. Mus.
1870, p. 52, Juv.
VARIEGATED CAPUCHIN.
Type locality. Brazil. Type unknown.
Geogr. Distr. Eastern Brazil from Bahia to Rio de Janeiro Rio
Mucuri, (Wied) ; Bahia, (I. Geoffroy) ; forests near Rio de Janeiro,
\ opiX ) •
Genl. Char. Hair on top of head short, no tufts ; size moderate,
face bare.
• C°!?r ' , T°p of head black> the hairs being yellowish with black
*1PV a T* *r°m temPles d°wn each side of face meeting under the chin
ark reddish brown ; patch in front of ears, and sides of head behind
ears, yellowish white; back of neck and upper parts black; the hairs
being slate at root, then golden yellow, and tips black. It is the tips
t at give the general color to the upper parts, but the golden yellow
shows through in spots. Shoulders and arms to elbow yellowish white
^ [l I r l fr0m a richer yell0w)> nume™s hairs
tipped with brownish black; forearms, hands, hind limbs, feet and tail
brownish black; very little hairs remain on under parts, those on the
chest yellowish white, and those on side of belly with a reddish tinge,
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all that remains of Geoffrey's “ventre roussatre.” Ex Geoffrey’s speci¬
men in Paris Museum.
Measurements. About the size of an ordinary Capuchin. Total
length, 828.2 ; tail, 393.7 ; foot, 120.6. Skull, not the type : occipito-
nasal length, 88; Hensel, 72; zygomatic width, 62; intertemporal
width, 43 ; median length of nasals, 12 ; length of upper molar series,
21 ; length of mandible, 62 ; length of lower molar series, 25.
Undoubtedly the delicate yellows of the above described example
have all faded from their original richer hues, even that on the hairs of
the back, though protected in a great measure from the light by the
black tips, having in many places lost the golden hue and become a pale
yellow. The specimen is a young animal, in ragged pelage, and was
given to the Museum in March 1810, evidently without any locality
attached, for the only country associated with it, is the statement
beneath the stand “II vient sans doute de Bresil.”
What has become of E. Geoffrey’s type is not known.
With specimens of C. variegatus, and type of C. crassiceps
before me it is effectually demonstrated that Schlegel was wrong in
making the latter a synonym of the former, (Simise, p. 209), for they
are totally dissimilar, having an entirely different style of coloring, and
crassiceps has prominent tufts on the head. Making all allowance for
possible variations, which are well known to occur in members of the
different species of this genus, it is hardly to be conceived that these
two examples represent the same species ; for if they do, we might
just as well place all these monkeys under one name and give up all
further attempts to separate them into various distinct forms.
This is an exceedingly variable species, the specimen described
being as near the typical style is it seems possible to reach. The types of
C. subcristatus Gray, and C. capillatus Gray, are in the British Museum
Collection. They are immature animals without localities, the first
having been obtained from Cross, a dealer in live animals, and the
latter from the Zoological Society, both having died in captivity. The
character given to separate these from other members of the genus
was chiefly the manner of growth of the hairs on the crown. This at
the best is but an unsatisfactory and unreliable character, if it may
be called one in a skin, and hardly sufficient to establish a species. The
hair on the crown of C. subcristatus is in position and probably exhibits
it as when the animal was alive, but that of C. capillatus is much
mussed and it cannot well be determined how it was during the life of
the animal. The specimens closely resemble each other in color, have
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pale colored arms, and I refer them both to the present species. The
facts that they are not more than half grown, have died in captivity,
have no history attached to them, nor any locality known from which
they came, or whether they may have been born in captivity or not,
render their value as types of species practically nil. But as far as
it is possible to determine from the mere coloring of the specimens
they are referable to C. variegatus. Spix’s type of C. xanthocephalus
in Munich Museum, agrees practically in all respects with C. varie¬
gatus. The type of C. cucullatus Spix, is also in the Munich Museum,
and while it varies in some respects from typical C. variegatus such as
the top of the head being brown and not black, and a few other minor
differences, I do not hesitate to consider it as the same.
Cebus malittostjs Elliot.
Cebus malitiosus Elliot, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., N. Y., 1909,
p. 230.
Cebus capucinus (nec Linn.), Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist.,
N. Y., 1904, p. 467 ; Elliot, Cat. Mamm. Field Columb. Mus.,
Zool. Ser., 1907, p. 561, (Part.).
Type locality. Vicinity of Bonda, Colombia. Type in American
Museum of Natural History in New York.
Genl. Char. Crown blackish brown ; shoulders yellow.
Color. Male. Top of head, back of neck, entire upper parts, arms
including elbows, and inner side of forearms and legs mummy brown ;
tips of hairs paler, in some lights on the body, of a golden hue; the
crown is somewhat darker than the back ; forehead wood brown ; space
around eyes naked, flesh color ; end of nose and lips dark brown, the
lips sparsely covered with short white hairs; face, sides of head,
shoulders, and arms on outer side nearly to the elbow, straw yellow ;
body beneath, similar to upper parts but paler ; basal half of tail above!
mummy brown, apical half very dark wood brown; ears flesh color,
covered with straw yellow hairs.
Measurements. (Skin). Total length, 890; tail, 433; foot, 113.
Skull: total length, 102.3; occipito-nasal length, 98.2; Hensel, 77.5;
intertemporal width, 44; greatest width of braincase, 54.5; zygomatic
width, 7 ; palatal length, 35 ; median length of nasals, 22.2 ; width of
orbits, 47; length of molar series, 22.1 ; length of canines, 28.2; length
of mandible, 6; height of ascending ramus, 34.6; width of alveolar
border, 39.1 ; length of lower molar series, 37.7.
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Cebus chrysopus F. Cuvier.
Cebus chrysopus F. Cuv., Hist. Nat. Mamm., 1825, pi. ; Fisch.,
Syn. Mamm., 1829, p. 51; Wagn., Schreb., Saugth. Suppl., I,
1840, p. 298 ; V, 1855, p. 94 ; Less., Spec. Mamm., 1840, p. 153 ;
I. Geoff., Cat. Primates, 1851, p. 47 ; Dahlb., Stud. Zool. Fam.
Reg. Anim. Nat., fasc. I, 1856, pp. 164, 168; Gray, Proc. Zool.
Soc. Lond., 1865, p. 827 ; Id. Cat. Monkeys, Lemurs and
Fruit-eating Bats, Brit. Mus., 1870, p. 51; Forbes, Handb.
Primates, I, 1894, p. 218.
Cebus ( Calyptrocebus ) chrysopus Reichenb., Vollstand. Naturg.
Affen, 1862, p. 37, pi. VII, fig. CIX.
Type locality. Unknown.
Geogr. Distr. Colombia, (Plee). Type not in Paris Museum.
Genl. Char. Similar to C. albifrons but smaller and paler.
Color. Fore part and sides of head in front of ears white, back
part of crown and occiput mummy brown; dorsal stripe very narrow
at neck and widening as it goes until it covers all the rump, cinnamon
red ; shoulders, arms to elbows, and flanks pale yellow, probably faded ;
upper edge of thighs from hips to knees, legs and feet, forearms and
hands rather pale ocnraceous rufous, outer side of thighs paler; inner
side of limbs ochraceous rufous ; chin, throat, sides of neck and under
parts of body pale yellow; tail above dark brown tinged with red,
becoming golden towards tip.
Measurements. Total length, 833.4; tail, 406.4; foot, 126.6.
The types of F. Cuvier’s species are not now in the Paris Museum,
and it is very doubtful if any number of them ever were placed in
the collection. They were menagerie specimens almost without excep¬
tion, and without any certain locality, for in those days the exact
habitat of any animal was little considered; it was enough if the con¬
tinent from whence an example came was known.
So the type of C. chrysopus is not extant to-day, but there are
several specimens in the Museum and the above description was
taken from one of the best preserved, although doubtless the more
delicate colors of the pelage have faded and lost much of their depth
of hue.
It is a much smaller and paler colored animal than C. albifrons
and belongs to the group of this genus of monkeys with the front half
of the head white. Two of the Museum specimens came from Colom¬
bia, brought by M. Plee in 1826.
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Cebus apiculatus Elliot.
Cebus apiculatus Elliot, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., XX, 1907, 6th
Ser., p. 292; Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., N. Y., XXX,
1911, p. 273.
Cebus Eavus (nec Geoff.), Elliot, Cat. Maram. Field Columb.
Mus., F. C. M. Pub., VIII, 1906, p. 560, Zool. Ser.
Cebus fatuellus Allen, Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., N. Y., XX, 1904, p.
344, (nec Linn.).
Type locality. La Union, Lower Orinoco. Type in British
Museum.
Geogr. Distr. Guayapo, La Union, Lower Orinoco, El Laguall,
La Bomba, El Hacha, Aroa, (Allen) ; Sciapure and Marino ; Rio
Caura, and Rio Mocho, a tributary of Upper Rio Caura ; Venezuela
Color. Male. Face flesh color. Black spot on middle of crown
extending in a narrow line on to the forehead; rest of head grayish
brown, becoming white on forehead and sides in front of ears ; nape
reddish brown ; upper parts of body and root of tail, blackish brown ;
all the hairs of lower half of body tipped with russet, giving this part
a reddish appearance; arms to wrist on outer and inner sides pale
yellow, the hairs being blackish brown at base and tipped with pale
yellow which becomes the dominant color; wrists and hands blackish
brown ; hairs toward shoulders are pale yellow to the roots, the black¬
ish brown base beginning at the elbows ; legs on outer side pale yellow,
becoming reddish below the knees, the hairs being blackish brown
tipped with pale yellow to the knee, and then above tipped with golden ;
throat yellowish white ; chest yellowish brown ; rest of under parts dark
brown in the center of the body, the hairs pale yellow at base; hands
blackish brown, feet black; tail above like thighs until near the tip, the
hairs being black tipped with pale yellow, tip blackish brown, beneath
blackish brown the entire length.
Female. From Guayapo, Lower Orinoco. Hair on head much
longer on top and on sides than on the male, standing out in the shape
of a semi-crest ; the upper part of the arms is darker, being a yellowish
rown ; the back is not so conspicuously tipped with yellow, and is more
red on the rump, as are also the legs ; the black on the crown is broader
and covers all the back of the head ; the tail is like that of the male • all
the under parts are blackish brown, only the roots of the hairs on the
chest being yellowish white.
. Another female from the same locality is much redder above, the
hairs tipped with yellow on the sides, and with ferruginous on dorsal
region and on the thighs ; middle of head from a point on the forehead to
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occiput blackish brown ; back of neck reddish brown like dorsal region ;
long hairs on forehead and sides of head pale brown; arms reddish
brown, only a little of the pale yellow so conspicuous on the male
appearing near the shoulder; forearms, legs, hands and feet, under
parts and tail, like the male.
Measurements. Male. Total length, 918; tail, 459. Skull : occip-
ito-nasal length, 91 ; temporal width, 42 ; palatal length, 32 ; breadth of
braincase, 52; length of nasals, 19; length of upper molar series, 21;
length of mandible, 55 ; length of lower molar series, 24.
Mr. Carriker who obtained this species in Venezuela states:
“this monkey I found to be by far the most abundant and least
wary of the three species in all places visited on the Caura and in
northeastern Venezuela. However they do not, as a rule, ascend to
any great altitude, preferring the forest along the streams or anywhere
in the comparatively low country. Almost invariably they will be seen
in small troops of from a half dozen to twenty, very seldom a pair
alone. While not as shy as the other species, they are nevertheless far
from easy to shoot, and must be taken by surprise, or else they rapidly
make their escape through the high tree-tops. They tame easily and
make interesting and affectionate pets if not mistreated.
“Rare in the region of El Hacha and Aroa. They live up on the
slopes above the valley, descending occasionally to feed on the corn,
etc., planted on the lower slopes.”
Cebtjs libidinosus Spix.
Cebus libidinosus Spix, Sim. et Vespert. Bras., 1823, p. 5, pi. 11,
Fisch., Syn. Mamm., 1829, p. 48 ; Less., Spec. Mamm., 1840,
p. 152; Wagn., Schreb., Saugth. Suppl., V, 1855, p. 86; Gray,
Cat. Monkeys, Lemurs and Fruit-eating Bats, Brit. Mus.,
1870, p. 49, var. ? of C. capucinus; Schleg., Mus. Pays-Bas,
Simiae, 1876, p. 201.
Cebus (Calyptro cebus) libidinosus Reichenb., Vollstand. Naturg.
Affen, 1862, p. 34, pi. VI, figs. 46, 98, 102.
Type locality. River Carinainha, tributary of the Rio San Fran¬
cisco, Province of Minas Genes. Type, one of two examples in
Munich Museum. .
Genl. Char. Hair on head long, upright, probably shows tufts in
llf e' Color. Top of head and nape, black ; a brown stripe on side of
head in front of ears ; temples and space between brown stripe and
eye, white ; between stripe and ear yellow ; dorsal region dark yellowish
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brown; sides of body and arms to elbows, and front of forearms and
thighs orange yellow ; front of thighs and legs below knees, inner side
of forearms, hands and feet black ; throat and under parts orange
yellow , tail, basal fourth beneath orange yellow, rest above and beneath
blackish brown. Skull in specimen. Ex type ? Spix, Munich Museum.
Measurements. Skull, not of type: total length, 88; occipito-nasal
length, 85; zygomatic width, 55; intertemporal width, 38; median
length of nasals, 11; length of upper molar series, 18; length of
mandible, 50; length of lower molar series, 23. juv. Leyden Museum
specimen.
This is a pale yellow brown monkey with rather long hair on the
top of the head, which probably could be erected at the will of the
animal, but which would never exhibit tufts like C. cirrifer or others
of the tufted group, but probably would exhibit these in a moderate
degree. There are two specimens in the Munich Museum both marked
Type/ and which differ somewhat in color. One, the smaller is
described above; the other and larger animal, has the limbs, hands and
feet brown, more as shown in Spix’s figure, although in his description
e states, speaking of “Les poils,” “ceux des mains et des pattes sont
entierement noirs et tres courts.” Whether this difference in color
is caused by age or sex it is difficult to say, but both examples seem to
be adult. I have selected the one agreeing with Spix’s description,
though not with his figure, as probably the best representative of the
species. "
Cebus fattjellus (Linnteus).
S,mm fatuellus Urm., Syst. Nat, I, 1766, p. 42; Bodd, Elench.
XXVTTR78»’ J\6li-Schre,>'’ Sauglh” 177S. P- I18- pl.
_ XViIitE > Audeb, Hist. Nat. Singes et Makis, 1797, Fan. V
bee. Ill, p. 1, pl. i. ’
CebUAt>UMlm HrXl\?ySt Reg' Anim" 1777- P- 51 : E. Geoff,
Hist' N? m Na‘-oRariS- XIX- 1812' P- 109 ; «• Cours
ZH 8’ 10me L«:“G Kuhl, Beitr.
Zool., 1820, p. 32; Desm., Mamm, 1820, p. 84; Fisch Svn
Mamm , 1829, p. 45 ; Less, Spec. Mamm, 1840 p’ fjg
Cebus butfoni Less., Spec. Mamm., 1840, p. 140.
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Cebus apella (nee Linn.), I. Geoff., Cat. Primates, 1851, p. 42,
(examples “avec pinceau”) ; Gray, Cat. Monkeys, Lemurs
and Fruit-eating Bats, Brit. Mus., 1870, p. 48.
Cebus ( Eucebus ) hstulator Reichenb., Vollstand. Naturg. Affen,
1862, p. 56, pi. VI, fig. 86.
Cebus ( Otocebus ) fatuellus Reichenb., Vollstand. Naturg. Affen,
1862, p. 46, pi. VIII, figs. 124, 128, 129, 135.
Type locality. Unknown.
Geogr. Distr. Tolima and Upper Magdalena Valley, Colombia,
at an elevation of from 5,000 to 7,000 feet. Peru?
Genl. Char. Hair over temples elevated into short horn-like crests
in adults.
Color. Forehead, temples, sides of head, face and chin, grayish
white; face, flesh color; top of head and hair tufts and back of neck,
line inside of face in front of ears meeting beneath the chin, fore¬
arms, legs, hands, feet and tail, black ; arms from shoulders to elbows
yellowish, near wood brown but paler; upper parts dark Vandyke
brown, dorsal line reddish chestnut, blackish on rump; hairs on
under parts yellowish white at base, then reddish, and the apical half
black.
Measurements. Skull : occipital part missing ; intertemporal width,
33; palatal length, 30; breadth of braincase, 50; median length of
nasals, 13; zygomatic width, 59; length of upper molar series, 21,
length of mandible, 55; length of lower molar series, 26. Vertebrae:
Cervical, 7; Dorsal, 14; Lumbar, 5; Sacral, 3; Caudal, 26.
The general appearance of this monkey is that of a reddish brown
animal with yellowish shoulders and upper arms, and a black head
with two tufts or horns upstanding, one on each side. It is, however,
subject to great variation, to such an extent at times, that it would
seem most improbable that the various styles should represent the
same species. It is practically impossible to work out the synonymy
of this variable species with any degree of accuracy, since the name
fatuellus has been given to various Capuchins from numerous locali¬
ties in which the true fatuellus has never been found. It has been
attributed to the Guianas, but the writer has not seen an authentic
specimen from that part of South America. Wied, (1. c.) calls the
Capuchin from the Province of Rio de Janeiro this species, but his
animal is the C. cirrifer Geoff. The descriptions of the earlier Authors
are often so brief and unsatisfactory that it is frequently impossible to
determine what species it is to which they refer, and there is so much
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variation in the color of pelage among individuals of the three species,
variegatus, fatuellus, and macrocephalus, and in some cases they
resemble each other so closely, that unless a definite locality accom¬
panies the example, it is impossible to decide to which species it should
be referred, and definite localities are rarely given by the Authors of
the earlier part of the nineteenth century.
Cebus fatuellus peruanus Thomas.
Cebus fatuellus peruanus Thos., Ann. Mag. Nat Hist VII 7th
Ser., 1901, p. 178. . ^
Type locality, Marcapata, Huoynapata, Inambari Valley S. E
Peru. Type in British Museum.
Genl. Char. Like C. fatuellus, but horns not quite so much
developed, and the yellow in the arms absent.
Color. Precisely like C. fatuellus as described, but arms from
shoulders to elbow same color as back. Black tufts on crown not so
long. Ex type British Museum.
Measurements. Skull: occipito-nasal length, 79; zygomatic width
, intertemporal width, 39; palatal length, 29; breadth of braincase,’
5L median length of nasals, 15; length of upper molar series, 21;
kngd, of mandible, 53; length of lower molar series, 27 Ex tvoe
British Museum. yv
There are two specimens of this form both immature, and indis-
nguishable m color from C. fatuellus, except that the upper part of
the arms is like the back instead of being yellowish. I attribute this
to age, or possibly season, and the shorter tufts on head to age or
DrobaM SCX’ W uhe SpeC™ens are Jemales- The examples may
probably prove to be the young of C. fatuellus. 7
Cebus macrocephalus Spix.
Cebus macrocephalus Spix, Sim. et Vespert. Bras., 1823 p 3
WnT” Sdlreb-’ S&Ugth- SuPPL’ 1840> P- 208; v’
19 Prm- PelZ'’ ZooL-Bot Ges- Wien, 1883, Beiheft!
p. 12 Goldi, Os. Mamm, Bras., 1893, p. 43, (note).
Cebus robustus Tschud., Faun. Peruan., 1840, pp. 41 45 (nec
Kuhl, nec Wied). ’ * v
Cebus (Bucebus) macrocephalus Reichenb., Vollstand. Nature
Affen, 1862, p. 56, pi. VI, fig. 87.
Cebus fatuellus Forbes, Handb. Primates, I, 1894, p. 211, (Part.).
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LARGE-HEADED CAPUCHIN.
Type locality. Lake Cactua, near the Rio Solimoens. Type in
Munich Museum.
Geogr. Distr. Rio Negro west of its mouth, (Brazil) ; Lake
Cactua, (Spix) ; Rio Negro, (Natterer).
Color. Top of head, nape and back of neck black; hair on head
very thick, with tufts higher on sides than in the middle, but no horns
nor real crest present ; arms to elbows, entire upper parts of flanks and
thighs reddish golden brown, darkest in dorsal regions ; forearms and
legs below knees black, hairs tipped with rusty blackish ; brown band
in front of ears extending down sides of face and meeting under the
chin ; entire under parts, and inner side of arms above elbows ochra-
ceous rufous ; hands, feet, inner side of legs, and anal region black ;
tail above at base like back, remainder black, beneath black.
Measurements. Total length, 860; tail, 420; foot, 120. Skull:
total length, 99.6; occipito-nasal length, 85.6; intertemporal breadth,
41.2; width of braincase, 53 ; Hensel, 71 ; zygomatic width, 75 ; median
length of nasals, 28.8 ; palatal length, 33.1 ; length of upper molar
series, 22.6; length of mandible, 61.5; length of lower molar series,
26.8.
This species varies greatly even among specimens from the same
locality. The type represents the paler style, but the majority of
examples, perhaps, are very much darker with many black hairs
mingled with the reddish brown, especially on the dorsal region and
rump. It is a paler species than C. fatuellus which has more of the
chestnut color on the upper parts of the body; and the present form
has no black on the under parts which is characteristic of the adults of
C. fatuellus. But there is a great deal of variation in both species
and it is by no means easy occasionally to refer correctly certain
specimens to their rightful species. Spix in his description speaks of
a frontal crest, but his plate shows none, and there is none in the
strict interpretation of the term, but there is a tuft on each side of the
head from the forehead, and the center or dividing line of these tufts
is higher than the hair on top of the head behind.
Cebus yersuta Elliot.
Cebus versuta Elliot, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., V, 8th Ser., 1910,
p. 77.
Type locality. Araguay, Rio Jordao, western part of Minas
Genes, Brazil. Type in British Museum.
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Genl. Char. Hair on head very thick, long, depressed in the
center, and rising on each side in broad ridges extending from forehead
to occiput, unlike horns or tufts; size large; tail long, thick; hairs of
body long, loose ; arms above elbows pale ; fingers and toes gray.
Color. Male. Top of head from forehead to nape extending to
hind neck, black; temples and cheeks yellowish white; dark brown
band in front of ear down face to lower jaw, not meeting beneath;
dorsal region Prout’s brown; rest of upper parts and flanks bistre;
arms above elbows and sides of neck, cream buff; thighs ochraceous
buff ; forearms and legs below knees black ticketed with reddish, most
numerous on forearms; throat, chest, under parts to scrotum, inner
side of arms above elbows, and innermost side of thighs golden yellow ;
inner side of forearms, outer portion of thighs and legs below knees,
scrotum and anal region black ; hands and feet black, fingers and toes
covered with gray hairs ; tail above, three fourths black speckled with
red, remainder black, beneath brownish black, hairs pale yellow at base
then brownish black, or towards tip grayish white at base, then black.
Measurements. Total length, 910; tail, 460; foot, 132; ear, 35,
(Collector). Skull: total length, 94.1; occipito-nasal length, 81.7;
intertemporal width, 41.6; breadth of braincase, 52.5; Hensel, 63.8;
zygomatic width, 70.3 ; palatal length, 32.1 ; median length of nasals,
28.1; length of upper molar series, 23.5; length of mandible, 64.5;
length of lower molar series, 28.3.
This species belongs to the Azara group as indicated by the gray
fingers and toes. It is, however, a much darker animal than either C.
AZA re or C. a. pallid us. The patch on the head is more extensive,
heavier and blacker than that of C. azar®, and of course entirely
different from that of C. a. pallidus with its two imperfect black
patches. The black cap of C. azar^e is inclined to lie flat to the head,
except just in front in most examples, where on each side two low
ridges can be seen, but some specimens have small tufts over forehead ;
both styles, however, are quite different from the conspicuous
ridges of the present species which exhibit the hairs rising close
together at the forehead, widening as they extend backward until they
occupy, with the exception of a narrow division in the center the
entire occipital portion of the head. The coloring of the two forms as
the descriptions show, is quite different. Five specimens were
procured by Mr. Robert at Araguay, Rio Jordao, western Minas
Herses, Brazil, all of which are in the British Museum.
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Cebus azarje Rengger.
Cay Azara, Esai Nat. Hist. Parag., II, 1801, p. 182.
Cebus azara Rengg., Nat. Saugeth. Parag., I, 1830, p. 26; Schleg.,
Mus. Pays-Bas, Simiae, 1876, p. 189; Burm., Desc. Phys.
Rep. Argent., Ill, 1877, p. 52; Matschie, Sitzungsb. Ges.
Naturf. Freunde, 1894, p. 57 ; Forbes, Handb. Primates, I,
1894, p. 219 ; Thos., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1903, p. 234.
Cebus elegans I. Geoff., Compt. Rend., XXXI, 1850, p. 875 ; Id.
Cat. Primates, 1851, p. 45 ; Wagn., Schreb., Saugth. Suppl., V,
1855, p. 86; Casteln., Exped. Amer. Sud. Zool., I, 1855, p. 9;
Dahlb., Stud. Zool. Fam. Reg. Anim. Natur., fasc. I, 1856,
pp. 160, 161 ; Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1855, p. 826; von
Pelz., Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien, 1883, Beiheft, p. 12; Goldi,
Mamm. Bras., 1893, p. 48, (note).
Cebus ( Otocebus ) elegans Reichenb., Vollstand. Naturg. Affen,
1862, p. 44, not figured.
Cebus ( Otocebus ) azara Reichenb., Vollstand. Naturg. Affen,
1862, p. 48, not figured.
azara’S capuchin. Native name Cay.
Type locality. Paraguay, Brazil.
Geogr. Distr. Paraguay northward, west of the Parana to Matto
Grosso, Brazil; Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, (Burmeister) ?
probably C. a. pallidus Gray.
Color. Male. Top of head from forehead to nape and extending
on to hind neck black, sometimes with a brownish shade ; sides of head
from the black cap and covering the cheeks cream buff ; a rather indis¬
tinct brown band in front of ears passing under chin ; dorsal region
pale brown, rest of upper parts cream buff with brown hairs inter¬
mingled; arms iron gray, the hairs being cream buff with a sub¬
terminal black or seal brown band, and this band gives the dark gray
appearance ; sides of neck and flanks cream buff ; throat, under parts
of body, inner side of arms to elbow and outer side of thighs beneath
bright buff ; inner side of forearms, anal region, and inner side of legs
black; outer side of thighs, cream buff, the hairs with subterminal
brown rings; outer side of legs below knees black, hairs tipped with
cream buff; tail rather bushy, basal portion similar to dorsal region,
remainder black, beneath buffy at base remainder brownish black;
hands and feet black, fingers and toes covered with grayish white hairs.
Measurements. Total length, 865; tail, 430; foot, 120, (Col¬
lector). Skull: total length, 90.6; occipito-nasal length, 80.4; inter¬
temporal width, 40.4 ; breadth of braincase, 53.6 , Hensel, 62.8 , zygo
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matic width, 72.3 ; median length of nasals, 28.3 ; palatal length, 32.3 ;
length of upper molar series, 23.9; length of mandible, 67; length of
lower molar series, 27.5.
The type of this species was described from Paraguay. Not
having seen an example from that district of Brazil, the above descrip¬
tion was taken from an individual obtained at Serra da Chapada,
Matto Grosso, to the north of Paraguay, and on the west of the River
Parana, and which as far as Rengger’s rather insufficient description
enables us to ascertain, is the same as the Paraguay specimens. It is a
very variable species and the individual described represents as
nearly as possible its general appearance. But there are darker and
paler styles, which, while having a general resemblance, differ con¬
siderably m their depth of coloring. Thus, in the pale style the cream
buff predominates over all the body and upper part of limbs, the
blackish hues not extending above the elbows or knees, while the
darker form has the entire upper parts sepia with the line in front of
ears beneath chin darker and more conspicuous. Ten specimens in
the British Museum from Chapada exhibit these different and striking
variations, the examples grading from nearly white to sepia. Young
animals are much paler than the adults. '
The type of C. elegans Geoffroy, in the Paris Museum, may also
be assigned to this species. It is not so dark on the back, and the
under parts are paler, but when we consider that the specimen has been
m the Museum since 1812 exposed to the light for nearly a century
no surprise should be felt if it had in places become greatly faded. The
tail is still brownish black and dark brown at tip and the digits are
gray. * 6
Cebus azaile pallidus Gray.
Cebus pallidus Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1865, p. 826; Id. Cat.
Monkeys, Lemurs and Fruit-eating Bats, Brit. Mus 1870
p. 49. ’ ’
Type locality. Bolivia. Type in British Museum.
Geogr. Distr. Santa Anna, Peru, into Bolivia. Complete range
unknown. &
Color. Forehead and temples yellowish white, extending in a
narrow line on each side into the black cap, not meeting but nearly
forming two black patches on the head; top of head and nape black-
narrow brown line down sides of head in front of ears to chin; dorsal
region between shoulders dark bistre, grading into Prout’s brown on
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rump ; rest of upper parts and flanks yellowish brown ; arms to shoul¬
ders, thighs and sides of neck cream buff; throat, entire under parts
of body, inner side of arms above elbows and thighs, buff, darkest in
center of body ; forearms and legs below knees black ; hands and feet
black; fingers and toes covered with grayish white hairs; tail above
blackish brown to center, then pale brown to tip, sides and beneath
pale wood brown. Ex type British Museum.
Measurements. Total length, 1,110; tail, 130; foot, 125. Skull:
total length, 95.4; occipito-nasal length, 84.4; intertemporal width,
41.4; breadth of braincase, 56; Hensel, 63.9; zygomatic width, 68.6;
palatal length, 31 ; median length of nasals, 27.9 ; length of upper molar
series, 23.1; length of mandible, 66.8; length of lower molar series,
26.3. Ex type British Museum.
Gray’s name is misleading, for this race is darker than C. azarce
generally, and no examples that I have seen are as pale as those to be
found in Rengger’s species. His description also gives no idea of the
appearance of examples from Peru and Bolivia. The race in color is
intermediate between C. azar.e, and C. versutus from the River Jordao
in western Minas Gerses. The great peculiarity possessed by this form
and which distinguishes it at once from the other two, is the extension
of the white on each side of the head into the black cap, and almost
forming two black patches, the front one much smaller than the one
behind. The fingers in most of the specimens are paler than those of
the two other species, being almost white. The exact range of C. a.
pallidus is not known, but it was obtained by Kalinowski at Santa Anna
in Peru and by Bridges in Bolivia. How near it may approach C.
azarze at Chapada is not known, but it is not improbable that their
boundaries may overlap at some point between Peru and Matto Grosso.
Cebus cirrifer E. Geoff roy.
Cebus cirrifer E. Geoff., Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, XIX, 1812,
p. 110; Id. Cours Hist. Nat. Mamm, 1828, p. 8, lOme Legon;
Kuhl, Beitr. Zook, 1820, p. 31; Desm., Mamm., 1820, p. 84;
Wied, Beitr., 1826, p. 97 ; Fisch., Syn. Mamm., 1829, p. 45 ;
Less., Spec. Mamm., 1840, p. 137 ; Wagn., Schreb., Saugth.
Suppl., I, 1840, p. 209; I. Geoff., Cat. Primates, 1851, p. 44;
Dahlb., Stud. Zool. Fam. Anim. Natur., fasc. I, 1856, pp. 162,
166; Flow., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1862, p. 333, Gray, Proc.
Zool. Soc. Lond., 1865, p. 826; Id. Cat. Monkeys, Lemurs and
Fruit-eating Bats, Brit. Mus., 1870, p. 49.
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Cebus niger E. Geoff., Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, XIX, 1812, p.
Ill; Kuhl, Beitr. Zool., 1820, p. 34; Desm., Mamm, 1820, p.
84; Fisch., Syn. Mamm., 1829, p. 48; Less., Spec. Mamm.,
1840, p. 145; Pucher., Rev. Mag. Zool., 1857, p. 344; Schleg.,
Mus. Pays-Bas, Simise, 1876, p. 202; Forbes, Handb. Pri¬
mates, I, 1894, p. 212.
Simia cirrifera Humb., Rec. Obs. Zool., I, 1811, (1815), p. 256.
Cebus fatuellus (nec Linn.), Wied, Beitr., 1826, p. 76.
Cebus cristatus G. Cuv., Reg. Anim., I, 1829, p. 102, note 2.
Cebus ( Otocebus ) cristatus Reichenb., Vollstand. Naturg. Affen,
1862, p. 44, pi. VIII, figs. 126, 127, 130.
Cebus ( Otocebus ) cirrifer Reichenb., Vollstand. Naturg. Affen,
1862, p. 44, not figured.
Cebus ( Otocebus ) niger Reichenb., Vollstand. Naturg. Affen
1862, p. 45, pi. VIII, figs. 131, 133.
Macaco prego Bates, Nat. Riv. Amaz, I, 1863, p. 323 ; II, p. 101.
Cebus leucogenys Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1865, p. 824, pi.
XLV ; Id. Cat. Monkeys, Lemurs and Fruit-eating Bats Brit
Mus., 1870, p. 48.
Cebus fatuellus (nec Linn.), Hensel, Zool. Gart., I, 1867, p. 372;
Id. Saugth. Sud Bras., 1872, p. 18.
TUFTED CAPUCHIN.
Type locality, “le Bresil.” Type in Paris Museum.
(leogr. Distr. Southern Brazil; Sao Paulo (Spix) ; near Ypa-
nema, (Natterer) ; New Fribourg, between the Rio de Janeiro, and Rio
Parahyba, (Schlegel) ; north of the Rio de Janeiro, (Wied).
Genl. Char. Hair on forehead elongated in two tufts; general
color sombre.
Color. Face, sides of forehead, cheek and chin yellowish white-
upper parts black, brownish black or dark mummy brown; top of head
to nape, jet black; limbs, hands, feet and tail black or brownish black;
under parts from yellowish white washed with reddish, to ochraceous
tipped with brownish black.
Measurements. Skull : total length, 93 ; occipito-nasal length, 82 •
len'l ’an ;KZyg^ati« rdth’ 62 ; intertemP°«l width, 39; palatal
eng h, 30, breadth of bramcase, 52; median length of nasals, 15;
ength of upper molar series, 21; length of mandible, 60; length of
sTsLT ” Se™S’ 25' Vertebra: Cervical' 7; Dorsal, W; Lumbar,
The type of this species is
temples, sides of face, and chin
in the Paris Museum and has the
yellowish white ; top of head to nape
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brownish black; limbs, hands and feet, very dark mummy brown;
entire upper parts mummy brown; side of limbs black; chest yellow¬
ish; under parts ochraceous tipped with brownish black; tail black.
Tufts on head thick, but are flat on the head.
This is a dark species varying from almost black to a dark mummy
brown. One of its prominent characters is the long hair on the front
and sides of the head which stand up more like ridges than tufts, the
hairs on the center of the head being much shorter thus creating a
valley between the high sides. The under parts vary also, some being
quite pale beneath, others a rich ochraceous, and this coloring is appar¬
ently independent of age or sex.
E. Geoffroy first called this species Simla cirrifer and afterward
renamed it, supposing his specimen was distinct, Cebus niger, and
Schlegel and others have adopted the latter name. According, how¬
ever, to the rule that priority is given to the name first cited in a volume
cirrifer takes precedence by one page, and niger becomes a synonym.
The type of C. niger unfortunately is not in the Paris Museum, and
nothing is known about it.
The type of C. cirrifer is in good condition and less faded than
many of the other examples. It has also a more reddish tinge, but the
species is quite variable in its coloring and ranges from mummy brown
to nearly black on the upper parts. The type was obtained from the
“Cabinet de Lisbonne” in 1808, and considering its great age is well
preserved. It bears the statement beneath the stand, “type de l’espece,”
and I have no doubt that it is the specimen originally described.
The skull is in the specimen.
Bates says of this species (1. c.) which he calls macaco prego, that
it is a “most impudent thief ; it destroys more than it eats by its ran¬
dom, hasty way of plucking and breaking the fruits, and when about
to return to the forest, carries away all it can in its hands or under its
arms.” He also says it is much quieter and better tempered than the
Caiarara, C. albifrons, and is full of tricks, but these are generally of
a playful character.
Cebus crassiceps Pucheran.
Cebus crassiceps Puch., Rev. Zook, 1857 , p. 343.
Cebus ( Eucebus ) crassipes ! Reichenb., Vollstand. Naturg. Alien,
1862, p. 47, unfigured.
Type locality. Unknown.
Geogr. Dist'r. Rio Negro, (Natterer).? Type in Paris Museum.
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Genl. Char. Hair on forehead long, upright in tufts.
Color. Middle of forehead between eyes, top and back of head
black, the hairs reddish brown at base; sides of forehead over eyes
and continuing in a narrow line on sides of head to angle of mouth,
including lower part of cheeks, pale yellow; behind this a blackish
brown band extends from the top of head passing in front of ears and
covering whiskers and meeting under the chin ; sides of neck grayish
brown ; a narrow line on back of neck, entire upper parts of
body, flanks and arms to elbow bright golden brown tinged with red;
forearms black, hairs tipped with grayish brown; hands brownish
black; legs dark chestnut red; feet, blackish brown; the ochraceous
rufous on base of hairs showing on forearms and legs giving them a
mottled appearance; under parts of body pale yellow, as is also the
inner side of arms above elbow ; inner side of forearms and legs, black ;
tail black with a purple gloss, reddish hairs mixed with the black at
base. Ex type in Paris Museum.
Measurements. In size equal to C. apella (Linn.). Skull in
type specimen.
The unique type of this specimen is unlike any example of Cebus
I have ever seen. The entire upper part of the body and arms above
elbows are chestnut red, a distribution of this color no other species
possesses. It is most closely allied to C. apella, but the hair on the
head is longer and the specimen is strikingly different in the color of
the body. I have no other alternative than to consider this example as
representing a distinct species, for though mindful of the great varia¬
tion existing in the colors of various species of Cebus, there is none
known to me to which this specimen can be assigned. A specimen
procured by Natterer on the Rio Negro, in the Vienna Museum, resem¬
bles somewhat the type of C. crassiceps, differing in not having the
sides of neck grayish brown, this part being reddish, and the base of
hairs on forearms and legs are black like the rest and not ochraceous
rufous, and under parts of body are pale yellowish red, not pale
yellow. Nevertheless it has a general resemblance to C. crassiceps, but
is not so red.
Cebus caliginosus Elliot.
Cebus caliginosus Elliot, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., V, 1910, 5th Ser.
p. 78.
Type locality. St. Catarina, Sao Paulo, Brazil. Type in British
Museum.
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Genl. Char. Size large; head tufted, tooth rows straight, teeth
large.
Color. Face flesh color about eyes and forehead, lips apparently
brownish; superciliary band extending backwards to temples, yellow¬
ish white ; hairs on upper lip at corner of mouth and on chin, head with
its tufts, band in front of ears, and body above and below, whitish;
limbs and tail jet black; hands and feet brownish black; hairs on
fingers and toes brownish gray.
Measurements. Total length, 1,095; tail, 560; foot, 135. Skull:
total length, 99.3 ; occipito-nasal length, 89.2 ; intertemporal width, 40 ;
width of braincase, 53.5 ; Hensel, 70.4 ; zygomatic width, 73.2 ; median
length of nasals, 18.2; palatal length, 33.5; length of upper molar
series, 24.8; length of mandible, 70; length of lower molar series, 28.5.
This is a very large monkey received from the Museum at Sao
Paulo and named robustus. The skull is large, the molar series straight
and the teeth large, molar series larger than those of C, fatuellus.
It is of course needless to say it bears no resemblance whatever to C.
robustus = C. variegatus E. Geoff.
Cebus vellerosus I. Geoff roy.
Cebus vellerosus I. Geoff., Cat. Primates, 1851, p. 44; Wagn.,
Schreb., Saugth. Suppl., V, 1855, p. 86; Dahlb., Stud. Zool.
Fam. Reg. Anim. Natur., fasc. I, 1856, pp. 162, 166; Gray,
Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1865, p. 826; Id. Cat. Monkeys,
Lemurs and Fruit-eating Bats, Brit. Mus., 1870, p. 49;
Forbes, Handb. Primates, I, 1894, p. 217.
Cebus ( Otocebus ) vellerosus Reichenb., Vollstand. Naturg. Affen,
1862, p. 43, not figured.
THICK-FURRED CAPUCHIN.
Type locality. Province of Sao Paulo, Brazil. Type specimen in
Paris Museum.
Geogr. Distr. Brazil. Range unknown.
Genl. Char. Tufts on head very large ; hair of body long, loose,
hanging from side below belly ; long white hairs on body ; tail long,
thickly furred.
Color. Face bare, flesh color?; temples, sides of head, cheeks
and chin, white or yellowish white, this sometimes extending along
forehead over eyes ; whiskers black or brownish black, meeting under
the chin ; neck, upper parts and sides of body black with brownish
tinge or dark reddish brown, interlined with long white hairs ; limbs
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and tail black; hands and feet black, fingers and toes brownish gray.
Ex Paris Museum specimen.
Measurements. Total length about 775 ; tail, 375. No skull.
Three examples of this species are in the Paris Museum, each one
marked “un des types,” but the real type, or one marked “type de
l’espece” could not be found. Two of the specimens have a white line
on forehead, the other has the large heavy tufts springing directly
above the eyes. It seems to be a distinct form of the tufted species
characterized by the numerous long white hairs scattered about the fur.
The specimens vary in color from a rather reddish brown to black
glossed with brown. Two are marked from Brazil, Province of Sao
Paulo, but of the third the locality is unknown.
In the Vienna Museum are two specimens collected by Hofrat
Wettstein in Sao Paulo, Brazil, which I am inclined to attribute to this
species. The number of long white hairs varies among the examples,
one of them having many scattered about the pelage throughout the
body generally, while the other has not quite so many.
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VOLUME II.
Papio nigeri/e.
VOLUME II.
Papio NIGERI/E.
No. 7.7.8.12. Brit. Mus. Coll. % Nat. Size.
PLATE VII
PAPIO NIGERIA.
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FAMILY 3. LASIOPYGID/E.
Subfamily 1. Lasiopyginae.
GENUS 1. PAPIO. BABOONS.
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2—2
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PAPIO Erxl., Syst. Regn. Anim., 1777, p. 15. Type Papio sphynx
Erxleben, (nec Linn.), = Papio papio Desmarest.
Pavianus Frisch, Nat.-Syst. vierfiiss. Thiere, in Tabellen, p. 19,
1775, “Der Pavian.”
Cynocephalus Cuv. et Geoff., Mag. Encyclop., Ill, 1795, p. 462,
(nec Boddaert, 1768, Insect.).
Mandrillus Ritzen, Nat. Eintheil. Saugth., 1824, p. 33. (Tafel).
Mandril Voigt, Cuvier’s Thierreich, I, 1831, p. 88.
Mormon Wagn., Schreb., Saugth. Suppl., I, 1839, p. 164.
Hamadryas Less., Spec. Mamm., 1840, p. 107, (nec Hiibner, 1806
Lepidopt.).
Sphinx Gray, List Spec. Mamm. Brit. Mus., 1843, p. 6.
Choiropithecus Reichenb., Vollstand. Naturg. Affen, 1862, p. 151.
Drill Reichenb., Vollstand. Naturg. Affen, 1862, p. 160.
Chceropithecus Blainv., Leqons Orales, 1839, les Cynocephales.
Size large, face dog-like ; muzzle elongate, end truncate, in which
the nostrils are placed ; body massive ; tail of varied lengths ; arms and
legs nearly equal, and the species walk on their hands and feet ; eyes
directed downward ; neck elongate ; thumb prominent, reaching to the
middle of the first joint of forefinger; cheek pouches present; ischiatic
bones with large callosities, and in the mating season, in some species,
these last are enormously enlarged and extend to the tail. Skin of face
sometimes exhibiting brilliant colors. Skull: braincase flattened; on
the rostrum of adult males, in some species, are developed longitudinal
osseous ridges.
The members of the genus Papio, on account of the lengthened
facial region of their skulls are called Dog-faced Baboons. Usually
their bodies are massive, and the adult animal is possessed of great
strength. The mode of progression is by walking or running on their
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hands and feet, and as their eyes are directed downward they are
obliged to lift the overhanging eyebrows when they wish to look
upward. The feet are long, and the palms of the hands and soles of
the feet are laid flat upon the ground. They are considered the lowest
of the Catarrhine, (with nostrils pointed downward), or Old World
Monkeys, and as they are generally of large size they are dangerous
animals when adult, possessing savage and ugly dispositions. They are
gregarious and frequently go in large herds, in some instances of a
hundred individuals, and their combined numbers render them for¬
midable antagonists when disturbed. The canines are very long and
pointed, and with them they are capable of inflicting very severe
wounds. They utter various sounds, which may be termed barks,
grunts, or screams, sometimes subdued low murmurs, and these in their
various inflections are instantly comprehended by the other members
of the herd, and acted upon at once, whether it may be for flight,
pillage or combat. When engaged in any operation considered danger¬
ous, a sentinel is always posted in some favorable place to give warning
of a foe’s approach, and enable the depredators to escape. There is
much difference in size among the species, and the tails vary con¬
siderably in length, and are never prehensile. They are carried with a
curve at the basal end and away from the body, the remaining portion
hanging straight down. All the species possess callosities, or fleshy
pads on the buttocks, and sometimes these are of large size and
brilliantly colored, the hues usually intensified, especially those of the
females, at particular periods. At such times the callosities of a female
may increase to such a size as to cover nearly all the hinder parts, and
when in this turgid condition, the colors are usually exceedingly vivid.
In some species, on the rostrum, are developed several bony ridges
which rise nearly to the level of the eyes, most conspicuous in the
males, and the skin on these is brightly colored, thus adding consider¬
ably to the ugliness of the unattractive countenance. Usually the
habitats of these animals are rocky places, such as ravines or hills
where grass and trees are scarce. Rocky promontories, or hills where
a wide sweep of surrounding plains is afforded, are favorite places, for
these baboons are always on the watch, either for an opportunity to
commit some depredation on a native’s garden or field, or to escape
from an approaching danger. Some species, however, live in dense
forests, and climb even lofty trees readily. But as a rule they are
dwellers in the open country where their view over the land is
extensive. The baboon is almost omnivorous, but the principal food
consists of fruits, bulbous roots, reptiles and insects, and to procure
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these last they are continually searching, and turning over stones
beneath which the desired object may lie concealed.
The Baboons may be divided into four groups, the dark and light
colored; the former containing P. porcarius, P. doguera, P. sphinx,
and their allies, and for the light hued group, P. cynocephalus, P.
strepitus, etc. Besides the brownish black and yellow species above
mentioned, there is the gray style represented by P. pruinosus, and
the maned baboons such as P. hamadryas; for while other species
in all the different groups have long hairs on the back, yet in com¬
parison with the hamadryas group this can hardly be correctly styled a
mane. In general the recognized species have an ascertained and
authentic locality accompanying the original descriptions, but some
have been menagerie specimens, or dwellers in Zoological Gardens, and
their original habitat is unknown. In some cases these examples have
given rise to much confusion and doubt among Mammalogists, as it is
not easy to determine them from descriptions, the coloring being so
confused and difficult to indicate clearly ; and without any geographical
distribution of the species, or the type locality being known to guide
one correctly, many mistakes have been made. In this genus a
prominent instance of this is found in P. anubis F. Cuvier. This
Author states he saw two specimens, but he does not say where, nor if
they were living or dead. His description is only partial, the chief
important statement being that the general pelage is “verdatre fonce,”
and he gives an excellent plate of a green baboon, the like of which is
not found in any collection to-day. On my visit to the Paris Museum,
diligent search was made for this type specimen, but it could not be
found, and there is no proof that it was ever in the National Collection.
Here then we have a description and figure of a baboon unlike any
known to exist, without locality, and the type lost. There is no possible
way conceivable by which this species can be identified, and to prevent
further confusion and useless discussion it seems best to drop the name
anubis from the genus Papio, and ignore it in the future. As a general
thing, those examples which are received without authentic habitats,
being chiefly individuals from Zoological Gardens, constitute the most
unsatisfactory types for new species, and such a type in some cases is
worse than none at all. Anubis is a case in point, and it would have been
much better if Cuvier had never described nor figured it. Anderson in
his Zoology of Egypt describes a baboon from the Nile valley which he
calls P. anubis , but it answers neither to the description nor plate of
Cuvier. Anderson’s P. anubis is probably P. cynocephalus, but as he
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does not state where his specimen came from except in a general way,
it is impossible to identify it with certainty, but since he unites several
species under P. anubis he may have given a general description with¬
out limiting himself to any one individual, and this seems to have been
the fact and that P. cynocephalus and P. doguera were mixed
together. The figure of P. anubis on his plate apparently represents
P. DOGUERA.
LITERATURE OF THE SPECIES AND SUBSPECIES.
1758. Linnesus, Sy sterna Natures.
Simia sphynx, the Mandrill, and S. hamadryas, described.
1766. Linnceus, Sy sterna Natures.
Among the species of Simia here given, the following belong
to Papio: (S.) sphinx; (S.) maimon = (5'.) sphinx; (6'.)
hamadryas; and (5".) cynocephalus first described.
The descriptions of all these species are brief and unsatis¬
factory, and in some instances really give no idea of the animal.
1777. Erxleben, Systema Regni Animalis.
In the genus Papio, this Author places the following species:
P. sphinx (nec Linn.), == P. papio (Desm.) ; and P. maimon
— P- sphinx (Linn.) ; P. nemestrina; and P. apeda does not
belong to the genus. In the genus Cercopithecus, (Lasiopyga),
however, two species of Papio are found, P. hamadryas and
P. CYNOCEPHALUS.
1782. Brunnich, in Dyrenes Histoire udi Universitetes Natur-Theatre.
Papio porcarius first described as Simia porcarius.
1788. Gmelin, Systema Natures.
The species of Papio given by Erxleben are here repeated and
placed in Simia. No new ones added.
1792. Kerr, Animal Kingdom.
Papio sphinx (Linn.), renamed Simia suilla, and Papio
hamadryas, Cercopithecus hamadryas ur sinus.
1797 . Audebert, Histoire Naturelle des Singes et des Makis.
Under Simia three forms are given : Papio sphinx, and var. A.
and B. These all = P. papio (Desm.).
1804. Hermann, Observationes Zoologices.
Papio porcarius redescribed as Simia sphingiola.
1812. E. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, in Annales du Museum d’Histoire
Naturelle, Paris.
Seven species of Papio are given, divided into two groups A.
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and B. The first is characterized as follows : A. Os maxillaires
a contours arrondis; le museau triangulaire ; A. F. 35° : queue
plus longue que le corps, and contains P. cynocephalus. B.
Os maxillaires au dessus et formes de deux plans verticaux;
museau carre, long ; A. F. 30° : queue moins longue que le corps
ou plus petite, with these species : P. porcarius ; P . sphinx
(nec Linn.), = P. papio (Desm.) ; P. hamadryas; P. comatus
— P. porcarius; and P. maimon = P. sphinx (Linn.).
1818. F . Cuvier, in Memoires du Museum d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris.
P. cynocephalus redescribed as Cynocephalus babuin.
1820. Kuhl, Beitrdge zur Zoologie und vergleichenden Anatomie.
Under Papio are given the following species: P. silenus = P.
albibarbatus Kerr, which is a Pithecus; P. cynocephalus;
P. sphinx (nec Linn.), — P. papio (Desm.) ; P. comatus — P.
porcarius; P. porcarius; P. hamadryas; and P. mormon
Geoff., = P. sphinx (Linn.). Under Inuus is placed P. leu-
cophaeus (F. Cuv.).
1820. Desmarest, Mammalogie ou Descriptions des Espbces de
Mammiferes.
The species of Papio are placed by this Author in the genus
Cynocephalus, divided into two section^. Ier. Sous-genre
Babouins. Une queue plus longue ou a peu prbs aussi longue
que le corps. (C.) cynocephalus; (C.) papio (sphinx Auct.
nec Linn.); (C.) porcarius; (C.) hamadryas. lime. Sous-
genre. Mandrill. Une queue ires courte et grele, perpen-
diculaire a I’epine dorsale. (C.) mormon (Linn.), S.
sphinx Linn.; and C. leucoph^eus (F. Cuv.).
1825. F. Cuvier, Histoire Naturelle des Mammiferes.
Papio anubis described as Cynocephalus anubis, without
locality. Species undeterminable. Type lost, locality unknown.
1828. L. Agassiz, in Isis.
Papio Hamadryas redescribed as Cynocephalus wagleri.
1829. I. B. Fischer, Synopsis Mammalium.
Among the species included in Simla are the following belong¬
ing to Papio: (S.) cynocephalus; (.S'.) anubis, undetermin¬
able; (S'.) sphinx = P. papio (Desm.) ; (S'.) porcarius; (S'.)
sphingiola Herm., = P. porcarius Brunn.; (S'.) hamadryas;
(S'.) maimon = P. sphinx (Linn.) ; (S'.) leucoph^ea.
1830 / B. Fischer, Addenda, Emendanda et Index ad Synopsis
Mammalium.
The list given in 1829, is here repeated without additions.
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1840. Wagner, Schreber, Die Sdugthiere in Abbildungen nach der
Natur mit Beschreibungen. Supplementband.
Under the genus Cynocephalus seven species are placed, six of
which belong to Papio: (C.) hamadryas; (C.) babuin = P.
cynocephalus; (C.) sphinx = P. papio (Desm.); ( C .)
ursinus — P. porcarius; (C.) mormon = P. sphinx (Linn.) ;
and (C.) leucoph^eus. (C.) gelada belongs to the genus
Theropithecus.
1840. R. P. Lesson, Species des Mammiferes Bimanes et Quadru-
manes.
The genus Cynocephalus in this work has two subgenera : the
1st. Cynopithecus with two species C. niger, and C. speciosus
— Pithecus fuscatus. The 2nd subgenus is Papio divided
into three Tribes : Les Gelades, with one species Papio gelada
~ Theropithecus gelada. 2nd. Les vrais Papions ou sphynx,
with two species; Papio babuin = P. cynocephalus, and P.
sphinx (nec Linn.), = P. papio (Desm.). 3rd. Tartarins,
Hamadryas. Singes a criniere, with two genera and one sub¬
genus. The first' is Hamadryas choero pithecus = Papio hama¬
dryas ; and second, the subgenus Mormon, Mandrill, with two
species Mormon maimon = ‘Papio sphinx (Linn.) ; and
Mormon drill = Papio leucophaius (F. Cuv.). Altogether
it is about as confusing and inaccurate an arrangement as could
be devised.
1843. Ogilby, in Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.
Papio cynocephalus redescribed as Cynocephalus thoth, and
Zhoras PhyUX ~ (Desm,)’ redescribed as Cynocephalus
1843. / E. Gray, List of Specimens of Mammalia in the Collection of
the British Museum.
In this list six species of Papio are recorded under Cyno¬
cephalus, viz.: ( Cynocephalus ) hamadryas = P. hamadryas-
(Cynocephalus) porcarius; ( Cynocephalus ) babuin = P.’
cynocephalus; ( Cynocephalus ) sphinx = P. papio (Desm ) •
1S44 F»Pil mT,°n = P' SPH™X (Linn') ^ and PAPI° “UCOPhU
kyh-. ti. k. ^ chins, Systematisches Verseichniss aller bis jetst
bekannten Saugetliiere oder Synopsis Mammalium nach dem
Cuvier’ schen System.
Papio porcarius renamed Cynocephalus ursinus.
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1848. I. Geoff roy St. Hilaire, in Annales du Museum d’Histoire
Naturelle, Paris.
Papio papio redescribed as Cynocephalus olivaceus.
1851. I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, Catalogue des Primates.
In his Catalogue of the specimens of Primates in the Paris
Museum under the genus Cynocephalus, the following species
of Papio are recorded: (C.) hamadryas; (C.) sphinx = P.
papio (Desm.) ; (C.) olivaceus = P. papio; (C.) babuin = P.
cynocephalus; (C.) porcarius; (C.) leucoph^eus; and (C.)
mormon — P. sphinx (Linn.).
1852. W. H. C. Peters, N aturwissenschaftliche Reise nach Mossam-
bique.
A young baboon, probably P. cynocephalus described as
Cercopithecus ochraceus.
1853. C. J. Temminck, Esquisses Zoologiques sur la Cote de Guinee.
P. sphinx (Auct. nec Linn.), = P. papio (Desm.), redescribed
as Papio rubescens.
1855. Wagner, Schreber, Die Sdugthiere in Abbildungen nach der
Natur mit Beschreibungen. Supplementband.
In the genus Cynocephalus the following species of Papio are
included: (C.) hamadryas; (C.) babuin — P. cynocephalus;
( C .) anubis undeterminable, but is made var. B. of (C.) babuin
= P. cynocephalus; (C.) sphinx = P. papio (Desm.) ; (C.)
ursinus — P. porcarius; (C.) mormon — P. sphinx (Linn.) ;
(C.) leucophalus ; and (C.) thoth Ogilby, is considered the
same as anubis, which is an error as this animal is a yellowish
baboon, not grown, and equals P. cynocephalus ; while P.
anubis is described as a dark green baboon, ‘verdatre fonce/
quite unlike P. thoth, or any other known species.
1862. Reichenbach, Die Vollstdndigste Naturgeschichte der Affen.
The genus Papio in this work contains the following : P. sphinx
(nec Linn.), = P. papio (Desm.) ; P. babuin = P. cynoceph¬
alus ; P. anubis undeterminable ; P. doguera ; P. olivaceus
— P. papio; and subgenera A. Cheiropithecus, with P. por¬
carius ; and B. Cynocephalus, with P. hamadryas ; and P.
moco, undeterminable; and C. Theropithecus, recognized in
this Review as an independent genus with P. gelada and P.
senex = T. gelada; and P. obscurus. Mormon, with M.
maimon = P. sphinx (Linn.); and P. leucoph^us ; and
Cynopithecus, a distinct genus of the Black Apes of Celebes.
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1870. J. E. Gray, Catalogue of Monkeys, Lemurs and Fruit-eating
Bats, in the Collection of the British Museum.
In this publication the Author places the members of Papio in
Tribe Cynocephalina, and divides the species into four genera:
Hamadryas with H. cegyptiaca — Papio hamadryas as its sole
species ; Cynocephalus with five species : C. porcarius ; C.
anubis undeterminable ; C. thoth = P. cynocephalus ; and C.
babuin = P. cynocephalus. Chceropithecus, with C. leuco-
PHiEus; and Mormon, with M. maimon = P. sphinx (Linn.),
and P. doguera Pucheran. P. cynocephalus (Linn, et
Auct.), did not seem to have been known to Dr. Gray.
1876. Schlegel, Museum d’Histoire Naturelle des Pays-Bas, Simice.
In this work are recorded the examples of Papio contained in
the Museum of Natural History at Leyden, Holland, under
the species recognized by the Author, nine in number. They
are P. porcarius ; P. anubis undeterminable ; P. doguera ; P.
sphinx = P. papio (Desm.) ; P. cynocephalus; P. rubescens
— P- papio (Desm.) ; P. hamadryas; P. maimon = P. sphinx
(Linn.), and P. leucoph^eus. In his text p. 129, the Author
suggests that C. thoth Ogilby, may be the same as P. hama¬
dryas, as he considers that the one figured by Fraser, Zool.
Typica, under that name undoubtedly is that species. But C.
thoth Ogilby, is the same as .S', cynocephalus Linn., and in no
way resembles P. hamadryas.
1892. Matschie, in Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturfor-
schender Freunde zu Berlin.
Papio cynocephalus redescribed as Cynocephalus langeldi.
1893. O. Thomas, in Annals and Magazine of Natural History.
Papio ibeanus described as Papio thoth ibeanus.
1896. O. Thomas, in Proceedings of the Zoological Society of Lon¬
don.
Papio pruinosus first described.
1898. Matschie, in Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturfor-
schender Freunde zu Berlin.
Papio anubis ? neumanni, Papio heuglini and PAbio yoko-
ensis first described.
1899. O. Thomas, in Proceedings of the Zoological Society of Lon¬
don.
Papio hamadryas arabicus first described.
1902. Hon. W. Rothschild, in Novitate Zoologicce.
A female example of Papio, is named P. lydekkeri, but beyond
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“hairs unicolor” no description is given, and the name is a
nomen nudum.
1902. /. Anderson, Zoology of Egyptian Mammalia.
In this work Papio has P. hamadryas; P. anubis (desc. no
plate), undeterminable, and P. pruinosus. By recognizing only
these species of baboons the following arrangement is effected :
P. a. neumanni Matschie, and P. heuglini Matschie, and
Cynocephala doguera Pucheran, are made synonyms of P.
anubis ! P. babuin Cuv., and P. thoth Ogilby, and P. t. ibeanus
Thos., become synonyms of P. cynocephalus ! As P. anubis
Cuv., is quite undeterminable, no example of a baboon like his
description and plate being known, it is probable that Anderson
mistook a specimen of P. cynocephalus for anubis, therefore
all his Papio would belong to that species, according to his
views as above given.
1907. D. G. Elliot, in Annals and Magazine of Natural History.
Papio strepitus, and Papio furax first described.
1909. D. G. Elliot, in Annals and Magazine of Natural History.
Papio tessellatum, P. Nigeria, and P. brockmani first
described.
GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF THE SPECIES AND SUBSPECIES.
The middle portion of the African Continent between the great
lakes and the Atlantic Ocean, is not yet sufficiently well known for us
to indicate what species of Papio may be found in it, or to specify
what may be the ranges within its boundaries of the described species
which may penetrate within its limits. East Africa contains the
greatest number of the known species of Papio, and beginning in the
northern part we find that P. cynocephalus ranges from Nubia,
through the Soudan, its exact southern limit not yet ascertained. In
the country between the Atbara River and the Bahr el Abiad, an
allied form P. heuglini is found. In Abyssinia P. doguera and P.
hamadryas occur, and at Derra Dowa near the boundary of Somali¬
land, P. brockmani has been obtained. At Lamu, at the mouth of
the Tana River, P. ibeanus was procured. At Donga Ngai, Masai-
land, P. neumanni was taken, and west of the Victoria Nyanza at
Mulema, Ankole, P. tessellatum was found. North west of Mt.
Kenia at Baringo, P. furax occurs ; and in Nyassaland at Lesumbwe,
on Livingstone’s Peninsula, Lake Nyassa, P. pruinosus was procured ;
and at Fort Johnston on the north of the same lake, P. strepitus was
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met with. In West Africa, in Northern Nigeria towards Lake Chad,
P. Nigeria is found, and on the coast from Senegal to Guinea, P.
papio ranges. From Senegambia to the Congo P. sphinx occurs.
Three species inhabit Cameroon: P. leucoph^eus in the northern por¬
tion, P. yokoensis in the central part, and P. planirostris in the
southwestern portion. In South Africa from the River Limpopo to
the Cape, P. porcarius occurs. The last form, a race of P. hama-
dryas, P. h. arabicus is found in Arabia northwest of Aden.
KEY TO THE SPECIES AND SUBSPECIES.
A. General color dark.
a. Nose not extending beyond lips.
a. ' Hands and feet black.
a. " Hairs purplish black with two bands
of cream buff . P. nigeria.
b. " Hairs black banded with raw sienna. . . .P. doguera.
b. Hands black and tawny; feet black . P. tessellatutn.
c.' Hands black, feet black and buff.
a. " Hairs seal brown, subterminal band
. . furax.
b. " Hairs purplish brown banded with
buff and black . . . P. yokoensis.
c. " Hairs black, subterminal band tawny
ochraceous or cream buff . p. heuglini.
d! Hands and feet ochraceous buff and black.
a." General color red . p. papio #
b" General color dull greenish white . P. ibeanus.
b. Nose extending beyond lips . p. porcarius.
B. General color yellowish.
a\ Hands and feet ochraceous . p. cynocephalus.
b\ Hands and feet blackish brown . P. neumanni.
c. Hands ochraceous buff and black, feet
ochraceous . . stretitu<;
d! Hands blackish, feet seal brown and
grayish white . P. pruinosus.
U General color grayish brown or reddish brown.
a. Mantle covering shoulders and fore part of
body.
a' Size large.
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a. " Mantle grayish brown; tooth rows
curved . P. hamadryas.
b. " Mantle pale reddish brown, tips of
hairs silvery white ; tooth rows
straight . .P. brockmani.
b! Size small . P. h. arabicus.
b. Without mantle.
a. ' Rostrum longer than braincase . P. planirostris.
b. ' Rostrum equal to, or shorter than brain-
case.
a. " Face brightly colored . P • sphinx.
b. " Face black . P- leucophceus.
Subgenus Chseropithecus.
Size generally large ; colors dark ; mane absent ; tail not tufted.
PAPIO NIGERIA Elliot. t o
Papio nigerice Klliot, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., IV, 8th Ser., 1909,
p. 247.
NIGERIA BABOON.
Type locality. Ibi, North Nigeria, Western Africa. Type in
British Museum.
Genl. Char. General color mottled black and cream color; size
large ; skull, compared with that of P. heuglini from the Soudan, has
the ridges on sides of rostrum less elevated ; rostrum much narrower,
being 39.2 to 46.2; septum between orbits much narrower, 13 to 15.3;
lateral pits not as deep ; palate narrower ; teeth much smaller, and the
length of molar series shorter by nearly half the length of the posterior
molar of P. heuglini.
Color. General color of top of head, and upper parts and sides
to rump, mixed black and cream color, the latter most prominent, the
hairs being purplish brown, with two bands of cream color and black
tip. The purple under color shows through the cream and black
producing a gray shade ; hairs of rump and lower back have bands
of ochraceous giving this part a reddish hue ; face and chin naked,
black ; throat grayish, chest similar to back ; abdomen like rump, bands
ochraceous ; arms similar to back to below elbows, when the black
predominates to the wrists and hands, which are almost entirely black ;
legs redder, being tawny on thighs growing lighter to the ankles which
are buff yellow; feet black; tail cream color and olive mixed, the
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former color predominating. Callosities large, color lost in skin. Ex
type British Museum.
Measurements. Size equal to P. porcarius or P. doguera. Skull:
occipito-nasal length, 181; Hensel, 153; zygomatic width, 133; inter¬
temporal width, 60.9; palatal length, 97.5; width of braincase, 86.4;
median length of nasals, 81.1 ; length of upper molar series, 53.9 ; length
of mandible, 168; length of lower molar series, 71.1. Ex type British
Museum.
This is a very large, dark baboon, the pelage exhibiting a mixture
of cream color and black with purple under color showing, and grading
into the tawny hue of lower back and legs. The skull shows the most
trenchant characters and is markedly different from its probably
nearest ally, in its smaller teeth and shorter tooth row. Two speci¬
mens are in the British Museum Collection.
Papio doguera (Pucheran et Schimpfer).
Cynocephalus doguera Puch. et Schimp., Rev. Mag. Zool., 1856,
p. 96; 1857, p. 250; Schleg., Mus. Pays-Bas, Sirnise,’ 1876’
p. 262; Anders., Cat. Mamm. Ind. Mus. Calc., Pt. I, 1881, p!
81; Id. Zool. Egypt., Mamm., 1902, p. 41, pi. VII, (skull).
Cynocephalus habouin Rupp., Neue Wirbelth. Saugth., I, 1835,
Papio doguera Reichenb., Vollstand. Naturg. Affen, 1862 p 150“
Schleg., Mus. Pays-Bas, Sunup, 1876, p. 126; Forbes,’ Handb
Primates, it, 1894, p. 262; Pousarg., Ann. Scien. Nat., II, 7me
er 1896, p 236; Elliot, Cat. Mamm. Field Columb. Mus.,
F. C. M. Pub., VIII, 1906, p. 566, Zool. Ser.
Cynocephalus porcarius Fitz. und Heugl., Syst. Uebers., 1866, p. 6 •
Cray, Cat. Monkeys, Lemurs and Fruit-eating Bats Brit’
Mus., 1870, p. 64, (nec Bodd.) g '
DOGUERA BABOON. J
Type locality. Abyssinia. Type in Paris Museum.
_n . M0^' DtS^r Interior of Abyssinia, Kavirondo, Lakes Natron
and Mangara, (Neumann) ; Takale and Schillouek, (Heuglin).
. , ° <f' ace black; hairs of upper parts and limbs black banded
with ochraceous buff, the general appearance however is ochraceous
buff with broad bands of black, just the opposite to the real coloZ
d,i S buVhey. 0verlaP each other in such a manner as to pro^
uce the effect described; wrists and hands black; feet mixed Mack
and awny ochraceous; under parts black, hairs ringed with buff on the
chest, and ,„„er side of limbs and arms above elbkvs; ochraceous on
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the abdomen and inner side of legs ; tail at base black like back, hairs
ringed with buff, remainder ochraceous and black. Ex type Paris
Museum.
Measurements. Type. Total length, 1,678.40; tail, 609.60; foot,
215.20. Skull in specimen.
Papio tessellattjm Elliot.
Papio tessellatum Elliot, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., IV, 8th Ser.,
1909, p. 247.
Type locality. Mulema, Ankole, Uganda, Africa. Type in British
Museum.
Color. Hairs throughout on head, neck and body seal brown,
with a broad subterminal band of a darkish cream color, and tips black.
This gives a checkered appearance to the animal, as on the surface
the cream color and black only appear. Arms mostly dark cream
color, the black tips of the hairs forming distinct lines on the upper
and lower side ; wrists black, as are the hands, with a small patch
of tawny on the backs; legs dark cream color mixed with black, the
latter seen mostly on the lower inner side; feet black; tail cream
color, the hairs being seal brown on basal half, remainder cream
color to tip ; upper part of throat, and sides of the head grayish white ;
face black. Ex type British Museum.
Measurements. Total length, 1,400; tail to end of hair, 500; foot,
210. Skull : occipito-nasal length, 170 ; Hensel, 158.1 ; zygomatic width,
131.1 ; intertemporal width, 60.9; palatal length, 94; median length of
nasals, 80; width of braincase, 85.6; length of upper molar senes, 58.3 ;
length of upper canines, 43.1 ; length of mandible, 150; length of lower
molar series, 66. Ex type British Museum.
Two specimens of what I consider the same species, the type
and a young animal from Rogoro, are in the British Museum Collec¬
tion The type is a very large animal, and the rather unusual distribu¬
tion of colors serves to make it very conspicuous when placed with
other species of the genus. The type was procured by Col. G Delme-
Radcliffe, and the Rogoro example by C. S. Belton, Esq. The facia
region equals in length that of the braincase, the rostrum is broad, and
the nasals are rounded and raised above the plane of the rostrum;
lateral pits large and deep posteriorly ; a small process on the frontal
ridge over each orbit near end of nasals, curving downward and
inward, and pointed ; teeth large; upper canines very long and sharply
pointed.
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Papio furax Elliot.
Papio furax Elliot, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., XX, 7th Ser. 1907
p. 499.
Type locality. Baringo, north west of Mt. Kenia, East Africa
Type in British Museum.
Genl. Char. Similar to P. doguera from Abyssinia, but darker
and cranial characters different. The rostrum is shorter, broader and
hatter, and the nasals do not rise above the plane of the rostrum, and
are flat, not rounded; palate flatter; the distance from last molar to
palatcd arch is much greater; width of braincase and intertemporal
width are much less; zygomatic width less, and the pit on side of jaw
broader, shorter, and not so deep. ’
Color. General hue seal brown, the hairs banded with buff
becoming ochraceous buff on the rump; the black tips of the hairs
forming bands of black over the ochraceous buff; limbs black and
cream color the hairs being banded with those hues, and having black
t.ps, chest black and cream color, abdomen black, hairs banded with
ACe°US bUff' hands mixed black and ochraceous buff; feet black
British buff : tail mixed bIack and whitish yellow- Ex ^
u„TeaZemen,s: about the same as P. doguera. Skull: total
"if'1’ P6 ’ occlPito-nasal length, 166; Hensel, 141; intertemporal
cTse 82 mSiTTCIhithf’ U2'’, lmgth' 93 ’ breadth of brain-
case 82 median length of nasals, 77; length of upper molar series
British Muse! ’ MS S Iength °£ ‘°Wer m°lar Series- 65- Ex ‘TPe
darke^animlf ™‘\Abyssinian specimens of P. doguera this is a much
rker ammal> the bands are paler and more yellow; doguera beine
more ochraceous, and showing less of the black. The general tone of
to oehar3s buffmen indineS t0 a grayiSh br0Wn' and the Ab7ssinia"
Papio yokoensis Matschie.
P^?mfl90o“£ “atschie> Sitzungsb. Ges. Naturf. Freund., Ber-
BerliruMuseum!^' ^ C~' W“‘ Af™a’ Eype in
of wftt ;T°P °l 1liead’ shouldcrs’ arms to elbows, and upper part
baCk>. a baf,of hairs Purplish brown, then banded with black and
buff; m,dca of back, rump and flanks, the hairs brownish black at
base banded with ochraceous to tips; forearms and hands bandedtith
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black and buff ; sides of head purplish gray, tips buff ; chest hairs
purplish gray at base banded with buff and black; hairs on abdomen
banded with black and ochraceous ; thighs, legs and feet with hairs
banded with black and ochraceous buff ; hairs of tail buff banded with
black. Ex type Berlin Museum.
Measurements. Length of head and body, 990; tail, 700. Skull:
total length, 215; occipito-nasal length, 152; intertemporal width, 60;
nasals lacking; length of upper canines, 46.5; length of upper molar
series, 57 ; length of mandible, 165 ; length of lower molar series, 77.
Ex type Berlin Museum.
This form in general appearance is yellowish brown with a red
tinge on rump, flanks, and hinder part of legs.
Papio heuglini Matschie.
Papio heuglini Matschie, Sitzungsb. Ges. Nat. Freund., Berlin,
1898, pp. 77, 81 ; Anders., Zool. Egypt., Mamm., 1902, pp.
38-42, pi. V, (skull of type).
HEUGLIN'S BABOON.
Type locality. Bahr el Azrek, Soudan, Africa. Type in Hamburg
Museum.
Geogr. Distr. Country bounded by the Bahr el Abied, Bahr el
Azrek, and Atbara, Soudan.
Genl. Char. Paler than P. doguera ; the sides of the body very
like the P. cynocephalus style.
Color. Upper parts tawny ochraceous, darkest on dorsal line
grading to the sides into a cream color. The hairs are black with a
subterminal broad bar of tawny ochraceous or cream buff, with inter¬
vening shades. Not much black is shown on the upper parts, the
general color being as stated above. Arms above elbows ochraceous
buff ; forearms and hands black ; outer side of legs similar to arms but
with a brownish tinge; feet mixed black and buff; tail pale yellowish
brown ; under parts blackish brown and ochraceous.
Measurements. Skull: total length, 214; occipito-nasal length,
178; Hensel, 153; zygomatic width, 127.6; intertemporal width, 60.8;
palatal length, 100; breadth of braincase, 86.3 ; median length of nasals,
82 ; length of upper molar series, 57.8 ; length of mandible, 164 ; length
of lower molar series, 73 ; length of upper canines, 42.2.
The type of this species is in the Hamburg Museum, and a para-
type, an immature animal, is in the Berlin Museum. The above
description was from a specimen in the British Museum, taken on the
Raw Sur River in the Bahr el Ghazal, by Captain H. E. Haynes.
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The skull resembles those from Ankole, Uganda, but has very
much larger molars, the upper series measuring in total length, 57 mm.
to 48 mm. in the other; and the lower 73 mm. to 65 mm. The palate
is longer and broader, the lateral pits are longer and narrower, and
the mandible is longer. The nasals are also wider anteriorly. A
remarkable peculiarity of the upper molars consists in the presence of
small supplementary interior cusps at the base of the division between
the interior cusps. These are irregular in number, from one to
three, the last being on the right posterior molar, while the left posterior
molar has only one, but with a posterior split, as if another cusp might
be there developed. These supplementary cusps are visible, although
not very clearly in the plate, made from a photograph of the type skull
in Anderson’s work. (1. c.). This is a large rather reddish baboon, and
the skull is easily recognizable by the large teeth which exceed in size
those of all other species of the dark colored baboons.
Papio papio (Desmarest) .
Simla sphinx (nec Linn.), Erxl., Syst. Reg. Anim., 1777, p. 15,
(Part.); Bodd., Elench. Anim., 1784, p. 56; Audeb., Hist.
Nat. Singes et Makis, 1797, 3me Fam., p. 5, pis. I, II, III ;
Fisch., Syn. Mamm., 1829, p. 34, (Part.).
Papio sphinx E. Geoff., Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, XIX, 1812, p.
103; Kuhl, Beitr. Zool., 1820, p. 19; Reichenb., Vollstand.
Naturg. Affen, 1862, p. 147, figs. 345, 346, 373-379; Schleg.,
Mus. Pays-Bas, Simiae, 1876, p. 127; Forbes, Handb. Pri¬
mates, I, 1894, p. 269; Pocock, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., II,
1906, p. 568, (et Auct.).
Le Papion F. Cuv., Hist. Nat. Mamm., 1819, Livr. VI, pis VI £
VII, ?. ’ *
Cynocephalus papio Desm., Mamm., p. 69.
Cynocephalus sphinx Wagn., Schreb., Saugth. Suppl., I, 1840, p.
160; V, 1855, p. 64; I. Geoff., Cat. Primates, 1851, p. 34;
Dahlb., Stud. Zool. Fam. Reg. Anim. Natur., fasc. I, 1856,
pp. 131, 136; Mivart, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1865, p. 582;
Gray, Cat. Monkeys, Lemurs and Fruit-eating Bats Brit
Mus., 1870, p. 35.
Cynocephalus choras Ogilby, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1843, p. 12.
Cynocephalus olivaceus I. Geoff., Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat/ Paris,
1848, p. 543; Id. Cat. Primates, 1851, p. 34; Schleg., Mus’
Pays-Bas, Simiae, 1876, p. 125.
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Papio papio.
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Papio rubescens Temm., Esquis. Zool., 1853, p. 39; Schleg., Mus.
Pays-Bas, Simiae, 1876, p. 128.
Papio olivaceus Reichenb., Vollstand. Naturg. Affen, 1862, p. 150.
GUINEA BABOON.
Type locality. “l’Afrique.”
Geogr. Distr. Senegal to Angola, West Africa.
Genl. Char. Size small ; face, ears, palms and soles of feet naked ;
tail shorter than body ; ears quadrangular.
Color. Face, ears, palms of hands, and soles of feet black; upper
eyelids white ; head and upper parts, limbs and feet, tawny ochraceous,
giving a general reddish appearance to the entire animal ; under parts
and inner side of limbs brownish yellow; hands blackish, hairs black
with yellow tips ; tail at base like back, remainder paler. Callosities
red.
Measurements. Skull: total length, 178; occipito-nasal length,
146; Hensel, 129; zygomatic width, 110; intertemporal width, 59;
palatal length, 74; breadth of braincase, 79; median length of nasals,
37 ; length of upper molar series, 49 ; length of mandible, 123 ; length
of lower molar series, 56. Adult, but not old skull.
The type of C. choras Ogilby, is in the Collection of the British
Museum and has been examined. It is somewhat lighter than typical
P. papio but not so red, but it is probable that the specimen may have
faded somewhat in the sixty years it has been in the Museum. There
is nothing in its coloration to warrant its separation from typical P.
PAPIO.
The type of P. rubescens Temm., is in the Leyden Museum. It is
an immature animal of a paler or more rusty red than P. papio
(Desm.), the hairs on the shoulders and back are very long and barred
with black, while the cheeks are covered with white hairs. Another
specimen, also young, from the Gold Coast, and labelled P. rubescens,
is much darker, more the color of P. papio. In view of their
immaturity, the dissimilarity in color between the specimens, and their
locality being the same as P. papio, I should refer these examples to
that species, as they present no characters that would separate them
from it.
The type of C. olivaceus I. Geoffroy, is in the Paris Museum and
the following is a description of it.
Color. Entire body and hind limbs mixed blackish brown and
tawny ochraceous ; the hairs with a strong reddish tinge, being dark
brown at base, and ringed with black and tawny ochraceous ; top of
head yellowish brown ; nape and hind neck like body ; whiskers silvery
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gray at base, pale yellow at tips; shoulders and arms, mixed yellow,
brown, and black, similar in color, but paler than body ; hands and feet
blackish brown speckled with pale yellow; under parts grayish white
with a reddish tinge ; tail blackish brown, hairs ochraceous at base near
root of tail.
Measurements. Total length, 863.60; tail, 323.85; foot, 139.70.
Ex Desmarest’s type, Paris Museum.
This animal is a female and not full grown. It has the reddish
coloring so characteristic of P. papio, and nothing of an olivaceous hue
to warrant the name given by Geoffroy.
In a letter to Dr. Gray, J. J. Monteiro, gives the following account
of what is probably this species, under the name of anubis, as observed
by him in Angola, of which a J1, and 5, were presented to the British
Museum. The country is hilly and cut by deep, dry and solitary gullies,
and grand rocky ravines. The vegetation is restricted to dry, prickly
shrubs, a few roots of grass, and certain species of thick club-stemmed
dwarf shrubs, bearing a few leaves only during the few months of the
year in which rain falls; the rest of the year nothing is seen but dry
rock and leafless firewood, scorched and burnt month after month by
the constant tropical sun. At distances far apart, brackish water is
sparingly obtained by Zebras, these Monkeys, and other tropical
animals, by excavating holes in the sand at the bottom of the gullies.
The principal food of these Apes is the root and stem of the thick,
tuber rooted shrubs ( Webwitschia ?) above mentioned. Part of the
root of these plants grows above the surface of the ground, and these
Monkeys gnaw it off as a sheep does a turnip or mangel-wurzel, their
dog-like elongated jaws, and perhaps dentition, appearing to him
specially adapted to this manner of feeding.
They are gregarious; he once counted fifteen together, and a few
days previous to his writing, not less than thirty to forty came down
to drink at a well he had opened at the copper mines. He was then
engaged in exploring at about four miles inland from Cuio Bay. Two
were captured alive at Equimena, a place twelve miles south.
They run very fast, on all-fours, in a kind of sideway gallop, the
young ones holding on to the back of the dams. It seems that he has
not been able to ascertain exactly their geographical distribution either
in longitude or latitude from the bay, though he believes it does not
reach northward of the River Quanza. “It perhaps deserves to be
mentioned that in the vicinity of the rivers in that part of the coast,
the vegetation assumes a more luxuriant character; but these rivers
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PLATE 3.
Papio porcarius.
Papio HAMADRYAS.
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being few and far apart, this does not alter the dry, bare character of
the country where these Monkeys abound.
“The natives, and the Portuguese about these parts, affirm that a
troop of these Monkeys is always preceded by several scouts, which
communicate by signals either danger or safety to the rest, and that
these scouts are set upon and punished if any mistake is committed
by them. The two sent by my son were hunted down by the blacks
with dogs, and killed with sticks.”
Papio ibeanus Thomas.
Papio thoth ibeanus Thos., Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., XI, 6th Ser.,
1893, p. 46.
Papio ibeanus Forbes, Handb. Primates, I, 1894, p. 269.
Type locality. Lamu, East Africa. Type in British Museum.
Color. Fur shaggy, blackish and dull greenish white, without any
bright yellow ; hairs on crown broadly ringed with black ; chin and
throat whitish, hairs of chest with black and white rings; belly black
and dull fawn ; inner side of arms like the chest, and of the legs clearer,
and the rings less fawn color; hairs on outer side of limbs slaty gray
at base, then ringed with black and whitish fawn ; hands and feet
ochraceous buff and black; tail, mixed black and ochraceous. Ex type
British Museum.
Measurements. Total length, 1,460 ; tail, 610. Skull : total length,
200; occipito-nasal length, 157; intertemporal width, 56; Hensel, 148;
zygomatic width, 112; palatal length, 95; breadth of braincase, 79;
median length of nasals, 58 ; length of upper molar series, 50 ; length of
mandible, 151; length of lower molar series, 66; length of upper
canines, 38. Ex type British Museum.
This is a grayish brown baboon without any of the bright yellow
hues seen on its allies. It is an animal with a substratum of a brownish
color mixed with black, the latter more prominent on head and neck,
overlaid with grayish white, the general effect being a dark brownish
gray ; all the upper parts and limbs are similar in coloration ; the throat
and chest being whitish gray and the abdomen a dark reddish brown,
similar to the tail.
Papio porcarius (Brunnich).
Simia porcaria Brunn., Dyr. Hist. Univ. Nat. Theat., 1782, p. 13,
Bodd., Naturf., XXII, 1787, p. 17, figs. 1, 2 ; Gmel, Syst. Nat.,
I, 1788, p. 30.
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Simla sphingiola Herrm., Obs. Zool., I, 1804, p. 2, t. 1 ; Fisch.,
Syn. Mamm., 1829, p. 35.
Papio porcarius E. Geoff., Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, XIX, 1812,
p. 102; Kuhl, Beitr., 1820, p. 19; Blainv., Osteog., 1841, Atl.,
pi. IV; Schleg., Mus. Pays-Bas, Simiae, 1876, p. 124; Forbes,
Handb. Primates, I, 1894, p. 263 ; W. L. Sclater, Faun. S.
Afr., Mamm., I, 1900, p. 13 ; Anders., Zool. Egypt., Mamm.,
1902, p. 79; Thos. and Schwann, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., I,
1905, p. 255 ; I, 1906, p. 160; Pocock, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond.,
II, pp. 558, 560; Elliot, Cat. Mamm. Field Columb. Mus., F.
C. M. Pub., VIII, 1906, p. 566, Zool. Ser.
Papio comatus E. Geoff., Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, XIX, 1812,
p. 102; Kuhl, Beitr. Zool., 1820, p. 19; Mivart, Proc. Zool.
Soc. Lond., 1865, p. 561.
Cynocephalus porcarius F. Cuv,, Hist. Nat. Mamm., Livr. VIII,
1819, pi.; 2nd ed., 1833, p. 132, pi. XLVII; Desm., Mamm.,
1820, p. 69; I. Geoff., Cat. Primates, 1851, p. 35 ; Dahlb., Stud.
Zool. Fam. Reg. Anim. Natur., fasc. I, 1856, pp. 130, 133;
Mivart, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1865, p. 582; Gray, Cat.
Monkeys, Lemurs and Fruit-eating Bats, Brit. Mus., 1870,
p. 34.
Cynocephalus comatus E. Geoff., Cours Hist. Nat. Mamm., 1828,
p. 28, 8me Legon.
Hamadryas porcaria Less., Spec. Mamm., 1840, p. 108.
Cynocephalus ursinus Wagn., Schreb., Saugth. Suppl., I, 1840, p.
162, tab. VIII B; V, 1855, p. 65; Schinz, Syn. Mamm., I,
1844, p. 64.
Choiropithecus porcarius Reichenb., Vollstand. Nature Affen
1862, p. 151, figs. 384-386.
THE chacma. Tchalikamma, Hottentots; Imfena. Swarzi, Zulu •
Tshweni, Basuto.
Type locality. Africa.
Geogr. Distr. South Africa, south of the Limpopo River.
Genl. Char. Face and ears naked; nose extending beyond upper
lip ; hair long especially on shoulders, but not forming a mane •
whiskers directed backward; tail black about half the length of body
callosities small. Skull with large orbital ridges; nasals long, rounded
on upper sides ; braincase, rounded, shorter than facial region ; canines
enormous ; white rings encircling the eyes, and upper eyelids white.
Color. Male. General hue brownish black ; hairs of crown and
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nape long, black with a broad band of yellowish ; dorsal region black,
hairs ringed with yellowish, but less distinctly so than on crown;
flanks, arms above elbows and legs paler, nearly hair brown, hairs
ringed with yellow ; forepart of arms, hands, feet and tail black ; under
parts hair brown; white ring around eye, upper eyelids white;
whiskers gray. Ex specimen in British Museum, S. Africa Zool. Soc.
No. 5. 3. 11. 1.
Female. Upper parts mixed black and broccoli brown, hairs
ringed with yellowish, dorsal region darker, blackish on central line,
and then reddish brown to flanks, hairs always ringed with yellowish ;
upper parts of arms and legs grayish brown; hands, feet and tail
black The general color of the body is difficult to describe, as it is
a general mixture of black, reddish brown, broccoli brown and grayish
brown, with yellowish distributed throughout, and all the browns
grading into each other, forming the dark head and dorsal region to
the flanks, giving a general appearance of a grayish brown animal with
a yellowish tinge, interspersed with black. . ,
Measurements. Skull: total length, 213; occipito-nasal lengt ,
173; Hensel, 157; zygomatic width, 130; intertemporal widt , ,
palatal length, 190 ; breadth of braincase, 83 ; median length of nasals,
78- length of upper canines, 45; length of upper molar series, 57;
length of mandible, 158; length of lower molar series, 76.
The skull of Brunnich’s specimen is in the Berlin Museum, the
type itself having been destroyed long since. In its measurements there
is no important difference from those given above, except the zygomatic
width which is considerably less. Mr. Grant, as quoted by Thomas and
Schwann, (1. c.) says in Zululand this baboon is difficult to secure and
more^ften heard than seen, as they live in large troops m the thick
forest “They feed principally on fruit, and where wild fruit abounds
they can sometimes be obtained by waiting under the trees, but they ^are
at all times wonderfully wary.” At Knyswa in Cape Colony, Mr. Gra
found this species “in large troops both in the forest and on the
Krantzes along the coast. It is exceedingly wary and can seldom be
obtained; at times, however, they are very bold, and do considerab
damage amongst mealies and fruits.” _ , ...
Mr. W. L. Sclater, (1. c.) gives the following account of t is
baboon furnished him by Mr. W. Cloete of Waterfall near Grahams-
town, South Africa: “The Chacma is an inhabitant of the steep and
rocky Krantzes which abound in all parts of Africa, and although
most frequently found in treeless country, is a very good tree dun er
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when opportunity offers ; in some parts of its range where Krantzes are
few it even sleeps in trees. It associates in troops of varying numbers,
up to about one hundred individuals ; when moving from place to place
the old males are usually seen on the outskirts, and always form a rear
guard ; also when resting a sentinel or two is always placed on top of a
rock in order to warn the troop of approaching danger.
They rest at night in crevices of the Krantzes, coming out in the
day only. They are frequently captured by surrounding their lairs
before daylight, when all are asleep. The chief enemy of the baboon
apart from man is the leopard, which, however, seems to confine his
attention to females and young ones, as an adult old male would
probably be a good match even for a leopard.
The pace of a baboon is not very rapid ; on level ground they can
easily be overhauled by ordinary dogs, but in rough country and on
hillsides they can hold their own with great ease. They move with the
first part of the tail somewhat up-curved, and the last two-thirds hang¬
ing straight down.
The cry of this animal is a deep hoarse bark, and is compared by
Prof. Moseley, who observed their habits in the neighborhood of
Simons Town, to a German ‘hoch’ much prolonged.
The baboon may be described as omnivorous ; the fruit and leaves
of the prickly pear, the more thorny ones being preferred, wild fruits,
berries, and bulbs, and the white sweetish pith at the lower ends of the
aloes form a great part of its diet. Insects, scorpions, centipedes and even
lizards are eagerly sought after by turning over loose stones, and Mr.
istant relates how when first searching for insects in the Transvaal
he was intensely surprised to find stones turned over before his arrival’,
as if some other ‘geodephagous coleopterist had anticipated him’ •
this he afterwards found was due to the insect-searching attributes
of the baboons.
“Mr. Cloete informs me,” says Mr. Sclater, “that wild honey is
aiso a favorite article of diet, he has himself observed a male Chacma
robbing a bee s nest m a hole in the ground ; the method pursued by the
animal was to rush at the nest, seize a comb, and after dropping it a
few times and rolling it about to get the bees off, to carry it away a
s ort distance so as to be able to devour it out of the way of the
infuriated bees.
The baboons cause great annoyance to the farmers; they fre¬
quently devastate orchards and fruit gardens, they suck and devour
VOLUME II.
Papio cynocephalus.
VOLUME II
Papio CYNOCEPHALUS.
No. 8.7.19.1. Brit. Mus. Coll. % Nat. Size.
PLATE X
Papio CYNOCEPHALUS.
No. 8.7.19.1. Brit. Mus. Coll. % Nat. Size.
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ostrich eggs, and of late years they have taken to killing and disem¬
bowelling lambs and kids for the sake of the curdled milk in their
stomachs.
“The Chacma,” contines Mr. Sclater, “is frequently seen in cap¬
tivity, and examples of it are nearly always to be found in the
Zoological Gardens of London. When young it is a delightful pet, full
of intelligence and affection, especially towards its master, though
sometimes averse to strangers ; with increasing age it becomes morose
and dangerous. Baboons are frequently hunted by farmers with dogs
and guns, the most ordinary procedure being to surround the ‘kopje,’
where they are known to be sleeping before daylight ; they defend
themselves from the attacks of dogs with considerable vigor, often
inflicting very severe wounds with their long eye teeth, which, some¬
times in the case of old males, reach a length of two inches.”
Subgenus Papio.
Size large, colors pale, mane absent, tail not tufted.
Papio cynocephalus (Linnteus) .
Simia cynocephalus Linn., Syst. Nat., I, 1766, p. 38; Gmel., Syst.
Nat., I, 1788, p. 31.
Cercopithecus cynocephalus Erxl., Syst. Reg. Anim., 1777, p. 30.
Papio cynocephalus E. Geoff., Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, IX,
1812, p. 102; Kuhl, Beitr. Zook, 1820, p. 18; Schleg., Mus.
Hist. Nat. Pays-Bas, Simiae, 1876, p. 127 ; Pocock, Proc. Zool.
Soc. Lond., II, 1906, p. 560.
Cynocephalus babuin F. Cuv., Mem. Mus. Hist. Nat., Paris, IV,
1818, p. 419, pk XIX ; Id. Hist. Nat. Mamm., Livr. IV, 1819;
2nd ed., 1833, p. 122, pk XIX; Desm., Mamm., 1820, p. 68;
Wagn., Schreb., Saugth. Suppk, I, 1840, p. 156; V, 1855, p.
63; I. Geoff., Archiv. Mus. Hist. Nat., Paris, II, 1843, p.
579, pk XXXIV ; Id. Cat. Primates, 1851, p. 34; Peters, Reis.
Mossamb., 1852, p. 4; Dahlb., Stud. Zook Fam. Reg. Anim.
Nat., fasc. I, 1856, pp. 144, 149; Kirk, Proc. Zook Soc. Lond.,
1864, p. 649; Mivart, Proc. Zook Soc. Lond., 1865, p. 558;
Gray, Cat. Monkeys, Lemurs and Fruit-eating Bats, Brit.
Mus., 1870, p. 35.
Simia cynocephala Fisch., Syn. Mamm., 1829, p. 33.
Cynocephalus thoth Ogilby, Proc. Zook Soc. Lond., 1843, p. 11;
Fras., Zook Typica, 1848, pk V ; Gray, Cat. Monkeys, Lemurs
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and Fruit-eating Bats, Brit. Mus., 1870, p. 35 ; Schleg., Mus.
Hist. Nat. Pays-Bas, Simiae, 1876, p. 129, (in text).
Cercopithecus ochraceus Peters, Reis. Mossamb., Saugth., 1852, p.
2, pi. I, juv. ; Sclat., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1893, p. 257, juv.
Cynomolgos cynocephalus Reichenb., Vollstand. Naturg. Affen,
1862, p. 133, figs. 332-339.
Cynocephalus langheldi Matschie, Sitzungsber. Gesch. Nat.
Freund., Berlin, 1892, p. 233 ; Forbes, Handb. Primates, I,
1894, p. 275.
Papio babuin Reichenb., Vollstand. Naturg. Affen, 1862, p. 147,
figs. 380, 381 ; Forbes, Handb. Primates, I, 1894, p. 265.
Papio lydekkeri Rothsch., Novitat. Zool., IX, 1902, p. 140. (desc.
nulla). Blue Nile.
YELLOW BABOON.
Type locality. “L’Afrique Mediterraneene.”
Geogr. Distr. Nubia, Central and East Africa in Sennaar, its
southern limit not yet known.
Color. General hue varying from cream buff to buff yellow mixed
with black, the latter in some specimens including more than half the
apical portion of the hairs, and lying in streaks along the head and
back ; outer side of arms and legs cream buff grading to a darker hue ;
hands and feet ochraceous; inner side of limbs and under parts
whitish or yellowish white; tail very long, mixed ochraceous and black.
Callosities large, red, or purple red. Face flesh color. Hairs on nape
and over shoulders very long.
Measurements. Size varying, some individuals as large as the
great brown baboons; tail, 730. Skull: occipito-nasal length, 173;
Hensel, 145.7 ; zygomatic width, 109.3 ; intertemporal width, 62 ; width
of braincase, 87.3; palatal length, 91.5; median length of nasals, 84.7;
length of upper molar series, 53; length of mandible, 115.5; length of
lower molar series, 69.
This baboon varies greatly in size among individuals and some
old males are as large as any belonging to the dark colored group, such
as P. porcarius, P. doguera, etc. The individual from which the
above description was taken, No. 8. 1. 1. 1. in the Collection of the
British Museum from Tambararo, in Portuguese Southeast Africa
is a very large male, about the largest I have ever seen. The skin is
folded over on itself so as to make it impossible to give proper measure¬
ments of the body, which indeed are never accurate when taken from
a dried skin, but the great length of the tail, 730 mm. which is in
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accord with the size of the body, gives an idea of the animal's
dimensions.
For a considerable period there has been much uncertainty regard¬
ing the animal Linnaeus called Simia cynocephalus. Like many of
this Author’s descriptions, the one given for this baboon is short and
unsatisfactory, and the works which he cites in the brief synonymy
give little or no assistance towards the recognition of the animal.
Linnaeus’ description reads as follows : “S. caudata, imberbis flavescens,
ore producto, cauda recta, natibus calvis.” The only word in this
brief diagnosis that gives any clue to the species is the word “flaves¬
cens,” and by it we know it was a ‘yellow or yellowish’ baboon. The
early authors render no help towards an elucidation of the problem,
and E. Geoffroy gives but a few words to define his P. cynocephalus,
and the specimen he is supposed to have had is not now in the Paris
Museum. It was not until F. Cuvier published his plate of C. babuin
that Mammalogists generally were able to distinguish the ‘yellow
baboon’ from its relatives in the genus. Some authors confounded it
with P. sphinx (nec Linn.), = P. papio (Desm.), a reddish colored
and somewhat smaller animal.
There is but one species of babooh known which can be termed
yellow, and as Linnaeus described his cynocephalus as -flavescens , it
must have been the same as the one afterwards described as ‘babuin,’
‘thoth,’ etc. The other species of Linnaeus’ time, afterwards placed in
the genus Papio, viz.: sphinx, maimon = S. sphinx Linn., and
hamadryas, could never be termed flavescens, and therefore it seems
perfectly safe to assume that the Simla cynocephalus Linn., is the
same as the yellow baboon which has been renamed by F. Cuvier, and
other writers since Cuvier’s time.
The type of P. langheldi is in the Berlin Museum and the following
is a description taken from it.
Color. Hair of back long and coarse. General hue dull olive gray,
hairs brown at base, then yellowish gray, then ringed with black and
yellow, and tipped with black ; the long coarse hair lighter ; chin grayish
white; legs externally brownish yellow; hands and feet olive yellow;
under side of body and inner side of limbs silvery gray; tail reddish
brown mixed with black.
Measurements. Total length, 1,470 ; tail, 570. Skull : total length,
192; occipito-nasal length, 190; zygomatic width, 110; interorbital
width, 56 ; median length of nasals, 64 ; length of upper canines, 40 ;
length of upper tooth row, 51; length of mandible, 149; length of
lower tooth row, 66. Ex type Berlin Museum.
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This is a yellowish baboon, the hairs with a somewhat greenish
tinge on upper parts. It has long legs and a slender body, and I am
inclined to consider it the same as P. cynocephalus. As the type of
this species has no locality, there is nothing to guide us as regards its
patria, and the type of langheldi resembles closely the specimen of P.
thoth in the British Museum. The skull has a very long facial region,
being 111 mm. from the posterior end of nasals to the incisors, with a
low braincase barely raised above the orbital ridges, and is 105 mm. in
length, 76 mm. greatest breadth. There are slightly elevated ridges on
sides of rostrum above narial aperture.
The type of P. thoth Ogilby, is in the British Museum, numbered
55. 12. 24. 8. Skull No. 1,100 a. The example is mounted and is of an
olive brownish yellow, and may be described as follows :
Top of head, hind neck, upper parts and sides of body to thighs
olive brownish yellow, the hairs having several cream colored rings
and black tips; rump and legs a clearer yellow than the body; sides
of head, throat and front of shoulders yellowish white or yellowish
gray; outer side of arms, chest and under parts like the back; inner
side of limbs yellowish, the hairs without annulations ; hands and feet
mixed yellow and black, the latfer being mainly on the tips of the hairs.
Hairs on upper back are very long, some reaching 300 mm., but they
do not form a mane. The tail is yellow at base, remainder blackish
brown, but it is difficult to determine whether this last is the natural
color, or if it arises from the paucity of fur on the dark skin, or from
the accumulation of dust deposited during the many years the specimen
has been exhibited. Total length, 1,444; tail, 620; foot, 210 The
animal when living must have been a long time in captivity, the skull
showing this m its abnormal shape and its deteriorated condition.
The type of C. babuin F. Cuvier, is in the Paris Museum and
resembles closely P. thoth, much more so indeed than it does any other
specimen of the cynocephalus type. Unfortunately neither example
quite uy„k0„Coaw2 g,Ve" f0r a"d WhCTCe these types °r«inally «•
Papio neumanni Matschie.
Papio neumanni Matschie, Sitzungsb. Ges. Naturf. Freund Ber-
hn, 897, p. 161; Lydekk., Novit. Zook, 1902, p. 140; Adders.,
' Mamm- 1902> P' ^ pl- ™. skull).
Type locality. Dongo Ngai, Masailand. Type in Berlin Museum
Oeogr. Distr. Masailand, range unknown.
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Genl. Char. Size small ; pits on sides of upper jaw very long; tail
unicolor.
Color. General color of top of head and body ochraceous buff,
the hairs being purplish gray with a subterminal ochraceous band and
black tip. The purplish gray of the hairs gives a darkish hue to the
pelage, but it is overlaid by the ochraceous bands, which makes it
difficult to say which is the dominant color; sides of head and neck
yellowish gray grading into whitish on the throat; arms ochraceous
buff lighter than upper parts; legs like upper parts but hair without
black tips ; hands and feet blackish brown ; under parts grayish brown
on chest, abdomen like back; tail like back at base, remainder wood
brown unicolor. Ex type, an immature specimen, Berlin Museum.
Measurements. Total length, 1,030; tail, 460. Skull of adult:
total length, 179; Hensel, 125; intertemporal width, 55; zygomatic
width, 111; length of nasals, 70; length of upper canines, 36; length
of upper tooth row, 49; length of mandible, 134; length of lower tooth
row, 63.
This is quite a small baboon, characterized by its unicolor tail.
Papio strepittjs Elliot.
Papio strepitus Elliot, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 7th Ser., II, 1907,
p. 499.
Type locality. Fort Johnston, Nyassaland, S. E. Africa. Type
in British Museum.
Genl. Char. Size large, exceeding the dimensions of P. pruinosus ;
hair very long, loose; face partly naked; braincase about two thirds
the length of facial region ; nasals only slightly raised above rostrum,
wide anteriorly ; pit on side of upper jaw, long and deep ; palate narrow,
of nearly equal width for its entire length ; tooth rows straight.
Color. Forehead mixed pale yellow and black ; crown and nape
dull tawny ochraceous, center of crown darker, the hairs ringed with
dull tawny ochraceous and black, those on sides Prout s brown at base,
remainder tawny ochraceous ; the appearance of the crown and nape is
more reddish than yellow, with a darker central portion ; sides of head
below ears buff; lower part of neck to middle of back purplish drab
and ochraceous buff, the base of hairs purplish drab, the rest ringed
with black and ochraceous buff, some of them tawny ochraceous, and
tipped with black. The purplish drab of the base of hairs dominates
the other colors and gives a kind of dark patch to this part of the back ,
on the shoulders is a patch of hairs buff at their roots, graduating to
cream buff at the tips, not ringed ; lower part of back paler than the
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upper, more yellow showing, and over all the upper parts are
numerous long hairs with whitish tips ; flanks, ochraceous bufif ; upper
part of arms, thighs, legs and feet ochraceous buff; forearms and
hands ochraceous buff and black, the latter having the base of hairs
showing; under parts yellowish gray, tail at base like back mixed black
and ochraceous, tip ochraceous buff ; cheeks and sides of nose and lips
covered with yellowish hairs; upper eyelids flesh color; space beneath
eyes and ngse black. Ex type British Museum.
Measurements. Head and body, 915; tail, 609. Skull: total
length, 19o ; occipito-nasal length, 160; Hensel, 139; intertemporal
width, 58; zygomatic width, 115; palatal length, 86; breadth of brain-
case, 79 ; median length of nasals, 72 ; anterior width of nasals, 14 ;
length of upper molar series, ‘45; length of mandible, 115; length of
lower molar series, 60. Ex type British Museum.
The general appearance of this species is that of a yellowish
animal with a brownish back and a reddish head and limbs, and under
parts whitish gray. This is the effect the various colors of the hairs
produce when glanced at. In coloration it belongs to the light yellow-
hued baboons. Looked at in some lights the hairs have a greenish
yellow tint, but when carefully examined the colors are as in the
description and unlike any of the other species. Two specimens were
obtained by Sir Harry Johnston in Nyassaland, the type at Fort
Johnston, and the other at Zomba, on Lake Nyassa. The species bears
no resemblance whatever to P. pruinosus procured at Lesumbwe,
Lyassaland, either in color or in characters of the skull. The two
examples are in the Collection of the British Museum.
. Sir Harry Johnston, referring probably to this species, states that
it is very common everywhere in Nyassaland, and very bold and
cunning. It is constantly robbing the plantations of the natives and
the women profess to go in terror of the large males, as they say the
alter would attempt to outrage them if they see no man accompanying
the party. When the baboons descend to raid the plantations, one or
more of their number invariably stand sentry to warn the rest of the
troop of approaching danger.
Papio pruinosus Thomas.
Papio pruinosus Thos., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1896 p 789 nl
XXXVIII; 1897, p. 927; Anders., Zool. Egypt Half
1902, p. 79, pi. XIV. SyP ’
Tlfe locality ■ Lesumbwe, Monkey Bay, Livingstone Peninsula
Lake Nyassa. Type in British Museum.
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VOLUME II.
Papio hamadryas.
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Geogr. Distr. Nyassaland.
Genl. Char. Color hoary; belly white; fur not annulated. Skull
resembling that of P. thoth (type), but with a shorter muzzle and more
tapering. Tooth rows bowed, pterygoid fossa broader. Hair long,
loose and rather coarse.
Color. Hoary gray and black, the hairs having black or brownish
black bases, remainder white. The coat consists of long and short hairs,
the former being all white to the roots, the shorter having black bases.
Hairs on crown long, almost forming a crest, basal part white, apical
half black nearly producing the effect of a black crown ; outer side of
arms black or brownish black, base of hairs white ; inner side of arms,
entire under parts, and legs, grayish white ; hairs on hands and feet
very long, almost covering the fingers and toes to the nails ; hands
blackish; feet seal brown on center, rest grayish white; tail, black for
two thirds the length, grading gradually into the grayish white of the
tip. Ears apparently flesh color; face grayish white; around eyes
and mouth flesh color. Ex type British Museum.
Measurements. Skin. Total length, 1,300; tail, 550; hind foot,
190. Skull: total length, 183; occipito-nasal length, 150; Hensel, 128;
zygomatic width, 103; intertemporal width, 56; palatal length, 80;
breadth of braincase, 80 ; median length of nasals, 61 ; length of upper
molar series, 49; length of mandible, 132; length of lower molar
series, 60 ; length of upper canines, 34. Ex type British Museum.
This Baboon, only represented by the unique type, is different in
its coloration from all the other members of the genus, and resembles
in that respect the American Opossum, having the same long and short
hairs similarly colored.
Subgenus Hamadryas.
Shoulders and back covered by a long, loose, heavy mane; tail
tufted, ears naked.
Papio hamadryas (Linnaeus) .
Simla hamadryas Linn., Syst. Nat., I, 1758, p. 27 ; I, 1766, p. 36;
Bodd., Elench. Anim., 1784, p. 57 ; Gmel., Syst. Nat., I, 1788,
p. 30.
Simla cynomolgos Linn., Syst. Nat., I, 1758, p. 28.
Cercopithecus hamadryas Erxh, Syst. Reg. Anim., 1777, p. 22;
Kerr, Anim. Kingd., 1792, p. 63.
Cercopithecus hamadryas ursinus Kerr, Anim. Kingd., 1792, p. 63.
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Papio hamadryas E. Geoff., Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, XIX,
1812, p. 103; Kuhl, Beitr. Zool., 1820, p. 20; Schleg., Mus.
Pays-Bas, Simise, 1876, p. 129; Forbes, Handb. Primates, I,
1894, p. 272 ; Anders., Zool. Egypt., Mamm., 1902, p. 28, pis.
I-III; Elliot, Cat. Mamm. Field Columb. Mus. Pub., VIII,
1906, p. 565, Zool. Ser. ; Pocock, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., II,
1906, p. 558.
Cynocephalus hamadryas F. Cuv., Hist. Nat. Mamm., Livr. V, 1819,
pi. ; 2me ed., 1833, p. 129, pi. XLVI, J1 ; Desm., Mamm., 1820,
p. 69; E. Geoff., Cours Hist. Nat. Mamm., 1828, 8me Legon;
Riipp., Neu Wirbelt, Faun. Abyss., 1835-40, p. 7; Wagn.,
Schreb., Saugth. Suppl., I, 1840, p. 153; V, 1855, p. 82; I.
Geoff., Cat. Primates, 1851, p. 33; Dahlb., Stud. Zool. Fam.
Reg. Anim. Natur., fasc. I, 1856, pp. 131, 135; Reichenb.,
Vollstand. Naturg. Affen, 1862, p. 152, figs. 387-395; Blanf.,
Geol. and Zool. Abyss., 1876, p. 222; Id. Proc. Zool. Soc.
Lond., 1887, p. 622; Thos., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1911 p
127.
Cynocephalus wagleri Agass., Isis, 1828, p. 86.
Hamadryas chceropithecus Less., Spec. Mamm., 1840, p. 107.
Hamadryas cegyptiaca Gray, Cat. Monkeys, Lemurs and Fruit-eat¬
ing Bats, Brit. Mus., 1870, p. 34.
Papio cynomolgos Thos., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1911, p. 128.
HAMADRYAS BABOON.
Type locality. Africa.
Geogr. Distr. Abyssinia.
Genl. Char. Size large; muzzle long, nostrils terminal; face
naked ; eyes set in beneath overhanging brows ; ears naked ; shoulders
and back to the middle covered by a mane; whiskers long, growing
backward partly covering the ears; buttocks nude, callosities large;
tail tufted, carried arch like for basal third or more, remainder hang-
mg perpendicularly ; under parts and inner side of limbs sparsely haired.
Color. Face flesh color; rostral region, ears and surface of hands
and feet brownish; mane, and upper parts generally dark reddish
brown, hairs ringed with yellowish white ; rump pale brown ; space
surrounding callosities and thighs cream color; lower parts of leo-s
mixed brown and buff, the hairs ringed alternately with those colors •
fore arms and hands grayish black, hairs ringed with gray and black;’
feet reddish brown; inner sides of arms above elbows, and inner side
o egs uff ; chest brownish gray ; abdomen burnt umber ; tail Prout’s
rown and gray, tuft Prout’s brown ; whiskers grayish white at base
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grading into brown. Ex specimen in British Museum, procured by
Riippell in Abyssinia in 1836.
The usual coloring of this baboon is much lighter than the example
described above, and is an ashy gray on mane, and upper parts washed
with greenish, the hairs ringed with black and greenish gray ; fore arms
and legs grayish black ; under side of body grayish white.
Ruppell’s specimen is an adult male, and darker in color than is
generally seen among individuals of this species.
M easurements. Skull : total length, 192 ; occipito-nasal length,
156; Hensel, 133; zygomatic width, 113; intertemporal width, 52;
palatal length, 84; breadth of braincase, 82; median length of nasals,
68 ; length of upper molar series, 50 ; length of upper canines, 32 ; length
of mandible, 139 ; length of lower molar series, 65.
Both sexes of this species have large air sacs or pouches in the
neck, which reach down nearly to the arm pits. An opening above the
larynx connects these with the windpipe.
Blanford in his Observations on the Geology and Zoology of
Abyssinia (1. c.) gives the following account of this baboon: “The
great Dog-faced Baboon, the Sacred Ape (Thoth) of the ancient
Egyptians, is by far the commonest Monkey throughout the portion of
Abyssinia traversed by me. It was met with everywhere from the
plains around Annesley Bay to the top of the Delanta plateau, although
most abundant, perhaps, in the tropical and subtropical portions of the
country. I saw a small herd close to Theodore’s old camp at Baba, on
the Delanta plateau at above 9,000 feet of elevation. In the passes
leading to the tableland from the coast immense numbers were con¬
stantly seen, and the animals evidently keep to the sides of rocky
ravines.
“The herds vary in number; some cannot include much less than
250 to 300 monkeys of all ages. The old males are always most con¬
spicuous animals, all the forepart of the body being covered with long
hair. They usually take the lead when the troop is moving; some of
them also bringing up the rear; others placing themselves on high
rocks or bushes, and keeping a sharp look-out after enemies. A troop
collected on a rocky crag presents a most singular appearance. I
several times saw large numbers assembled around springs in the
evening in the thirsty Shoho country between Komayli and Sanafe.
On such occasions every jutting rock, every little stone more prominent
than the rest, was occupied by a patriarch of the herd who sat, with
the gravity and watchfulness befitting his grizzled hair, waiting
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patiently until the last of his human rivals had slaked his thirst and
that of his cattle. Around, the females were mainly occupied in taking
care of the young, the smaller monkeys amusing themselves by gam¬
bolling about; occasionally, if a young monkey became too noisy or
interfered with the repose of one of his seniors, he ‘caught it’ in the
most unmistakable style and was dismissed with many cuffs, a wiser if
not a better Monkey.
“Cynocephalus hamadryas feeds on small fruits, berries, and seeds,
and often on buds of trees, and on young shoots. On the highlands
I frequently saw troops of them in the fields, engaged in searching for
the ‘quentee’ the small tubers of Cyperus esculentus, which appeared
also to be a great resource of the half starved people in Tigre.
“This species is rarely ever seen on trees. It appears to avoid
woods, and to keep mainly in the open country, preferring, as already
mentioned, rocky precipices. Hence its habits differ entirely from
those of all the Indian Monkeys which are tree loving animals, and
indeed from Monkeys in general. It climbs heavily and clumsily for a
Monkey, and when moving quickly on the ground had a steady regular
gallop instead of the bounding movements of a Presbytes (Pyga-
thrix).
“Doubtless the association in such very large herds is in a great
measure adopted as a means of defence against its enemies. From
their size and great power of jaw the old males are most formidable
antagonists, and their boldness in resenting injury is said to be in
proportion to their power. Brehm (‘Reise nach Habesch,’ p. 88)
relates an instance of their attacking a Leopard which had carried off
one of the herd, and many stories are current in Abyssinia of their
attacking men. Mr. Munzinger told me that once he, with one or two
companions, were surrounded by a large herd, which barred their
path, and were so threatening that he was obliged to shoot one in self-
defence. Even then, although they fell back a little, the Monkeys did
not run away.
“I cannot help thinking, however, that these Monkeys rarely attack
men, as otherwise some instances would have happened in the expedi¬
tionary force and I never heard of any. Near the passes the flocks of
Cynocephalus soon became wary, as they were frequently fired at.
Young animals when captured, quickly became tame and docile, but
not so much so as Cercopithecus.”
The Simla cynomolgos Linn., founded upon Hasselquist’s Simla
cegyptiaca is doubtless this species, and the name therefore becomes a
synonym.
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PLATE XII.
Papio brockmani.
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Papio hamadryas arabicus Thomas.
Papio arabicus Thos., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1899, p. 929; 1900,
p. 96.
ARABIAN HAMADRYAS BABOON.
Type locality. Sixty miles north west of Aden, Arabia. Type in
British Museum.
Geogr. Distr. Arabia. Range unknown.
Genl. Char. Similar to P. hamadryas but smaller in size. Type
in British Museum.
Color. The type is a young female, without any mane and gives
very little idea of the adult animal. The following description is there¬
fore taken from an adult male captured at Lakej, near Aden, and now
in the British Museum Collection: Face bare. Top of head, starting
in a narrow line from the forehead and spreading out towards the
back of the head, blackish brown, hairs tipped with yellowish white,
rest of head and mane, which covers practically the whole of the upper
parts light grayish brown, the hairs being light brown ringed with gray¬
ish white ; arms above elbows, legs and back, pale brownish gray, the
hairs ringed similarly to those of the mane ; forearms and hands iron
gray, nearly black ; feet pale brown and gray ; rump darker brown than
the mane; under parts pale gray, becoming pale brown at the loins.
Another specimen has the mane and upper parts a uniform reddish
brown, generally darker throughout than the one described.
Measurements. Skull: total length, 153; occipito-nasal length,
131; Hensel, 140; zygomatic width, 98; intertemporal width, 48;
palatal length, 66; breadth of braincase, 72; median length of nasals,
50 ; length of upper molar series, 46 ; length of mandible, 1 12 ; length of
lower molar series, 56. Ex type in British Museum.
In general appearance this baboon resembles the P. hamadryas
of the African continent, but is considerably smaller.
Papio brockmani Elliot.
Papio brockmani Elliot, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., IV, 1909, 8th Ser.,
p. 248.
Type locality. Derra Dawa, Somaliland. Altitude 3,500 feet.
Type in British Museum.
Genl. Char. Color very different from P. hamadryas inclined to
reddish, no gray on mane. Skull compared with one of P. hamadryas
obtained by Riippell, has a shorter facial region; rounded zygomatic
arches, not squared as in the other; straight tooth rows, not curved,
and smaller teeth. Outer edge of lachrymal, from orbital ridge to root
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of zygoma, straight, not flaring outward at bottom as in the skull of
allied species; rostrum broader posteriorly; palate of equal width
throughout its length; orbital ridge straight, not depressed in center;
septum narrower, orbits more round.
Color. Adult Male. Face flesh color; callosities red; forehead
covered with black hairs banded with white, this color rising to the
crown in the shape of a pyramid coming to a point on crown of the
head ; hairs on cheeks and sides of head long, stiff, very dense, rising
upwards in enormous tufts above head, yellowish white at base
grading into buffy at tips ; hind neck and mantle pale reddish brown,
hairs with a band of white succeeded by a subterminal one of black
and tip silvery white ; towards the lower back the color darkens into a
cinnamon banded with lighter cinnamon, and tipped with the same ;
upper part of rump ochraceous buff paler than the mantle ; lower rump
and base of tail silvery white ; sides of jaw with hairs long and dense,
yellowish white; throat more sparsely covered with hairs of the same
color, chest dark gray, hairs banded with black, and white tips;
abdomen ochraceous, arms and hands like forehead, grizzled, hairs
banded with black and white; tail grizzled russet and white, tuft
russet. Ex type British Museum.
Measurements. Total length, 1,322; tail, 572; foot, 188; ear, 59,
(Collector). Skull: total length, 180.4; occipito-nasal length, 147.9;
Hensel, 125.7; intertemporal width, 56.6; width of braincase, 80;
length of rostrum, 91.2; width of rostrum posteriorly, 46.6; zygomatic
width, 119.7 ; palatal length, 76.8; median length of nasals, 52.1 ; length
of upper molar series, 44.6; size of last upper molar crown, 10x8.5;
length of mandible, 136.1 ; length of lower molar series, 57 ; size of last
lower molar crown, 13.5 x 8.5. Ex type British Museum.
The type is a very fine specimen of an adult male. As shown by
the description it differs in every way from the Abyssinian Hamadryas
and also from the Arabian, as the affinities of the latter seem to be
altogether with the Abyssinian animal and not with the present species.
The light reddish mantle, and parti-colored rump of ochraceous buff
and silvery white, cause it to be very conspicuous when placed among
examples of the Hamadryas baboon. The type was procured by Mr. D.
Drake-Brockman after whom I had much pleasure in naming it. I
saw this apparently same species frequently in Durban, Somaliland,
and it was the only species of baboon inhabiting the country until the
valley of the Shebeyleh is reached. It lives among the rocks, and it is
seldom that an individual is found far from some rocky ledge to
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VOLUME II.
Papio sphinx.
VOLUME II
Papio SPHINX.
No. 5.5.23.10. Brit. Mus. Coll, % Nat. Size.
PLATE XIV,
PAPIO SPHINX.
No. 5.5.23.10. Brit. Mus. Coll. % Nat. Size.
VOLUME II.
PLATE 4.
Papio SPHINX
PAPIO
149
which they quickly flee on the slightest appearance of danger. They
run on all-fours with considerable speed and get over the roughest
places and overcome intervening obstacles with wonderful dexterity.
When a troop is discovered the members salute the intruder with
loud, hoarse barks, and the entire party are apparently thrown into a
state of great excitement. Some old male will seat himself upon a high
vantage point so as to overlook all below him, while expressing his
disapproval of the presence in his dominions of the foreigner, not of his
class, by angry barks and grunts. At the same time he keeps a sharp
eye upon the intruder’s movements and issues his orders to the rest
of the band, as to the imminence of danger, and the proper methods for
them to adopt in order to escape it. When it is evident that it is the
stranger’s intention to cultivate a close acquaintance with the rock-
dwellers, the order for flight is given, and the band cease their
offensive remarks and scamper away over the rocky heights, those of
them too young to keep up with the rest, clinging to the mother’s body
with arms and legs. The sentinel delays a moment after the rest have
started, and then, ejaculating one more swear- word, takes up the line
of flight making the best time he can, but stopping occasionally to
anathematize his pursuers. When one has made a slight mistake in his
calculations as to the distance a rifle bullet might be disagreeable and
gets hit, although his interest in all subsequent proceedings may have
vanished, the excitement of the rest is greatly increased, and, with
much threatening by voice and action, they advance towards the body
of their fallen companion, as if to dispute possession with the
slayer. No doubt these powerful animals with their great teeth and
body strength would be very formidable antagonists even to an armed
man if they attacked him in any numbers, but generally I believe their
actions do not pass beyond the threatening stage, their natural solicitude
for their own safety and that of their families, inducing them to think
better of aggressive warfare, and to attend strictly to the preservation
of their own skins. It is a fine large species, and the long manes that
cover their shoulders and backs, especially of the old males which are
very thick and heavy, give them rather a majestic appearance.
Subgenus Mormon.
Bony ridges on rostrum ; face highly colored.
Papio sphinx (Linnaeus) .
Simia sphinx Linn., Syst. Nat., I, 1758, p. 25; I, 1766, p. 35, (nec
Auct.) ; Thos., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1911, p. 126.
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Simla maimon Linn., Syst. Nat., I, 1766, p. 35, juv. ; Bodd., Elench.
Anim., 1784, p. 56; Gmel., Syst. Nat., I, 1788, p. 29; Fisch.,
Syst. Maram., 1829, p. 36.
Simla mormon Alstr., Acta Naem., 1766, p. 144, pi. Ill ; Gmel.,
Syst. Nat., I, 1788, p. 29.
Papio maimon Erxl., Syst. Reg. Anim., 1777, p. 17 ; Schleg., Mus.
Pays-Bas, Simiae, 1876, p. 130; Forbes, Handb. Primates, I,
1894, p. 258; Elliot, Cat. Mamm. Field Columb. Mus., F. C.
M. Pub., VIII, 1906, p. 563, fig. CXXXVI, Zool. Ser.
Papio mormon Erxl., Syst. Reg. Anim., 1777, p. 18; E. Geoff.,
Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, XIX, 1812, p. 104; Kuhl, Beitr.
Zool., 1820, p. 20; Pousarg., Ann. Scien. Nat. Paris, III, 7me
Ser., 1896, p. 240.
Simla suilla Kerr, Anim. Kingd., 1792, p. 59.
Cynocephalus mormon F. Cuv., Hist. Nat. Mamm., Livr. IV, 1807,
pi. ; 2nd ed., 1833, pp. 143, 146, pis. LII, LIII ; Desm., Mamm.,
1820, p. 70; Wagn., Schreb., Saugth. Suppl., I, 1840, p. 164,
tab. LII, LIII; V, 1855, p. 65; I. Geoff., Cat. Primates, 1851,
p. 35 ; Dahlb., Stud. Zool. Fam. Reg. Anim. Natur., fasc. I,
1856, pp. 131, 132, tab. VI, figs. 14, 16, 18, 20.
Mormon maimon Less., Spec. Mamm., 1840, p. Ill; Reichenb.,
Vollstand. Naturg. Affen, 1862, p. 158, figs. 398-400; Gray,
Cat. Monkeys, Lemurs and Fruit-eating Bats, Brit. Mus
1870, p. 36.
Papio sphinx Elliot, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., IV, 8th Ser., 1909 o
417.
MANDRILL .
Type locality. “Ceylon.”
Geogr. Distr. Senegambia to the Congo, West Africa.
Genl. Char. Head very large, out of proportion to the body;
rostrum long, with longitudinal swellings on each side of nasals ; under
jaw heavy ; eyes deep set, brows overhanging ; ears pointed ; tail very
short ; limbs short, powerful. Skull massive, braincase small, frontals
flat , mandible deep and powerful ; teeth large, canines enormous.
Color. Top of nose red, tip scarlet, ridges blue ; spot on forehead
black; patch above ear and extending around neck, yellowish white;
the hairs on upper part of body, legs and feet, ringed with ochraceous
and black, the black predominating on shoulders, arms, and back of
neck where it forms a band below the yellowish white on neck ; dorsal
line black; forehead, and at side of black patch, buff and black, buff
predominating ; hands black ; under parts yellowish white ; flanks and
VOLUME II. PLATE XVI.
Papio PLANIROSTRIS.
PAPIO
151
abdomen black; tail gray, tip black; legs banded with black and buff,
giving them a dark chestnut hue; callosities violet; genital and anal
regions scarlet, beard yellow.
Measurements. Skull: total length, 233; occipito-nasal length,
183; Hensel, 175; zygomatic width, 137.4; intertemporal width,
69.3; palatal length, 113.9; breadth of braincase, 80.5; median
length of nasals, 79.6; length of upper molar series, 51.5; length of
mandible, 157; length of lower molar series, 72.6; length of upper
canines, 44.2.
For nearly a hundred and fifty years this animal has been given
the wrong name by all writers. Linnaeus first called it Simla sphinx,
and then afterwards renamed a young Mandrill Simla maimon. In
my paper in the Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (1. c.) the
error into which all writers have fallen is corrected, and an explanation
given, which is not necessary to repeat here.
The Mandrill is a thick-set powerful creature, whose face and
buttocks are colored to an extravagant degree in blue and red, and
when the animal is excited these hues are intensified. The head is very
large in proportion to the body, and with the face painted, like that of
a circus clown, and the small eyes deep set beneath the overhanging
brows, it presents a bizarre and forbidding aspect. It is said to go in
companies and the adults are very savage, their great strength and for¬
midable canines, over an inch and a half long, making them dangerous
antagonists, before whom an unarmed person would have a small
chance of escaping with his life. They eat almost everything in the
shape of food that can be masticated, but insects and fruits are the
chief articles of their diet.
The females and young have the rostral ridges less prominent and
differ in hue, and the end of the nose which is scarlet and so con¬
spicuous in the males, is black.
Papio planirostris Elliot.
Papio planirostris Elliot, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., IV, 8th Ser., 1909,
p. 305.
Type locality. Fan, south eastern Cameroon, West Africa. Type
in Berlin Museum.
Genl. Char. Skull only received, no skin. Size large, facial region
much longer than braincase ; rostrum very broad ; ridges curved and
not widely separated at center, not rising above level of nasals; very
broad posteriorly ; lateral pits long, moderately deep ; entire width of
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orbits only slightly broader than widest part of rostrum; occipital
region beneath, pyramidal, not rounded posteriorly; no sagittal crest,
but ridges are continued from outer side of orbits, and meet on the
interparietal ; zygomatic arches not widely spread ; pterygoid fossa long
and narrow ; palatal arch rounded ; palate widest anteriorly ; tooth
rows straight; canines heavy, broad and rather short; molar teeth
larger than in P. sphinx.
This skull differs from that of the Mandrill in many particulars,
the rostral region is much longer and wider ; the central ridge is flatter,
being below the top of the lateral ones for their entire length; narial
opening broader and shorter; nasals broader anteriorly; central part
of orbital ridges not depressed, making the orbits rounder; braincase
broader and more rounded posteriorly and on a level with the orbital
ridge, and rising gradually to occiput which is considerably higher than
orbital ridge, while the braincase of P. sphinx curves downward to
the occiput which lies lower than the orbital ridge, and in the superior
outline of the braincase these skulls are totally unlike; bony palate
not so contracted posteriorly; basioccipital more abruptly descending
to pterygoid fossa; tooth rows much longer; occipital region much
more slanting than that of P. sphinx which is nearly perpendicular.
The second upper molar is much larger, and the second lower molar
smaller, than the corresponding teeth of the species compared. It will
be seen from the above that the skulls of the two species are quite
different in nearly all respects.
Measurements. Skull: total length, 228; occlpito-nasal length,
185; Hensel, 169; zygomatic width, 124.9; intertemporal width, 61-
iength of rostrum, 122; breadth of rostrum, 71.17; length of rostra!
ridges, 83; greatest width of orbits, 72; greatest width of braincase
79; median length of nasals, 89; palatal length, 107.3; length of upper
“-Si ength of upper molar series, 55.9; length of mandible,
lo/ , length of lower molar series, 78.
Fapio LEUCOPH2EUS (F. Cuvier) •
? Simla ( Papio ) cinereus Kerr, Anim. Kingd., 1792 p 62- Allen
Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., N. Y„ VII, i89S, piffi ’
“ Z0t*m. F'SUV-: Ann- Mus- Nat. Paris, IX, 1807,
p. 477 ; Fisch., Syn. Mamm., 1829 p 37
Cyn ocephalus leucophceus F. Cuv., Hist.' Nat. Mamm., Livr. IV
T /t T3n 2nd e<1‘’ 1833’ PP' 135’ 142> pls- XLVHI, XLIX’
L and LI; Desm, Mamm., 1820, p. 71 ; E. Geoff., Cours Hist’
PAP 10
153
Nat. Mamm., 1828, p. 31, 8me Legon ; Wagn., Schreb., Saugth.
. Suppl., I, 1840, p. 166; V, 1855, p. 65 ; I. Geoff., Cat. Primates,
1851, p. 35; Dahlb., Stud. Zool. Fam. Reg. Anim. Natur.,
fasc. I, 1856, pp. 131, 133.
Mormon drill Less., Spec. Mamm., 1840, p. 114.
Hamadryas choeropithecus Less., Spec. Mamm., 1840, p. 108.
Papio leucophcea Gray, List Spec. Mamm. Brit. Mus., 1843, p. 10.
Mormon {Drill) leucophceus Reichenb., Vollstand. Naturg. Affen,
1862, p. 162, pi. XXVII, figs. 401-403.
Choeropithecus leucophceus Gray, Cat. Monkeys, Lemurs and
Fruit-eating Bats, Brit. Mus., 1870, p. 35.
Papio leucophceus Schleg., Mus. Pays-Bas, Simile, 1876, p. 131;
Forbes, Handb. Primates, I, 1894, p. 260; Elliot, Cat. Mamm.
Field Columb. Mus., F. C. M. Pub., VIII, 1906, p. 564, fig.
LXXXVII, Zool. Ser.
Papio mundamensis Hilzheimer, Zool. Anz., April, 1906, Band
XXX, p. 109.
DRILL.
Type locality. Unknown. Type in Paris Museum.
Geogr. Distr. North Cameroon, Konje Farm near Mundame
(Hilzheimer) ; Victoria, (Strunck, Boscho, Adamelz), Berlin Museum.
Color. Face black, lower lip red; middle of head blackish brown;
sides of crown greenish brown, the hairs being gray at base and ringed
with brown and yellowish ; hairs on sides of head and chin pale yellow
tipped with brown, forming a sort of band from ear to throat ; shoul¬
ders, and upper back, dorsal line, rump at root of tail, brownish black,
the hairs being gray at base then ringed with black and yellow, and tips
black; limbs, outer and inner sides mixed black and buff, with the
hairs black ringed with buff and tipped with black, the arms showing
more buff than the legs ; middle of back and flanks pale brown ; hands
and feet mixed black and buff; under parts and inner side of limbs
grayish white ; tail brown at root, rest grayish white. Callosities red.
Skull in specimen. Ex type Paris Museum.
Measurements. Size almost equal to the Mandrill. Skull : total
length, 216; occipito-nasal length, 166; Hensel, 155; zygomatic width,
120 ; intertemporal width, 61 ; median length of nasals, 45 ; length of
upper molar series, 54; length of mandible, 159; length of lower molar
series, 73. Ex skull in British Museum.
Herr Hilzheimer (1. c.) has described a specimen from near
Mundame, North Cameroon, as distinct from P. leucoph.eus, mainly
on account of having no white beard. But P. leucophceus has the
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hairs on chin hardly of a length to be termed a beard, as my description
from the type, and Cuvier’s plate testify, and Cuvier in his description
in Hist. Mamm., says of the chin hairs, “forment une sorte de barbe,”
which is more beard like than an actual beard. Specimens in the Berlin
Museum from Victoria, near Mundame and also from Boscho, are not
separable from the true leucoph^us. Herr Hilzheimer’s example
may not have been fully adult, the chin hairs not appearing long
enough to be even beard like, and as he had no skull of leucoph^eus
to compare his specimen with, he could not show that it was different
in any way from that of Cuvier’s species, and the Berlin specimen
exhibits no distinctive characters. The hair on the chin and throat of
P. leu coph^eus, while not particularly short, can hardly be considered
as forming a beard.
Dr. J. A. Allen, (1. c.) has determined that Kerr’s Simia ( Papio )
cinerea is this species. Kerr gave the name to an animal described by
Pennant in his History of Quadrupeds, vol. I, p. 176, as follows :
“Cinereous B. with a dusky face; pale brown beard; body and limbs
of a cinereous brown ; crown mottled with yellow.”
Parts of this brief and unsatisfactory description may be applicable
to the Drill, and we cannot prove that Dr. Allen was in error in his
conclusion, neither can it be proved that he was undoubtedly correct,
and therefore in view of the fact that it must ever remain questionable
as to what species Kerr’s description, (which is mainly a repetition of
Pennant’s), refers, it seems unwise to displace Cuvier’s name, which
has been universally employed for over a century, and was bestowed
upon a species known and accepted by all Mammalogists, in favor of
one whose type is exceedingly doubtful, and which can never be proved
to be entitled to a specific recognition. The name leucoph^eus F.
Cuv., has therefore been retained for the present species.
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PLATE XVII.
Theropithecus obscurus.
THEROPITHECUS
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GENUS THEROPITHECUS. THE GELADAS.
T 2—2 „ 1—1 n 2—2 . , 3—3
I* 2 2$ 1 1) 2 2> M. g, g 32‘
THEROPITHECUS I. Geoff., Archiv. Mus. Hist. Nat., Paris, II,
1843, p. 576. Type Macacus gelada Ruppell.
Gelada Gray, List Spec. Mamm. Brit. Mus., 1843, pp. XVII, 9.
Chceropithecus Gray, Cat. Monkeys, Lemurs and Fruit-eating
Bats, Brit. Mus., 1870, pp. 5, 35.
Nostrils on side of nose, not terminal. Canine teeth very long;
lower molars quinquecuspidate. Body massive, size large ; head
crested; mane on shoulders present; tail long, tufted; whiskers long.
GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF THE SPECIES.
Two species only are known belonging to this genus, both inhabit¬
ing Abyssinia, one, T. gelada, from the southern portion, the other, T.
obscurus from the north eastern section, near the source of the
Takazza River.
KEY TO THE SPECIES.
A. Mane large covering shoulders ; tail tufted.
a. Legs iron gray . T. gelada.
b. Legs from knees to ankles pale yellowish brown. .T. obscurus.
THEROPITHECUS GELADA (Ruppell) .
Macacus gelada Rupp., Neue Wirbelth. Saugth., 1835, p. 5, pi. II;
Schleg., Mus. Pays-Bas, Simian, 1876, p. 107.
Papio gelada Less., Spec. Mamm., 1840, p. 103.
Theropithecus gelada I. Geoff., Archiv. Mus. Hist. Nat., Paris, II,
1843, p. 576; Id. Cat. Primates, 1851, p. 32; Dahlb., Stud.
Zool. Fam. Reg. Anim. Nat., fasc. I, 1856, p. 128, tab. VII,
figs. 13, 15, 17, 19; Reichenb., Vollstand. Naturg. Affen, 1862,
p. 163, figs. 396, 397; Forbes, Handb. Primates, I, 1894, p.
276.
Theropithecus niger I. Geoff., Archiv. Mus. Hist. Nat., Paris, II,
1843, p. 576.
Theropithecus senex Schimp. et Pucher., Rev. Mag. Zool., 1857,
p. 243; Reichenb., Vollstand. Naturg. Affen, 1862, p. 150.
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THEROPITHECUS
Gelada riippelli Gray, Cat. Monkeys, Lemurs and Fruit-eating Bats,
Brit. Mus., 1870, p. 33 ; Id. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1879, p.
451 ; Forbes, Handb. Primates, I, 1894, p. 276.
GELADA BABOON.
Type locality. Mountains of Heremat, Simen and Axum, at an
elevation of 7,000 to 8,000 feet, Abyssinia.
Geogr. Distr. Southern Abyssinia.
Genl. Char. Body powerful, sturdy; face nude; nose long,
depressed in middle; head crested; back and shoulders and loins
covered by a long mane; whiskers long, inclined backwards; chin,
patch on throat, and one on breast, separated by a line of hair, nude;
tail long, end tufted.
Color. Face black ; nude places on chest red ; mantle, back, flanks,
whiskers and arms sooty chocolate brown ; breast, shoulders, forearms,
hands, feet and tail black; chest and upper arms and legs iron gray;
callosities black.
Measurements. Total length about 1,525 ; tail to end of tuft, 800.
Skull: total length, 164; occipito-nasal length, 125; Hensel, 121; zygo¬
matic width, 110; interorbital width, 41; breadth of braincase, 72;
median length of nasals, 32 ; length of upper molar series, 48 ; length of
upper canines, 41; length of mandible, 118; length of lower molar
series, 60.
The type of T. senex Schimper and Pucheran, is in the Paris
Museum. It resembles T. gelada in most particulars but is of a pale
yellowish brown on sides of head, neck and hind limbs ; tail entirely
brownish gray with an immense tuft of the same color; middle of
crown, chocolate brown ; abdomen and belly ochraceous ; forearms,
hands and feet black; upper part of body and mantle blackish chocolate
brown grading into grayish white on borders of mantle ; upper edge
of thighs dark brown. The light colors exhibited may be partly due to
fading, but the specimen is considerably lighter on head and neck and
hind limbs than T. gelada, while the tail shows none of the black which
is the prevailing color on the tail of RiippeH’s species. But, however,
as the locality of the specimen is the same as that in which T. gelada
is found, and no second example agreeing with T. senex has been
procured since it was described, now half a century ago, it may safely
be considered that this type represents merely an individual variation
and not a distinct species. The skull is in the specimen.
. The Gelada is a very handsome species, and the long heavy mane
which covers the shoulders and upper part of the body, gives it a
majestic appearance. The bare spot on the chest is very brightly
VOLUME II.
PLATE 5.
Theropithecus GELADA
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THEROPITHECUS
15 7
colored and makes a conspicuous mark, as the movements of the
animal bring it into view.
Riippell, who first discovered this species in the mountains of
Abyssinia gives the following short account of its habits as observed
by him :
“The Abyssinian name of this Ape is Gelada, and he lives in large
families in regions covered with shrubs and rocks, keeping always on
the ground. The food consists of seeds, roots and tubers, and rarely
do they carry their depredations into cultivated fields. I observed
the Gelada in the mountainous districts of Heremat, Simen and
Axum, elevated regions 7,000 to 8,000 feet above the level of the sea.
They retire to caves and fissures of the rocks, and when captured they
make a loud noise resembling hoarse barks, but never defend them¬
selves against men as the Cynocephalus hamadryas are accustomed
to do.”
Evidently the habits of this species are very similar to those of
Papio hamadryas, and doubtless such a powerful animal, as the
Gelada undoubtedly is, would prove to be an equally formidable
antagonist, and Ruppell’s statement that they never defend themselves
against men, must refer to the young, as one cannot but believe that
the capture of an adult, especially of an old male, would be quite a
serious undertaking.
Theropithecus obscurtjs Heuglin.
Theropithecus obscurus Heugl., Act. Acad. Leop., XXX, 1863, p.
30; Id. Beitr. Zool. Afric., XXX, pp. 12, 13; Reichenb., Voll-
stand. Naturg. Affen, 1862, p. 200, not figured; Forbes,
Handb. Primates, I, 1894, p. 278; Elliot, Cat. Mamm. Field
Columb. Mus., F. C. M. Pub., VIII, 1906, p. 566, Zool. Ser.
Theropithecus nedjo Reichenb., Vollstand. Naturg. Affen, 1862, p.
204.
Macacus obscurus Schleg., Mus. Pays-Bas, Simise, 1876, p. 107.
DUSKY GELADA.
Type locality. Sources of the Takazza River, confines of the Galla
country, Abyssinia.
Geogr. Distr. Southern Abyssinia.
Genl. Char. Large mane covering forepart of body and sides ; tail
tufted.
Color. Male. A patch on each side of top of head and whiskers
yellowish ; forehead between eyes extending in narrow line across
crown, back of head and neck, upper part of body, mane, arms, hands
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and feet, black or brownish black; legs to ankles from. knees, inner
and outer sides pale yellowish brown ; front edge of thighs dark reddish
brown grading into pale yellowish on hinder parts; tail pale brown;
throat black ; chest and inner side of arms above elbows grayish white ;
bare spot on lower part of throat, and on chest as in T. gelada; rest of
under parts reddish brown.
Female. Generally reddish brown without any mane.
Measurements. Total length, 825 ; tail, 325. Skull : total length,
168; occipito-nasal length, 123; Hensel, 126; zygomatic width, 118;
intertemporal width, 44; median length of nasals, 33; length of upper
molar series, 49 ; length of mandible, 132 ; length of lower molar series
64.
Von Heuglin was the discoverer of this fine species, and gives,
(1. c.) the following account of it:
‘ This magnificent Ape lives in large troops in southern Abyssinia
in the Takessah-Suringland in the Provinces of Lasta, Wadla, Talanta,
Daund, Seint-Amara and Woro-Heimann, in the land of Jedju and
Wollo-Galla at an elevation of from 6,000 to 10,000 feet above the
level of the sea, mostly in rocky ravines. They are seldom seen in trees,
but usually on open places, or on steep inaccessible rocks, from which
they try to throw stones at their pursuers.
“They pass the night together in caves, and come forth at break of
day, and sit for hours in the morning sun for warmth, and then seek in
the low valleys, their food, which consists, apparently, almost
exclusively of leaves,, but perhaps they may visit fields where fruits
grow. Their dispositions appear to be quite harmless. The herd con¬
sists of 20 to 30 families and young, and is led usually by four or six old
males who march with solemn step while the young play about, or are
carried by the mothers, and are kept in order by pinching or boxing the
ear. If danger approaches, the discoverer utters a loud cry, and the
troop unites, and if necessary returns to the rocks. The old males
that go by themselves, are more afraid than the females, who standing
erect often yell at the pursuer, and show their white teeth When
on a predatory excursion, or in flight, which is not usually very rapid
they go mostly in a line, with an old individual in the rear. Rarely
do different herds unite, but at the approach of evening, each returns
to its regular quarters. The voice is shrill, that of the old males hoarse
One of the chief enemies of the ‘Tekur-Sindiere’ is the Kaffir-eagle, also
the Lamb Vulture (Golden Vulture) . In their viscera, especially in the
caecum, is found a kind of Echinorrhynchus in great numbers.”
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PLATE XVIII.
No. 22397 U. S. Nat.
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CYNOPITHECUS
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GENUS CYNOPITHECUS. BLACK APE.
CYNOPITHECUS I. Geoff., Resum. Leg. Mamm, 1835, p. 16. Type
Cynocephalus niger Desmarest.
Fur long, woolly; head with hairy crest. Face, neck, hands and
feet, naked ; nose triangular, flattened behind nearly to the eyes ; upper
lip broad ; broad partition between nostrils directed downward and
outward; cheek swellings distinct; supra-orbital ridges conspicuous;
cheek pouches large; tail rudimentary. Braincase considerably
elevated above orbital ridge ; zygomatic arch straight ; orbital ridge with
but slight overhang ; nasals tapering rapidly to a point posteriorly ,
facial angle with outward curve ; molar series small.
But little is known of the Black Ape of Celebes, and the material
contained in all the Museums, the specimens for the most part being
young animals, is not sufficient to permit a satisfactory decision as to
the number of species and their dispersion, to be reached. Herr
Matschie has recognized all the described forms and added to them five
more. His material, however, is totally inadequate for any satis¬
factory opinion to be arrived at, consisting as it does, mainly of the
young animals from Zoological Gardens, in some cases, without
localities or data of any kind whatever. It is impossible, therefore, at
present to recognize these ; and the writer is not at all confident that in
accepting four of the species described by various authors, he has
not exceeded the limit of the distinct forms, and that some may be
found merely exhibiting a phase of pelage arising from age or sex,
of longer known species. Two genera of Monkeys exist in Celebes,
and their young are strikingly alike, and from them it is quite
impossible to tell what species each one may eventually represent.
LITERATURE OF THE SPECIES.
1820. Desmarest, Mammalogie ou Description des Especes de Mam-
miferes.
Cynopithecus Niger first described as Cynocephalus niger.
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1829. Fischer, Synopsis Mammalium.
C. Niger described as Sitnia niger.
1847. C. J. Temminck, Coup-d’ ceil general sur les Possessions Neer-
landaises dans I’Inde Archipelagique.
Cynopithecus niger redescribed as Papio nigrescens.
1851. 7. Geoff roy St. Hilaire, Catalogue des Primates.
Two species are here given : C. Niger, and C. nigrescens = C.
NIGER.
1855.
1870.
1876.
1901.
Wagner, Schr eh er, Die Sdugthiere, in Abbildungen nach der
Natur mit Beschreibungen. Supplementband.
Two species only are here recorded, C. nicer, and C. nigrescens
— C. niger, in Cynocephalus, under Cynopithecus as a sub¬
genus, and a figure of the latter species given on plate VI.
/. E. Gray, Catalogue of Monkeys, Lemurs and Fruit-eating
Bats, in the Collection of the British Museum.
One species is given in this list, Cynopithecus niger; and C.
nigrescens Temm, is considered as a “browner or grayer”
variety.
Schlegel, Museum d’Histoire Naturelle des Pays-Bas. Simice.
In this work but one species of Cynopithecus is recognized,
C. niger Desmarest. The Author remarks upon the variation
in color of examples dwelling at different places in northern
Celebes, and in the Island of Batchian, .also on the different
shape of the callosities. He, however, regards these as merely
individual variations, and decides that the two forms, nicer
and nigrescens, the only ones known to him, represent but
one and the same species ; and in the more than thirty years
that have elapsed since his work appeared, sufficient additional
nowledge of these Apes has not been acquired to enable us to
prove that Schlegel was not quite correct in the decision he
gave.
P. Matschie, in Senckenbergische Naturforschende Gesell-
schaft.
0nutheAmammals of Halmahera, Batchian and
North Celebes, the Author reviews the species of the genus
Cynopithecus, but placed in Papio, and criticizes to some
extent, the papers of A. B. Meyer previously published on the
same animals. He first discusses, the relationship of Cyno¬
pithecus and Macacus, and allied genera, and the species
proper y e ongmg to each, and their geographical distribution
As our present investigation is mainly with the species of
CYNOPITHECUS
161
Cynopithecus, to follow him in this part of his paper would
take us too far afield, and we will consider his review only as it
relates to the black monkeys of Celebes. He recognizes the
following species : C. Niger Desm., C. nigrescens Temm. = C.
Niger, with a comparison of their skulls ; C. tonkeanus Meyer ;
P. inornatus Gray, = C. maurus (F. Cuv.), juv. ; C. ochreatus
Ogilby, and C. maurus (F. Cuv.). He describes as distinct
from these P. hecki, probably from Buol, in the northwestern
peninsula, the locality from which P. nigrescens Temm., was
described, and hecki is the same as that form ; P. tonsus from
an immature animal and no locality, which — C. tonkeanus
from the eastern or middle peninsula ; P. hypomelas no locality
given, but which he says is not quite adult and stands between
his tonsus and inornatus, and its skull is similar to that of the
last named, inornatus, and with that form also, both = C.
maurus (F. Cuv.) ; and lastly, P. brunescens from the south
easterly peninsula, and Island of Buton. The type of this
last named is a very young animal, too young to exhibit any
distinctive characters, and probably is the same as C.
ochreatus which inhabits the same peninsula. In order to
localize the species described, the various peninsulas have been
divided into northern, southern, eastern and western portions,
without any definite information that the forms indicated are
thus restricted.
GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF THE SPECIES.
It must be confessed that with only our present inadequate
knowledge of the species of the genera Cynopithecus and Magus,
their distribution in the Island of Celebes is mostly guesswork.
Matschie’s dispersal of the species he recognizes is, at least in part,
purely imaginary, and he has no positive information that any of the
species were restricted within the boundaries he gave them. We think
we know that certain species come from certain parts of the island, but
what may be their boundaries, or whether they have any at all, we have
no certain knowledge. The following is supposed to be the dispersion
of the species recognized in this work : In the northern peninsula from
Minahassa on the east to Tomini on the west, and down the west coast
to Balanipa, and also on the small mountainous Island of Menado-toua
off the northeastern extremity of Celebes, and the Island of Batchian,
C. Niger is found.
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CYN OPITHECU S
Cynopithecus Niger (Desmarest) .
Cynopithecus niger Desm., Mamm., 1820, p. 534; Quoy et Gaim.,
Voy. Astrolabe, I, 1830-33, p. 44, pi.; Wagn., Schreb.,
Saugth. Suppl., I, 1855, p. 61 ; Dahlb., Stud. Zool. Fam. Reg.
Anim. Natur., fasc. I, 1856, p. 122.
Inuus niger Wagn., Schreb., Saugth. Suppl., I, 1840, p. 147.
Cynopithecus niger I. Geoff., Belang., Voy., 1834, p. 66; Id.
Archiv. Mus. Hist. Nat., Paris, II, 1843, p. 574; Less., Spec.
Mamm, 1840, p. 101; Gray, Cat. Monkeys, Lemurs and
Fruit-eating Bats, Brit. Mus., 1870, p. 33 ; Forbes, Handb.
Primates, I, 1894, p. 281 ; Bedd., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1903,
p. 19, figs. 7, 8, (Brain).
Papio niger Temm., Possess. Neederl. Ind., Ill, 1847, p. 111.
Papio nigrescens Temm., Possess. Neederl. Ind., Ill, 1847, p. Ill,
juv. ; Matschie, Abhandl. Senck. Nat. Ges., 1901, p. 256, pi.
II; Meyer, Abhandl. Mus. Dresd., 1896, No. 6, p. 5; 1899,
No. 7, p. 4.
Cynopithecus nigrescens I. Geoff., Cat. Primates, 1851, p. 32;
Reichenb., Vollstand. Naturg. Affen, 1862, p. 164; Gray, Proc.
Zool. Soc. Lond., 1860, p. 4.
Papio (Inuus) niqer Matschie, Abhand. Senck. Nat. Gesc., 1901,
> 247, 248, fig.
Papio (Inuus) hecki Matschie, Abhand. Senck. Nat. Gesc., 1901,
pp. 248, 257, fig. juv.
Papio (Inuus) hypomelas Matschie, Abhand. Senck. Nat. Gesc.,
1901, pp. 261, 262, juv.
BLACK APE
Type locality. “One of the islands in the Indian Archipelago.”
Geogr. Distr. Northern peninsula of Island of Celebes, and down
western coast to Balanipa; Island of Batchian (Wallace) ; Island of
Menado-toua ( Schlegel) .
Genl. Char. Head tufted; adult black; young with more or less
of a uniform brown according to age ; tail rudimentary, maxillary pit
deep.
Color. Entire pelage jet black; face, hands and feet black.
Young. More or less of a uniform brown according to age, with
the limbs, hands, feet and top of head, black. The callosities seem to
change according to age, being small and divided when young, but
becoming large and almost united, especially in old males, with the bare
space greatly extended. The division of the callosities varies with
individuals, as Schlegel also testifies (1. c. p. 119), and cannot be
VOLUME II.
PLATE 6,
CYNOPITHECUS NIGER. SlMIA SYLVANUS.
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CYNO PITH ECUS
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regarded in any way as a specific character. A series of this species
in the Leyden Museum from Lembeh and Minahassa, show that the
young are brown on the back and shoulders varying in depth among
individuals ; belly, usually black.
There are four examples in the Leyden Museum which, according
to Schlegel, served as types for Temminck’s species. P. nigrescens,
three, Nos. 6, 8, and 9 from Gorontalo, and No. 7, from Toulabello.
Of these only No. 6 can be a type, as the others were only collected in
1864 by Rosenberg; and lastly No. 10, not mentioned by Schlegel as a
type. They are all immature, No. 9 being quite a baby, the other
three about three quarters grown. As is to be expected none of them
are black as the adult would be, but exhibit the brown coloring char¬
acteristic of young animals of C. Niger, with the limbs, hands, feet
and top of head black. I can perceive no characters to distinguish
these examples from those of C. niger of a similar age, and agree with
Schlegel, that they cannot be separated from that species.
Description of C. hecki:
Color. Head, neck and upper part of back, black, with a strong
reddish brown tinge, it might almost be called blackish brown; upper
parts and sides black ; arms blackish mars brown ; legs dark wood
brown; under parts and under side of limbs, reddish brown, (dark
mars brown), callosities very large, lying across the buttocks, in shape
of a parallelogram. Ex type Berlin Museum.
Measurements. Total length, 666. Skull : total length, 137 ;
occipito-nasal length, 118; Hensel, 95; zygomatic width, 91; inter¬
temporal width, 46 ; median length of nasals, 41 ; length of upper molar
series, 31; length of mandible, 94; length of lower molar series, 42.
Ex type in Berlin Museum of C. hecki. The skull is a true Cvnopithe-
cus but not so broad on the rostrum comparatively as that of C. Niger,
but it is more typical than many of the others.
The type is a young animal and there are indications on both arms
and legs of a change from brown to the black of the adult; thus, the
black on the thighs has extended from the hips nearly half way to the
knees ; and on the feet, and especially on the inner side of the leg, the
black is beginning to appear.
The description of C. hypomelas is as follows :
Color. Head crested, with upper part of back reddish brown
almost black ; back and outer side of limbs, black tinged with brown ;
side of head Prout’s brown ; under parts blackish brown ; inner side of
limbs reddish brown.
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CYNOPITHECUS
Measurements. Total length, 680. Skull: total length, 132;
occipito-nasal length, 109 ; Hensel, 91 ; intertemporal width, 48 ; zygo¬
matic width, 84; median length of nasals, 20; length of upper molar
series, 32; length of mandible, 92; length of lower molar series, 42.
Ex type Berlin Museum.
This is an animal more brownish than black, and with long narrow
callosities, and the hair on rump restricted to the center above the
button of a tail.
The skull of this form has a short face and the rostrum narrows
rapidly anteriorly not retaining the broad shape of typical Cynopithe-
cus, and is more like Pithecus.
The type was obtained from the Zoological Gardens, and was with¬
out locality, and giving the range as in the middle western portion of
Celebes is, as indicated by Herr Matschie, merely a supposition. The type
not being adult and without locality, should for the present be placed
with C. Niger as having more affinity with that species than any other.
All the material in the Berlin Museum has been examined.
Of C. hecki all the specimens, seven in number, were obtained
from the Zoological Gardens as stated by Herr Matschie in his paper.
Unfortunately they are without any authenticated locality, and most of
them are young, so, for scientific identification, they are practically
without value, as it is not known if the specimens all came from one
locality or from several, and it may be possible that some may have
been born in captivity. Herr Matschie places its habitat at the north
western part of Celebes, because a specimen which is considered to be
the same, was received by the Dresden Museum from this part of
Celebes. As nigrescens Temminck, now deemed inseparable from C.
niger, is found from Gorontalo to Tomini, and probably also on the
northern part of this section of Celebes as well as on the west coast
(C. hypomelas) , and there not being sufficient evidence in the available
material of so-called C. hecki , (the majority of specimens including the
type being very young), to separate it from C. nicer, it would seem
best to consider it the same as that species, leaving the question to be
definitely decided at some future period when ample materials with
authenticated localities may have been gathered. Of C. hypomelas
practically nothing is known as already stated. The shape of the
callosities either in one mass or divided in the center, varies with
individuals, and I am inclined to regard the different shapes as
dependent upon the age of the animal, or a variation of a particular
example. At present too little is known about it, for it to be accepted
as indicating a specific character.
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PLATE XIX.
Magus ochreatus.
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GENUS MAGUS. CELEBES MACAQUES.
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2 — 2 , 3—3
2 — 2 y • 3 3 32-
MAGUS Less., Man. Mamm., 1827, pp. 43, 44. Type Macacus maurus
F. Cuvier.
Gymnopyga Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1864, p. 518.
Head without crest ; face black ; tail rudimentary ; callosities pres¬
ent. Rostrum lengthened, narrower than Cynopithecus. Skull more
like that of Pithecus. Braincase broad, rounded, slightly elevated
above orbital ridges, zygomatic arch much curved ; orbital ridge over¬
hanging orbits ; nasals tapering very gradually to posterior end ; angle
of face not curving outward ; molar series large.
The Monkeys of Celebes without hairy crest resemble the
Macaques much more than they do the crested or black Ape of that
island, and some neighboring ones. They have short thick-set bodies,
with rudimentary tails, and judging from a living adult in the Zoologi¬
cal Gardens at Kyoto, Japan, they would appear to reach a large size.
Not much is known about them, and adult examples are very rare in
the Museums of the world.
LITERATURE OF THE SPECIES.
1823. F. Cuvier , Histoire Naturelle des Mammiferes,
Magus maurus first described.
1827. Lesson, Manuel de Mammalogie.
The genus Magus first instituted for Macacus maurus F. Cuv.
1829. Fischer, Synopsis Mammalium.
Magus maurus redescribed as Simia cuvieri.
1840. Ogilby, in Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.
Magus ochreatus first described as Macacus ochreatus.
1844. Schinz, Systematisches V erzeichniss aller bis jetzt bekannten
Saugethiere oder Synopsis Mammalium nach dem Cuvier’ schen
System.
Magus ochreatus redescribed as Macacus fusco-ater.
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MAGUS
1866. J. E. Gray, in Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.
Magus maurus redescribed from an immature individual, as
Macacus inornatus.
1897. A. B. Meyer, in Abhandlungen und Berichte Konigl. Zoolog-
ischen Anthropologisch-Ethnographischen Museums zu Dres¬
den.
In a paper on the “Saugethiere von Celebes und Philippinen
Archipel” three species are recorded, and placed in Cynopithe-
cus. C. maurus, C. niger and C. nigrescens, with remarks on
their distribution. Three plates are given with figures of ani¬
mals of different ages all as (C.) maurus, (here called Maca¬
cus maurus), and two of skulls of Macacus maurus (nec
Cuvier), and Cynopithecus niger. The figures on the plates
represent different species, although not so recognized by the
Author. No. 1 from Bantimurung, southwest Celebes, is
an immature animal in the brown pelage, such as was described
by Gray as Macacus inornatus, and Macacus maurus F. Cuvier,
(nec Meyer), also an immature animal; Nos. 2 from Buton
Island, and 3 from Wandari, southeastern Celebes, also imma¬
ture individuals = M. ochreatus; and Nos. 4 and 5, from
Tonkean, eastern Celebes, are Macacus maurus Meyer, (nec
Cuvier).
1899. A. B. Meyer, in Abhandlungen und Berichte Konigl. Zoolog-
ischen Anthropologisch-Ethnographischen Museums zu Dres¬
den.
In this paper the Author reviews the specimens in the Dresden
Museum, and comparing his Tonkean examples, called by him
in the previous paper, Macacus maurus, with an old male of
the true maurus from Pik von Bonthain in the extreme south
of the south western peninsula of Celebes, separates them as
Macacus tonkeanus — Magus tonkeanus. On plate I a figure
is given of Magus maurus, an old male from Pik von Bon¬
thain, and on plate II figures of its skull.
GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF THE SPECIES.
In the middle eastern peninsula of the Island of Celebes, M. ton¬
keanus occurs, and in the southeastern peninsula M. ochreatus is
met with, and also in the islands of Muna and Buton ; and in the south¬
western peninsula, and doubtfully in the Am Islands, M. maurus
ranges.
MAGUS
167
KEY TO THE SPECIES.
A. Head not crested.
a. Arms and legs white, streaked with black ;
hands and feet black . M. ochreatus.
b. Forearms and inner side of thighs to knees
gray; hands and feet gray . M. maurus.
c. Arms, inner side of thighs to below knees,
hands and feet black . M. tonkeanus.
Magus ochreatus (Ogilby).
Macacus ochreatus Ogilby, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1840, p. 56;
Sclat., Wolf’s Sketches, II, 1865, pi. I ; Id. Proc. Zool. Soc.
Lond., 1860, p. 420, pi. LXXXII; 1871, p. 223; Anders.,
Zool. Res. Exped. Yunnan, 1878, p. 81, (Part.) ; Murie, Proc.
Zool. Soc. Lond., 1872, p. 723.
Macacus fusco-ater Schinz, Syn. Mamm., I, 1844, p. 58.
Macacus maurus ochreatus Reich enb., Vollstand. Naturg. Affen,
1862, p. 142, fig. 408.
Macacus maurus (nec F. Cuvier), Meyer, Abhand. Mus. Dresd.,
1897, p. 1, pi. I, fig. 2, juv. <$, Bouton, fig. 3, ex Kandari,
Celebes.
Papio ( Inuus ) brunescens Matschie, Abhand. Senck. Nat. Gesc.,
1901, p. 257.
Type locality. Unknown.
Geogr. Distr. Southeastern peninsula of Celebes, and Islands of
Muna and Buton.
Genl. Char. Callosities round, bare spaces on scrotum large ; hairs
reaching the tail in a point.
Color. Top of head and upper parts, thighs and arms to elbows
black ; outer side of forearms and legs light gray ; under parts blackish
brown ; hands and feet black ; inner side of limbs yellowish gray.
Measurements. Total length, 337 ; tail, 27. Skull : total length,
125; occipito-nasal length, 104; Hensel, 80; intertemporal width, 42;
zygomatic width, 70 ; median length of nasals, 26 ; length of upper
molar series, 30; length of mandible, 13; length of lower molar series,
33. Ex specimen Berlin Museum.
A black animal with light gray legs.
A fine living individual of this species was in the Zoological Gar¬
dens at Kyoto, Japan, and may be described as follows: Face black;
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MAGUS
top of head gray, streaked with black; upper parts, shoulders, sides
of body and outer side of thighs black; whiskers white; arms and legs
white streaked with black ; hands and feet black ; under parts blackish ;
chest grayish white; ears black; buttocks hairy; callosities small, red.
This was a large animal for the species of this genus, powerfully
and compactly built, and in appearance was a grayish white monkey
with a black back. The head was round in shape, the muzzle rather
short, and the hair on the crown was thick, and short without any indi¬
cation of the crest. It was said to have come from Celebes, but no
particular locality on the island was given. It was evidently one of
the finest species of Magus.
One of the characters that seems to separate maurus F. Cuv.,
from ochreatus Ogilby, is the color of the hands and feet, these
being grayish in maurus and black in ochreatus, the voung of both
being more or less brown according to age. The material for the
study of the development of these animals is insufficient in all Mu¬
seums, and if all that are contained in collections were brought together,
it would not be enough to determine how many species there really are!
The specimens that have been named and described have, in the great
majority of cases, been young animals, some even without localities,
and m such cases it is impossible to say, with any degree of certainty
to what species they belong. Dr. Meyer did not appear to know m!
ochreatus, and the determination of his specimens seemed to depend
on whether- or not they were M. maurus. Cuvier’s type is not a
fully adult animal, but the color of its hands and feet would seem to
prove it was not M. maurus, but more probably the animal was in a
state of pelage characteristic of M. ochreatus.
Meyer, (l.c.) in his plate of M. maurus F. Cuv., figures two indi-
2andVhNh V°nSlder are (C,) 0CHREATUS Ogilby, and numbered
^ and 3. No. 2 is a young male from the island called Buton at
I’firTu0 !he southeastern peninsula of Celebes, the locality
which Matschie (1. c.) apportions to his C. brunescens. This No 2
L 1 amiS Td tWghS but n° jet black appear¬
ing on the pelage anywhere, saving outside of the rostrum No
3 is a young female from Kandari, on the eastern part of the south-
?!eb£S !T ^ MatSChiC t0M.OCHREA-
Nn'nh v d f mS he three molars stiU undeveloped, as in
of 'the adult Mneor 7 ^ ^ Z^ ^ ^ IegS and throat
oi the adult M. ochreatus. Matschie’s brunescens, the type is a
. ’ t00 y°anS t0 have any reliable specific characters
es a fished by it, but as we know that the young of M. ochreatus are
M A GUS
169
brown it is most probable that this individual belongs to that species,
which thus ranges over the southeastern peninsula of Celebes and its
outlying islands. My description taken from the type of brunescens
is as follows : “Head and upper parts, arms to elbows and thighs
dark brown tinged with umber ; under parts and inner side of limbs
yellowish white ; forearms, legs, hands and feet wood brown.” Total
length, 544; tail, 44, (skin).
In the Collection of the New York Museum, are five specimens of
this species : one adult male, three adult females, and one young female,
all obtained by Mr. Roy C. Andrews on Buton Island, off the south¬
eastern coast of Celebes.
Magus maurus (F. Cuvier).
Macacus maurus F. Cuv., Hist. Nat. Mamm., 1823, pi. XLV; 2nd
ed., 1833, p. 109, pi. XXXIX; Wagn., Schreb., Saugth.
SuppL, I, 1840, p. 146, (footnote) ; I. Geoff., Cat. Primates,
1851, p. 31, (footnote) ; Sclat., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1860,
p. 420; 1871, p. 222; Reichenb., Vollstand. Naturg. Affen,
1862, p. 142, figs. 368-370; Gray, Cat. Monkeys, Lemurs and
Fruit-eating Bats, Brit. Mus., 1870, p. 32, (note) ; Murie,
Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1872, p. 722; Anders., Zool. Res.
Exped. Yunnan, Mamm., 1878, p. 80; Meyer, Abhand. Mus.
Dresd., 1898, No. 7, p. 2, pis. I, II.
Magus maurus Less., Man. Mamm., 1827, p. 44, juv.
Simla cuvieri Fisch., Syn. Mamm., 1829, p. 30.
Macacus inornatus Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1866, p. 202,
pi. XIX, juv. ; Matschie, Abhand. Senck. Nat. Gesc., No. 7,
1901, p. 262, pi. II.
Type locality. Celebes.
Geogr. Distr. Southwestern peninsula of the Island of Celebes;
Aru Islands.
Genl. Char. Head without crest ; inner side of thighs grayish
white.
Color. Top of head, upper parts, shoulders and outer side of arms
to near wrists, legs to ankles, outer sides of thighs, and under parts of
body brownish black, with many white hairs intermingled ; sides of
head yellowish brown ; throat, chest, inner side of arms, buttocks and
inner side of thighs, hands and feet grayish white ; tail brownish black
above, black beneath.
Measurements. “Lip to anus, (all curves measured), 720; foot,
165. Skull: total length, 143; breadth of forehead, 71.5; breadth be-
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MAGUS
tween canines, alveolar border, 35.6 ; least breadth of Pterion, 44.4 ;
greatest breadth of Pterion, 55.” (Meyer).
The type of M. inornatus Gray, is an immature animal with a
uniform brown color on upper parts and flanks. As it has no par¬
ticular locality it may possibly be the young of either of the three
species of Magus, as these resemble each other so closely when im¬
mature as to present no indication as to which species they belong.
Dr. Sclater once purchased two young, supposedly of M. maurus.
One developed into that species, the other into M. ochreatus.
The Macacus maurus F. Cuvier, (1. c.) with its entire dark brown
pelage and black face would seem to be an individual in immature
pelage, for the young of the species of either Magus or Cynopithecus
do not resemble the adults, but are generally of a brown color and take
on the other hues such as black, gray, etc., as they progress towards
maturity. Thus Meyer (1. c.) figures a young female from Bantimu-
rung, in south western Celebes, No. 1, an individual, as he states, with
“three molars still undeveloped,” as altogether in the brown pelage.
This example is like the M. inornatus Gray, (1. c.) and both would be
the same as M. maurus, which is supposed to come from that part of
Celebes, if M. inornatus really comes from the same part of the island.
Magus tonkeanus (Meyer).
Macacus maurus (nec F. Cuv.), Meyer, Abhand. Berich. Mus.
Dresd., 1897, p. 1, pi. I, figs. 4, juv. $ 5, 5 ad.
Macacus tonkeanus Meyer, Abhand. Berich. Mus. Dresd., 1899,
No. 7, p. 3; Matschie, Abhand. Senck. Nat. Ges., 1901, p. 258.
Papio ( Inuus ) tonkeanus Matschie, Abhand. Senck. Nat. Ges.,
1901, p. 259.
Papio {Inuus) tonsus Matschie, Abhand. Senck. Nat. Ges , 1901
p. 261.
TONKEAN BLACK BABOON.
Type locality. Tonkean, Island of Celebes. Type in Dresden
Museum.
Geogr. Distr. Middle eastern peninsula of Celebes.
Color. Adult Male. Crown, body, outer side of legs, hands, feet
to above ankles, black ; hind parts, and inner side of thighs to knees
brownish white, (bright brown Meyer) ; sides of head and throat,
bistre , inner sides of legs to ankles brownish black ; tail above, black ;
callosities pinkish. Ex type Dresden Museum.
Measurements. Skull : total length, 142.3 ; occipito-nasal length,
123.1; zygomatic width, 100; intertemporal width, 50.2; Hensel, 90;
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width of canines, alveolar border, 37.9; length of upper molar series,
36.3 ; length of mandible, 97 ; length of lower molar series, 47.3 ; length
of upper canines, 29.8. Ex type Dresden Museum.
The type of this species is the one also figured by Meyer as Maca-
cus maurus in the Abhandl. Berich. Konigl. Zool. Anthol.-Ethnol. Mus.
Dresden, 1897, p. 1, pi. I, adult. It is a full grown animal but whether
it has assumed the pelage of the adult cannot be determined. Meyer
decided afterwards it was not maurus, but a new species and renamed
it tonkeanus. It is without doubt the same as Papio ( Inuus ) tonsus
Matschie, which is a much younger animal, and has not yet begun to
show any white on the hinder parts.
The skull is that of a fully adult, but not an old animal, rather
of one in its prime. It is the only adult specimen from this part of
Celebes I have seen. Until we know more about the changes in color
the pelage undergoes from youth to maturity, there is no alternative
but to leave it under the name given by Dr. Meyer. It may only be
a phase of pelage of M. ochreatus, and eventually these two may
prove to be the same species.
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SI MI A
GENUS SIMIA. THE BARBARY APE.
SIMIA Linn., Syst. Nat., 1, 1758, p. 25. Type Simla sylvanus Linnaeus.
Inuus E. Geoff., Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, XIX, 1812, p. 100.
Sylvanus Oken, Lehrb. Naturg., 3ter Theil, Zool., 2te Abth., 1816,
p. 1223, (nec Latreille, 1807, Coleopt.).
Sylvanus Virey, Nouv. Diet. Hist. Nat., 2nd ed., XXXI, 1819,
p. 275.
Pithes (?) Burnett, Quart. Journ. Scien. Lit. and Art, XXVI,
1828, p. 307.
Head oblong ; face elongate, hairy ; hair on head short ; tail absent
externally.
The genus Simia until a few years ago, has, since the time of
Linnaeus its proposer, been associated with the Ourang, and this too. in
spite of the fact that Linnaeus’ Simia satyrus of the 10th edition of his
Systema Naturae, was a Chimpanzee, and not an Ourang. This was at
length discovered by the Hon. Walter Rothschild, and published in a
paper on the great Apes in the Proceedings of the Zoological Society
of London in 1904.
But the Author of this paper in his selection of the type of Simia
committed the error of choosing the S. satyrus Linn., instead of the
next species, N. sylvanus the Barbary Ape, and this fact has been
pointed out by Mr. Thomas in his paper on Linnaean types published in
the same Journal for 1911.
The case is as follows : In many instances Linnaeus when choos-
ing a generic name selected for his term a specific name employed by
some earlier writer, and this species, if determinable, would, in the
majority of cases, become the type of the genus. Regarding this fact
there would seem to be little or no divergence of opinion among
Zoologists. Linnaeus in the present instance selected Simia, (which
he made to include all Primates), from the “de Simia” of Gesner
(Med. Tigur. Hist. Animal, 1551-58), which is the Barbary Ape, and
t is is the proper type for Simia, thus transferring the term from the
great Apes to one similar to the Macaques. This procedure may be
regretted by Mammalogists generally, for Simia has always been con-
.
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nected with some group of the great Apes, but the reasons advanced
for doing this were faulty, and an error was committed, and no matter
how familiar this act may have become to Authors and others generally,
yet it was still an error, and therefore something necessary to change
and correct. No error can ever become the truth simply by toleration,
and should never be continued when discovered for any reason, and
particularly not for the totally insufficient one that a change would
inconvenience the memories of some writers. It is to be hoped that
Simla, has at length found its true resting place for all time. Mr.
Thomas in the same communication, p. 125, advocates that the
Macaques should be included in Simia but in this view I cannot agree
with him. If the Barbary Ape belongs to a distinct genus, it would
naturally be on account of certain attributes possessed by it. Some of
these are, the absence of a tail, the peculiar shape of the head, the
oblong face, etc., none of which is to be found in any Macaque. The
Barbary Ape alone represents the genus Simia, and the Macaques are
only properly placed in the genus Pithecus which antedates Macaca
(sic), and all other genera proposed for them, and leaves no reason
whatever for the employment of any other term.
Simia sylvanus Linnasus.
Simia sylvanus Linn., Syst. Nat., I, 1758, p. 25; Schreb., Saugth.,
I, 1755, p. 68, tab. IV ; Gmel., Syst. Nat., I, 1788, p. 27 ; Shaw,
Genl. Zool., I, Pt. I, 1800, p. 14, pi. VIII; Cuv., Reg. Anim.,
1829, p. 96; Thos., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1911, pp. 121-125.
Simia inuus Linn., Syst. Nat., I, 1766, p. 35; Erxl., Syst. Reg.
Anim., 1777, p. 13 ; Bodd., Elench. Anim., 1784, p. 55 ; Gmel.,
Syst. Natur., I, 1788, p. 28; Shaw, Genl. Zool., I, 1800, p. 13,
pi. VII ; Fisch., Syn. Mamm., 1829, p. 31.
Cynocephalus inuus Latr., Hist. Nat. Buffon, (Sonnini ed.),
XXXVI, 1809, p. 293.
Inuus ecaudatus E. Geoff., Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, XIX,
1812, p. 100; Kuhl, Beitr. Zool., 1820, p. 15; Wagn., Schreb.,
Saugth. Suppl., V, 1855, p. 59 ; Gray, Cat. Monkeys, Lemurs
and Fruit-eating Bats, Brit. Mus., 1870, p. 32.
Le Magot F. Cuv., Hist. Nat. Mamm., Livr. lime, 1819, p. 114,
pi. XLI.
Macacus inuus Desm., Mamm., 1820, p. 67 ; E. Geoff., Cours Hist.
Nat. Mamm., 1828, p. 23, 8me Legon; E. Geoff., Belang.,
Voy., 1834, p. 62 ; Forbes, Handb. Primates, II, 1894, p. 4.
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Inuus pithecus Less., Spec. Mamm., 1840, p. 99; I. Geoff., Cat.
Primates, 1851, p. 31.
Macacus sylvanus Schleg., Mus. Pays-Bas, Simiae, 1876, p. 115.
Pithecus inuus Reichenb., Vollstand. Naturg. Affen, 1862, pi.
XXVIII, p. 143, fig. 409.
BARB ARY APE.
Type locality. Africa.
Geogr. Distr. Morocco and Algeria, North Africa. Introduced
on the Rock of Gibraltar in Europe.
Color. Top of head ochraceous, grading on back of neck between
shoulders into buff yellow, the hairs tipped with black which in some
places forms streaks ; rest of upper parts streaked black and straw yel¬
low ; sides of head grayish white, with an irregular black line from eye
to ear, caused by the tips of the hairs being massed together ; shoulders
like upper back, black and yellow ; sides of body and limbs gray, some
yellow mixed with the gray on the upper arms ; hands blackish brown ;
feet grayish brown ; tail rudimentary, ears and face flesh color.
Measurements. Skull: total length, 142.9; occipito-nasal length,
114.1; Hensel, 101.3; intertemporal width, 48.6; width of braincase,
69.3 ; median length of nasals, 18.9 ; palatal length, 58.7 ; length of upper
molar series, 37.7 ; length of mandible, 103.1 ; length of lower molar
series, 49.1. Ex specimen British Museum.
Linnaeus in the Systema Naturae, 10th edition, 1758, p. 25, named
a monkey, which he stated came from Africa and Ceylon, Simia syl¬
vanus, giving as the diagnosis of the species the following characters :
“S. ecaudata, clunibus tuberoso-callosis,” and for his first reference,
Gesn. quad. 847. There is only one Macaque that can properly be said
to be tailless, the Magot of the French writers from Morocco and
Algeria in North Africa, and introduced on the Rock of Gibraltar.
There are several species that have very short tails, but none of them
could properly be described as “ecaudata.” In Gesner’s work, His-
TORIA Animalium, on the page cited by Linnaeus, is a figure of a Ma¬
caque without a tail, and as far as an uncolored drawing could, it
answers sufficiently well for the Barbary Ape. Of course it is not found
in Ceylon, but lapses in geography were not uncommon in the eighteenth
century, as indeed they have not been in much later times, and the old
Authors may not be held strictly accountable for the places and coun¬
tries they give as the habitats of their species. Linnaeus had no per¬
sonal knowledge of this Macaque, and so we find that he describes it
anew in his twelfth edition as Simia inuus, by which later name it has
generally been called, retaining at the same time his previous one of
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sylvanus, he doubtless supposing there were two tailless monkeys in
Africa, as he does not cite ‘Ceylon’ for his inuus. In fact he dis¬
tinguishes them from each other by giving sylvanus a “capite sub-
rotundo,” and inuus “capite oblongo,” altogether too fine a distinction
to apply to so closely allied tailless monkeys. As there seems to be
no reason for doubting that Simia sylvanus was the North African
Macaque, the long accepted name for the species, inuus, will have to
give place to the prior claim of sylvanus and become its synonym.
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GENUS PITHECUS. MACAQUES.
T 2—2 ^ D z— z n <r 3~ 3
1. 2 — 2 i 1— 1J 2— 2> Al. 3—3 — 32-
PITHECUS E. Geoff., Mag. Encyclop., Ill, 1795, p. 462. Type
*Simia sinica Linnaeus.
Macaco (sic), Laceped., Tabl. Mamm., 1799, p. 4.
Silenus Goldf., Handb. Zool., II, 1820, p. 479.
Maimon Wagn., Schreb., Saugth. Suppl., I, 1840, pp. 141, 148.
Rhesus Less., Rev. Zool., 1840, pp. 49, 95.
Pithex Hodg., Journ. Asiat. Soc. Beng., IX, 1840, pi. II, p. 1212.
Salamacis Glog., Handb. u. Hilfsb. Naturg., 1841, pp. XXVII, 35.
Lyssodes Gistel, Naturg. Theirreichs f . hohere Schulen, 1848, p. IX.
Cynamolgos Reichenb., Vollstand. Naturg. Affen, 1862, p. 130, pi
XXIII, figs. 237, 344.
V etulus Reichenb., Vollstand. Naturg. Affen, 1862, pp. 125-130, pi.
XXII, figs. 321, 326 d, (nec Rafin., Pisces, 1815).
Zati Reichenb., Vollstand. Naturg. Affen, 1862, pp. 130, 133 pi
XXIII, figs. 327, 331.
Body, heavy, compact; limbs short, stout; thumb pointing back¬
ward; nose long not extending beyond upper lip; nostrils opening
downwards, and not placed at extreme end of nose ; eyes approximate,
surmounted by heavy bony ridges, ears naked, pointed; callosities large,’
buttocks nude; tail of various lengths, and tufted. Hair of head
sometimes long or mane-like about face and extending downward on
neck to shoulders; cheek pouches present. Skull has a small brain-
case, and prominent orbital ridges ; canines long and formidable ; first
and second lower molars with four cusps ; the last molar which is the
largest, with five cusps and posterior talon.
LITERATURE OF THE SPECIES AND SUBSPECIES.
1758. Linnaeus , Sy sterna Naturce.
Under the genus Simla the following species of Pithecus are
given: (X.) sinica first described; (S.) sylvanus first
1—1
2—2
The first four species given are A veter, S. silenus , S. faunus and S’
P?r T-C- Lmn*an and undeterminable except the last which is a
Papio and _ Stmia hamadryas Linn., leaving .S\ sinica Linn., the fifth and
last species, as the type of Pithecus.
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described; and (S'.) cynomolgos = Papio hamadryas (Linn.) ;
(S.) apedia, (S.) faunus, (S.) silenus and (5.) syrichta are
undeterminable.
1766. Linnceus, Systema Nature e.
Under Simla are the following species of Pithecus: (S'.)
nemestrinus first described; (S'.) sylvanus; (S'.) inuus =
(S'.) sylvanus; and (S.) cynomolgos = Papio hamadryas.
(S'.) veter, (S.) silenus, (S.) apedia, (S'.) syrichta and (S'.)
faunus, all undeterminable.
1775. Schreber, Die Sdugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit
Beschreibungen.
In this work, also under Simia, the Author repeats the species
given mostly by Linnaeus, belonging to Pithecus: (S'.) inuus =
(S'.) sylvanus; (S'.) nemestrinus; (S'.) silenus (nec Linn.),
— P. albibarbatus (Kerr); (S'.) sylvanus; (S'.) sinicus
(nec Linn.), = P. pileatus; (S'.) cynomolgos Linn., = Papio
hamadryas; (S'.) veter and (S'.) faunus undeterminable.
1777. Erxleben, Systema Regni Animalis.
The Macaques are placed by this Author in genera distinct from
Pithecus. Papio containing (P.) nemestrinus; and P.
apedia undeterminable. Cercopithecus, (Lasiopyga), has ( C .)
sinicus, being a mixture of sinicus Linn., and (C.) cyno¬
molgos (Linn.), = Papio hamadryas (Linn.) ; and P.
pileatus (Shaw). The undeterminable species are (C.) veter,
( C .) vetulus, (C.) silenus and (C.) faunus.
1788. Gmelin, Systema Natures.
The list given by this Author is a mere repetition of that of
Linnaeus, 1766 edition.
1792. Kerr, Animal Kingdom.
The Simia silenus Auct., nec Linnaeus, was named Simia (Cer¬
copithecus) veter albibarbatus, and Simia (Cercopithecus)
silenus albibarbatus ; and Pithecus pileatus, named Simia
(Cercopithecus) sinicus pileatus for the first time.
1793. Shaw, Museum Leverianum.
Pithecus albibarbatus (Kerr), described as Simia ferox,
the Ouanderou of Buffon.
1800. Shaw, General Zoology or Systematic Natural History.
Pithecus albibarbatus (Kerr), described as Simia leonina.
1809. Latreille, in Sonnini’s edition of Buffon’s Histoire Naturelle.
Singes.
Pithecus sinicus renamed Cynocephalus sinensis ( !) The
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other species given under Cynocephalus are: (C.) nemes¬
trinus; ( C .) rhesus; ( C .) inuus = S. sylvanus; and P.
cynomolgos (nec Linn.), = P. irus.
1812. E. Geoffroy St. Hilaire, in Annales du Museum d’Histoire
Naturelle , Paris.
Ten species are here recorded in the genera Cercopithecus,
(Lasiopyga), Cercocebus, Inuus and Papio, six of which are
valid. In Cercopithecus, (Lasiopyga), is (C.) pileatus; and
in Cercocebus, are: (C.) sinicus (nec Linn.), = P. pileatus
(Kerr) ; (C.) radiatus = P. sinicus (Linn.) ; C. cynomolgos
= Papio hamadryas (Linn.) ; C. atys is undeterminable.
Inuus has (/.) ecaudatus = S. sylvanus (Linn.) ; (/.)
rhesus; and (/.) nemestrinus. Papio has P. silenus (Linn.),
undeterminable.
1818. F. Cuvier, Histoire Naturelle des Mammiferes.
Pithecus cynomolgos Auct., renamed Macacus irus.
1819. F. Cuvier, Histoire Naturelle des Mammiferes.
Pithecus rhesus called Macacus erythrceus.
1820. Kuhl, Beitrdge zur Zoologie.
The following species of Pithecus are recorded in this work
in the genus Cercopithecus, (Lasiopyga) : (C.) pileatus; (C.)
sinicus; (C.) radiatus = P. sinicus; (C.) cynomolgos (nec
Linn.), = P. irus. Inuus contains (/.) inuus = S. sylvanus
Linn.; P. rhesus; and P. nemestrinus. Papio has P.
silenus (nec Linn.), = P. albibarbatus (Kerr).
1820. Desmarest, Mammalogie ou Description des Especes de Mam¬
miferes.
The list of Macaques in this work does not vary from those
previously given. The valid species of Pithecus, included in
the genus Macacus are: (M.) silenus (nec Linn.), = P. albi¬
barbatus (Kerr) ; ( M .) sinicus (nec Linn.), = P. pileatus
(Kerr); (M.) rhesus; (M.) nemestrinus; ( M .) inuus —
S. sylvanus Linn. ; Macacus radiatus = P. sinicus ; and M.
cynomolgos (nec Linn.), = P. irus. In Cercopithecus,
(Lasiopyga), is (C.) pileatus (Kerr).
1822. Sir S. Raffles, in Transactions of the Linncean Society of
London.
Pithecus fascicularis first described as Simia fascicular is /
and Pithecus nemestrinus renamed Simia carpolegus.
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1825. F. Cuvier , Histoire Naturelle des Mammiferes.
Pithecus irus is renamed Macacus carbonarius ; and a
Macaque named from Duvaucel’s drawing Macacus speciosus.
1829. Fischer, Synopsis Mammalium.
The following species of Macaques are given in this work under
the genus Simia: (S.) pileata; (S'.) sinica; (5\) silenus =
P. albibarbatus (Kerr); (S.) rhesus; (5'.) nemestrinus;
(S.) inuus = (S.) sylvanus; (6'.) cynomolgos (nec Linn.),
— P. IRUS F. Cuv. ; (S.) atys Linn., (S.) veter Linn., and (.S’.)
silenus Linn., are undeterminable. (6'.) carbonaria F. Cuv., =
P. irus; (5.) radiata Geoff., = S’, sinicus Linn.; and (S.)
SPECIOSA Cuv.
1829. G. Cuvier, Regne Animal.
Under Simia the following Macaques are recorded: (.S'.)
sinicus; (.S'.) radiata — P. sinicus; (S’.) cynomolgos (nec
Linn.), = P. irus (F. Cuv.).
1833. I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, in Magasin de Zoologie.
Pithecus speciosus (F. Cuv.), redescribed as Macacus
arctoides.
1834. I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, in Belanger, Voyage aux Indes-
Orientales.
The following Macaques are in this work placed in the genus
Macacus: Les Cerocebes ou Macaques a queue longue. ( M .)
radiatus — Pithecus sinicus; (M.) sinicus; (M.) cyno¬
molgos (nec Linn.), = P. irus (Cuv.); (M.) aureus = P.
irus; ( M .) silenus (nec Linn.), = P. albibarbatus (Kerr);
(M.) erythrceus = P. rhesus; (M.) nemestrinus; (M.)
arctoides = P. speciosus (Cuv.) ; (M.) inuus = (S.) syl¬
vanus Linn.; (M.) carbonarius = P. irus; (M.) speciosus F.
Cuv.; and M. libidinosus I. Geoff., = P. speciosus (F. Cuv.).
1839. McClelland, in Proceedings of the Zoological Society of Lon¬
don.
Pithecus assamensis first described as Macacus assamensis.
1839. Ogilby, in Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.
Pithecus speciosus redescribed as Macacus ( Pithex ) oinops.
1840. Wagner, Schreber, Die Sdugthiere in Abbildungen nach der
Natur mit Beschreibungen. Supplementband.
The species of Pithecus are, in this work, placed in the genus
Inuus as follows: (I.) cynomolgos (nec Linn.), = P. irus;
(I.) aureus I. Geoff., = P. irus; (/.) sinicus (nec Linn.), =
P. pileatus; (7.) radiatus = P. sinicus; (7.) silenus (nec
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Linn.), = P. albibarbatus ; (7.) erythrceus = P. rhesus; (7.)
nemestrinus; (7.) arctoides = P. speciosus (F. Cuv.) ; and
(/.) speciosus. The last species I. niger is a Cynopithecus.
1840. R. P. Lesson, Species des Mammiferes Bimanes et Quadru-
manes.
The members of the genus Pithecus are here included in
Macacus with four subgenera, 1. Cercocebus with ( M .) radi-
atus = P. irus; ( M .) carbonarius = P. irus; 2. Ouanderou
has ( M .) silenus (nec Linn.), = P. albibarbatus; 3. Maimon
contains (M.) rhesus; (M.) nemestrinus; (M.) libidinosus
= P. speciosus (Cuv.) ; and (Jkf.) maurus, probably belonging
to the genus Magus; 4. Inuus with I. pithecus = Simia syl-
vanus Linn.
1840. Hodgson, in Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.
Pithecus assamensis redescribed as Macacus ( Pithex ) pelops.
1841. I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, in Archives du Museum d’Histoire
Naturelle, Paris.
P. philippinensis from the Island of Luzon first described
from an albino individual.
1847. Temminck, in Fauna Japonica, Mammalia.
Pithecus speciosus (nec F. Cuv.), from Japan, described as
Inuus speciosus; and the name being preoccupied by Macacus
speciosus F. Cuvier, Blyth afterwards proposed the name
fuscatus for the Japanese species.
1851. 7. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, Catalogue des Primates.
In this Catalogue the Macaques are placed in the genera
Macacus and Inuus, and ten species are recorded in the first, and
one in the latter. Those under Macacus are: (M.) sinicus;
(il7.) pileatus; (M.) aureus = P. irus; (M.) cynomolgos
(nec Linn.), = P. irus; (M.) philippinensis described from
an albino individual; (M.) silenus (nec Linn.), = P. albi¬
barbatus (Kerr); ( M .) erythrceus — P. rhesus; ( M .)
nemestrinus; (M.) speciosus F. Cuv.; and M. arctoides =
P . speciosus F. Cuv. The single species of Inuus is (7.)
pithecus = Simia sylvanus Linn. Among the ‘Additions,’
Pithecus philippinensis is redescribed as Macacus palpe-
brosus, ex Manila, from a fully colored individual.
1855. W agner, Schreber, Die Sdugthiere Abbildungen nach der Natur
mit Beschreibungen. Supplementband.
As in the volume of 1840, the Macaques are here placed in the
genera Inuus and Cynocephalus. The species are (7.)
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cynomolgos (nec Linn.), — Pithecus irus (F. Cuv.) ; and
with B. Macacus carbonarius F. Cuv., var. ; and M. aureus I.
Geoff., both equal P. irus (F. Cuv.) ; (I.) palpebrosus = P.
philippinensis ; and var. B. Macacus philippinensis ; (/.)
pileatus; (/.) sinicus; (/.) erythrceus = P. rhesus; (/.)
pelops = P. assamensis; (/.) nemestrinus; (/.) arctoides —
P. speciosus (Cuv.,) ; (/.) speciosus (F. Cuv.) ; (/.) ecaudatus
— S. sylvanus; (/.) fusco-ater = Magus ochreatus; and
Cynocephalus silenus (nec Linn.), = Pithecus albibarbatus
(Kerr).
1862. Reichenbach, Die V ollstdndigste Naturgeschichte der Affen.
The Macaques are divided into various genera and subgenera,
and considerable confusion is created by the introduction of
species of totally different genera. Thus Pithecus has a sub¬
genus A. Vetulus with the following species, P. silenus (nec
Linn.), = P. albibarbatus (Kerr) ; and the four following all
of which belong to Pygathrix : nestor = P. cephaloloptera ;
ursinus = P. johni ; P. priam ; and thersites = P. priam.
B. Cynamolgos, with subgenus Zati, having (C.) sinicus; (C.)
pileatus; ( C .) audebertii = P. sinicus; and C. aygula which
is a Pygathrix; (C.) cynocephalus is a Papio; (C.) philip¬
pinensis; albinus is an albino Pygathrix from Ceylon; (C.)
carbonarius = P. irus; (C.) mulatta undeterminable; (C.)
palpebrosus = P. philippinensis. C. Macacus has ( M .)
erythrceus — P. rhesus; ( M .) geron — P. rhesus?; (M.)
rhesus ; M. brachyurus an albino, species undeterminable ;
(M.) speciosus = P. fuscatus; (M.) oinops = P. rhesus;
(M.) pelops — P. assamensis; (M.) maurus belongs to the
genus Magus; (M.) arctoides = P. speciosus (F. Cuv.);
(M.) libidinosus — P. speciosus (F. Cuv.) ; (M.) ochreatus
is a Magus ; and Pithecus inuus = S. sylvanus Linn. ; D.
Nemestrinus, has ( M .) nemestrinus.
1862. Swinhoe, in Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.
Pithecus cyclopsis first described as Macacus cyclopsis.
1863. Blyth, Catalogue of Mammals in the Museum of the Asiatic
Society of Bengal.
Pithecus leoninus first described, name preoccupied by Simia
leonina Shaw, a Pithecus.
1866. Swinhoe, in Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.
P. sancti-johannis first described.
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1867. Slack, in Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of
Philadelphia.
Pithecus irus redescribed as Macacus fur.
1868. /. E. Gray, in Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.
Pithecus lasiotis first described as Macacus lasiotis.
1869. Bartlett, in Land and Water.
Pithecus leoninus Blyth, redescribed as Macacus andamanen-
sis, but the name stands, as leoninus Blyth was preoccupied.
1870. /. E. Gray, Catalogue of Monkeys, Lemurs and Fruit-eating
Bats, in the Collection of the British Museum.
In this list the Macaques are placed in three genera : Macacus,
Silenus, and Inuus; the first with eleven species, two varieties ;
and five species referred to, but not known to the Author. The
other genera have one species each. The species and varieties
of Macacus are: (M.) sinicus; (M.) pileatus; (M.) nemes-
trinus; ( M .) melanotus ( !) = Pithecus speciosus (Cuv.) ;
(M.) pelops = P. assamensis; (M.) cristatus -- P. fhilip-
pinensis; ( M .) cynomolgos (nec Linn.), = P. irus; (M.)
cynomolgos var. cummingii = P. philippinensis ; ( M .)
assamensis; (M.) aureus = P. irus; (M.) palpebrosus = P.
philifpinensis ; (M.) rhesus; (M.) cyclopsis ; (M.)
speciosus (nec F. Cuv.), = P. fuscatus Blyth; (M.) maurus,
and (M.) ochreatus both of the genus Magus, from Celebes.
Silenus has (S.) veter, (thus taking for his genus and species
two names of Linnaeus belonging to undeterminable animals),
but Gray’s veter is not that of Linnaeus, and = P. albibarbatus
(Kerr), and Inuus has I. ecaudatus = Simla sylvanus Linn.
1870. A. Milne-Edwards, in Comptes Rendus.
P. thibetanus first described as Macacus thibetanus.
1872. Anderson, in Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.
P. rufescens first described as Macacus rufescens.
1872. H. et A. Milne-Edwards, Recherches pour servir d VHistoire
Naturelle des Mammiferes, comprenant des considerations sur
la classification de ces animaux.
Pithecus lasiotis redescribed as Macacus tcheliensis.
1872. P. L. Sclater, in Proceedings of the Zoological Society of
London.
Pithecus assamensis redescribed as Macacus rheso-similis.
1875. Blyth, in Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.
Pithecus speciosus Temm., (nec F. Cuv.), renamed Macacus
fuscatus.
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1875. P . L. Sclater, in Proceedings of the Zoological Society of
London.
. P- fuscatus Blyth, figured as Macacus speciosus (nec F.
Cuvier).
1876. Schlegel, Museum d’ Histoire Naturelle des Pays-Bas, Simice,
In this work the species of Pithecus are placed in two genera,
Cercocebus and Macacus. In the first are: ( C .) cynomolgos
(nec Linn.), = P. irus F. Cuvier; (C.) pileatus and (C.)
sinicus. In the last are ( M .) silenus (nec Linn.), = P.
albibarbatus (Kerr); (M.) nemestrinus; (M.) erythceus =
P. rhesus; (M.) speciosus F. Cuv. ; and (M.) arctoides = P.
speciosus F. Cuv. In the text is mentioned as distinct, (M.)
thibetanum Milne-Ed., and as varieties, in the text of ( M .)
erythrceus = P. rhesus are given: (M.) assamensis; (M.)
rheso-similis which he considers apud Blyth = ( M .) assa¬
mensis; (M.) sancti-johannis ; (M.) lasiotis ; (M.) tcheli-
ensis = ( M .) lasiotis; and (M.) cyclopsis. (No specimens
of these last six forms are in the Leyden Museum and the
Author’s opinion is based upon the published descriptions, and
their describers’ statements) ; ( M .) speciosus F. Cuv.; and S'.
sylvanus Linn. ( M .) niger belongs to Cynopithecus, and
(M.) OCHREATUS to MAGUS.
1878. Anderson, Anatomical and Zoological Researches, comprising
an account of the Zoological Results of the two Expeditions to
Western Yunnan.
Seventeen species of Pithecus are here recorded, two of which
have of late been placed in the genus Magus. The species
given, all under the genus Macacus, are: (M.) arctoides = P.
speciosus (Cuv.) ; (M.) leoninus Blyth (nec Shaw), = P.
andamanensis Bartl.; (M.) rhesus; (M.) assamensis; (M.)
cynomolgos (nec Linn.), = P. irus (F. Cuv.) ; ( M .) nemes¬
trinus; (M.) fuscatus; (M.) thibetanum; ( M .) rufes-
cens; (M.) lasiotis; (M.) sancti-johannis; (M.) cyclop-
sis; (M.) sinicus; ( M .) pileatus; (M.) silenus (nec Linn.),
= P. albibarbatus (Kerr). (M.) maurus and (M.)
ochreatus have been placed in the genus Magus. The Author
fully discusses their values and the relationship of the species
reviewed, and of the examples that have served as types both
for the recognized species and for those that are included in the
synonymy, and his views are given at considerable length. The
synonymy is copious and on the whole very correct, and the
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general conclusions reached by the Author are but little at
variance with the opinions held by Mammalogists, regarding
these Monkeys, at the present time. In a footnote to the article
on Macacus ochreatus he gives the synonymy and description
of the two forms of Cynopithecus then known as C. Niger
and C. nigrescens — C. niger.
1887. W. T. Blanford, in Proceedings of the Zoological Society of
London.
In some critical notes on the nomenclature of Indian Mammals
the writer discusses the names that should properly belong to
Simia silenus Linn., and Simia cynomolgos Linn., and endeavors
to prove, first, that the animals to which these names were
applied are undeterminable, and that Linnaeus’ names must be
dropped from our list. The Macaque which is called silenus
Auct., was first designated Simia albibarbatus by Kerr, and
by that name it must be known in the future ; but Simia cyno¬
molgos Linn., = Simia hamadryas Linn., and becomes its
synonym.
1888-91. Blanford, The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and
Burma. Mammalia.
The Macaques, inhabiting the regions of whose fauna this work
treats, are included in the genus Macacus. Nine species are
recognized as follows: (M.) rhesus; (M.) assamensis; (M.)
silenus (nec Linn.), = P. albibarbatus (Kerr); (M.) arc-
toides = P. speciosus (Cuv.) ; (Ilf.) leoninus = P. andaman-
ensis Barth, (M.) nemestrinus; (Hf.) cynomolgos (nec
Linn.), = P. irus (F. Cuv.); (M.) sinicus; and (ilf.)
PiLEATus ; all valid. The geographical distribution and
description of the habits of these Monkeys are given.
1892. A. Milne-Edwards, in Revue Generale des Sciences, (note')
Pithecus vestitus first described as Macacus vestitus.
1894. True , in Proceedings of the United States National Museum.
Pithecus villosus first described as Macacus rhesus villosus.
1897. Trouessart, in Le Naturaliste.
Pithecus harmandi, a MS. name of A. Milne-Edwards in
Paijs Museum> described by Trouessart as Macacus harmandi.
1903. G. S. Miller Jr., in Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections.
Pithecus ph^urus, and P. pagensis first described in the
genus Macacus.
1905. E A. Mearns, in Proceedings of the United States National
Museum.
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Pithecus mindanensis = P. philippinensis ; P. p. apoensis;
P. sulensis; and P. cagayanus first described and placed in
the genus Cynamolgos Reichenbach.
1906. G. S. Miller Jr., in Proceedings of the United States National
Museum.
P. ADUSTUS , P. broCUS — P. NEMESTRINUS ; and P. INSULANUS
all first described under the genus Macacal
1909. Thomas and Wroughton, in Annals and Magazine of Natural
History.
P. mordax and P. resimus from Java described as Macacal
mordax and Macaca\ resimus.
1909. D. G. Elliot, in Annals and Magazine of Natural History.
P. LITTORALIS; P. BRACHYURUS (BREVICAUDUS) ; P. VALIDUS ;
P. alacer; P. karimoni; P. laitus; P. dollmani; and P.
bintangensis first described.
1910. D. G. Elliot, in Proceedings of the United States National'
Museum.
In this paper the following species are described for the first
time, from localities in Lower Siam, and islands in the Eastern
Archipelago: P. lapsus; P. agnatus; P. lingungensis ; P.
LAUTENSIS; P. SIRHASSENENSIS ; P. VITUS ; P. CARIMATAJ ; P.
MANDIBULARIS ; P. BAWEANUS ; P. CUPIDUS ; P. LINGAS ; P.
impudens; and P. capitalis.
GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF THE SPECIES.
The Macaques are distributed throughout India, and as far north
as Cashmere and Thibet, and south to the Island of Ceylon ; also on the
east of the Bay of Bengal, in Upper and Lower Burma, Siam, Cochin
China, and Malay Peninsula; the Mergui Archipelago, (introduced
into the Andaman Islands), Island of Singapore, Rhio Archipelago,
Sumatra and the islands on its east and west coast, Java, Flores, and
Lombock, and islands of the Javan Sea; Borneo, and islands off its
west and south coast ; islands in South China Sea ; in the Anamba and
Natuna groups, Philippine Archipelago; Hainan, China, Formosa, the
Sulu Archipelago, and Japan. This genus is not represented in Africa,
the species indigenous to Morocco and Algeria once considered to
belong to it, S. sylvestris, is now the sole member of the genus Simla.
It will thus be seen that the members of Pithecus are dispersed
over a very wide area, and, as is to be expected, the island forms differ
very considerably from each other. If they were dwellers on the
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mainland they would be regarded in many instances as geographical
races, but now, on account of their insulated habitats may be con¬
sidered as specifically distinct, subjected as they are to a different envi¬
ronment, and deprived of all opportunities for contact with near allies.
India proper, the nearest abode of the Macaques, considering its size,
has comparatively few species. The most common is P. rhesus dis¬
persed over the northern portion from the Godaveri River to the
Himalayas, having been introduced on Jako Hill, Simla. It is found in
Nepaul, on the west coast near Bombay, in Guzerat, the Central Prov¬
inces, Bengal and Northern Circars. In the southern portion from the
west coast near Bombay, and on the east, not north of the Godaveri
River, thence to Cape Comorin, P. sinicus is found ; and in the south¬
ern part from the Western Ghats at about 14° N. Lat. to Cape
Comorin, P. albibarbatus ranges. In Ceylon, only one species of
Pithecus is met with, P. pileatus, distributed throughout the island.
In the Himalaya range as far west as Masuri, from the base of the
hills to a considerable elevation, in the Sundabuns, east of Calcutta,
also in Sikkim, Bhutan, Assam, Mishmi Hills, and Upper Burma as
far as Bhamo on the Irawady, P. rhesus is replaced by P. assamen-
sis, and this species may also penetrate the Laos country, Upper Siam.
P. speciosus has a wide range, and occurs in Upper Assam, Upper
Burma, (Cachar), Kakhyen Hills on frontier of Yunnan, (not found
in the Irawady Valley), Cochin China, and Borneo. The Pig-tailed
Macaque, P. nemestrinus is found in Southern Burma, (Malewun
and Bankasun, Davison), Tenasserim, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra,
Banka, Java, and Borneo. P. irus ranges from Burma, Arakan, and
Tenasserim, possibly into the Malay Peninsula. Upper Burma in the
Valley of the Irawady, and Arakan contain one more species, P.
andamanensis, which has also been introduced into the Andaman
Islands. It may possibly go into Siam. Tenasserim also has two more
species P. rufescens obtained at Victoria Point, and P. adustus at
Champang. In Lower Siam P. capitalis has been procured, and P.
fascicularis is found on the Islands Terutau and Lanka wi in the
Straits of Malacca, and in Sumatra. In the Mergui Archipelago, west
of Tenasserim, P. insulanus has been procured on Chance Island,
and P. vitiis on Domel, St. Matthew and Sullivan Islands ; and in the
Nicobar group, on the Great and Little Nicobar, and Katchal Islands
P. umbrosus is found. In the islands off the west coast of Sumatra,
on Simalur and Lasia Islands P. fuscus was obtained. On Nias Island
at Siaba Bay, P. ph^eurus occurs ; and on Tuang Ku of the Banyak
Islands P. agnatus was taken. Off the east coast of Sumatra on
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Banka and Billiton Islands P. lapsus is found, and in the great Island
of Java, at Tjilaljap P. mordax, and at Tasikmalaja P. resimus were
met with, but their ranges are unknown. In the Javan Sea on the
Island of Bawean P. baweanus was discovered, and on Mata Siri
about forty miles from Pulo Laut off the south east coast of Borneo,
P. cupidus was procured ; and off east coast of Sumatra on South Pagi
Island, P. pagensis was obtained. In the Rhio Archipelago on Linga
Island, P. ling.® was found. P. impudens is a resident of the small
island of Sugi, and P. alacer came from Bliah, on the northern point
of Koendoer Island. At Monos, on the eastern coast of Karimon Island,
P. karimoni was taken, and on the islands of Bintang and Batam P.
bintangensis occurs. On Singapore Island P. dollmani was met
with; and on the islands of Siantan and Jimaja of the Anamba Group,
and also on Bunoa, Big Tamberlan, and Wai, of the Tamberlan Islands,
P. pumilus was taken. In Borneo, one more species P. mandibularis
is found near Pontianak, its range unknown; and in the Natuna Group
north of Borneo, on Laut Island, P. lautensis was discovered; and
from Lingung Island P. lingungensis came; and in the south on
Sirhassen Island P. sirhassenensis occurs. In the Carimata Group
on Carimata Island, P. carimat® was procured. In the South China
Sea, south east coast of Malay Peninsula, on Tingi and Tunan Islands,
P. l®tus occurs. Passing now for a moment to the mainland between
Cambogia and Siam, we meet with P. harmandi in the mountains,
its range however quite unknown. On the Island of Hainan P. brevi-
caudus was obtained. On North Lena Island near Hong Kong P.
sancti-johannis was found, and on Formosa P. cyclopsis occurs.
The Philippine Archipelago has two species, P. philippinensis ranging
over the larger islands from Luzon to Mindanao, and on the latter
is a somewhat doubtful form P. p. apoensis from Mt. Apo. In the
Sulu Sea from Cagayan Island P. cagayanus was procured and a
form P. suluensis, (skull only described), from the Island of Sulu, not
yet definitely established. China contains several large species of
Pithecus, and from Kuatun, in the province of Fu Kien on the coast
opposite the Island of Formosa, P. littoralis came, its range how¬
ever unknown. In the Province of Setchuen two species are found,
P. vestitus, a dweller of the mountains, and which extends its range
to Tengri-Nor in Batang, Thibet, and P. lasiotis, this last species
going to the Dupleix Mountains up to an elevation of 13,000 feet, in
the Province of Tche-li. Thibet has one other species, P. thibeta-
num from the mountains of Moupin, its range however not yet known.
At Lolab, Cashmere, is P. villosus, its range unknown. One species
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only remains to be mentioned, P. fuscatus from Japan, which is found
in the Islands of Yakushima and Nippon to 14° North Latitude, and
common on the hills about Kyoto.
KEY TO THE SPECIES.
A. Tail nearly rudimentary 1^2-334 inches in length.
a. Color dark brown or blackish above . P. speciosus.
b. Color dark reddish chocolate . P. harmandi.
c. Color red or golden red. . . P. rufescens.
d. Color dark brown, hairs banded with yellow
and black . . . p, fuscatus.
B. Tail over and under 8 inches in length.
o. Color blackish brown tinged with chestnut . P. thibetanum.
b. Color dark gray, hairs tipped with yellowish
brown . P. vestitus.
c. Color buff grading to brick dust red on
rumP . P. sancti-johannis.
d. Color dark orange . P. lasiotis.
e. Color bistre . P. pagensis.
C. Tail 8 inches in length but not over 12 inches.
o. Color tawny ochraceous and black . p. villosus.
b. Color tawny olive and black grading into russet . . .P. litt oralis.
c. Color olive tinged with brown . p. cyclop sis.
d. Color uniform black above to rump . P. nemestrinus.
e. Color, upper back bright russet, lower back
light ochraceous buff.
a/ Large, tail 230 mm . p. adustus.
b. Small, tail 183 mm . p insulanus.
f. Color reddish brown, crown mummy brown. P. andamanensis.
g. Color brown washed with yellowish . P. assamensis.
h. Color bistre with grayish tinge, and buff
speckled, grading to orange on lower back . P. rhesus.
i. Color speckled black and russet, rump dark
rp .. oran£e rufous . . brevicaudus.
D. fail over 12 inches but not as long as head and
body.
a. With beard and ruff around the face . P. albibarbatus.
b. Without beard or ruff.
a. Hairs on head radiating from a central
point.
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a. " Color dark brown and buff in
bands, giving a reddish brown hue . P. sinicus.
b. " Color dark reddish brown . P. pileatus.
b! Hairs on head not radiating from a
central point.
a. " Color isabella speckled with buff . P. resimus.
b. " Color Prout’s brown washed with
olive and speckled with buff . P. validus.
c. " Color hazel with black and tawny
annulations . P. alacer.
d. " Color tawny ochraceous, hairs
purplish gray and banded with
tawny ochraceous and black . P. karimoni.
e . " Color blackish brown, hairs
banded with wood brown . P. fuscus.
E. Tail as long as, or exceeding the head and body,
o. Hands black and buff, color blackish, hairs
with subterminal cream buff ring . P. umbrosus.
b. Hands brownish black; color grayish olive
banded with cream buff . P. irus.
c. Hands gray ; color reddish brown,
speckled with golden buff and blackish
brown . P. mordax.
d. Hands olive gray, color tawny umber ;
ascending ramus of mandible broad and
low . P. fascicularis.
e. Hands gray, yellow speckled; color ochra¬
ceous buff; ascending ramus of man¬
dible narrow and high . P. mandibular is.
f. Hands and feet gray, color yellowish
brown; skull and teeth large . P. capitalis.
g. Hands grayish cream ; color wood brown
tinged with red . P. Icetus.
h. Hands gray and cream buff ; color tawny
and black . P. lingungensis.
i. Hands bluish gray and cream buff; color
tawny ochraceous and brownish black . P. lautensis.
j. Hands pale gray and cream buff ; color
blackish brown and ochraceous . P. sirhassenensis.
k. Hands yellowish gray; color wood brown
banded with black and yellow . P. vitiis.
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l. Hands dark gray and whitish ; color mottled
blackish brown and buff washed with
gray . P. carimatoe.
m. Hands bluish gray annulated with cream
buff and black; color dark buff yellow
and black . P. baweanus.
n. Hands yellowish ; color ochraceous buff and
black . p. cupidus.
o. Hands and feet smoke gray . P. agnatus.
p. Hands dark brown ; color tawny ochraceous
and black.
a! Feet dark brown . P. phceura.
b' Feet yellowish gray . P. lapsus.
q. Hands dark brown washed with buff ; color
rusty . P. lingce.
r. Hands dark brownish gray and buff ; color
ochraceous and black . p. impudens.
s. Hands iron gray speckled with buff, color
burnt umber and black.
a.' Width of rostrum equal to the length ;
tooth rows straight . . P. bintangensis.
b! Width of rostrum greater than length ;
tooth rows curved, longer . P. dollmani.
t. Hands tawny olive ; color raw umber and
^ac^- . P. philip pinensis.
u. Hands olive gray; color yellowish olive and
. P. p. apoensis.
v. Hands drab gray, color olive brown? (alco¬
holic specimen) . . p cagayanus.
w. Hands ochraceous buff and black; color
ochraceous rufous and black . p. pumillus.
x. Hands and color? Skull alone known . P, suluensis.
Subgenus Inuus.
Tail short, thick, hair rather long.
hecus speciosus (F. Cuvier).
Macacus speciosus F. Cuv., Hist. Nat. Mamm., 1825, pi. XLVII •
Fisch., Syn. Mamm., 1829, p. 30; I. Geoff., Belang., Voy.,’
1834, p. 6.
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Macacus arctoides I. Geoff., Mag. Zool., 1833, p. 6, pi. II; Id.
Voy. Belang., Zool., 1834, p. 61 ; Id. Archiv. Mus. Hist. Nat.,
Paris, II, 1843, p. 575, (Part.) ; Id. Cat. Primates, 1851, p.
31 ; Reichenb., Vollstand. Naturg. Affen, 1862, p. 142, pi.
XXIV, fig. 371 ; Anders., Exped. Yunnan, Zool., 1878, p. 45,
pis. I, II; Schleg., Mus. Pays-Bas, Simiae, 1876, p. 116;
Blanf., Faun. Brit. Ind., Mamm., 1891, p. 17 ; Forbes, Handb.
Primates, II, 1894, p. 8, (Part.) ; Flow., Proc. Zool. Soc.
Fond., 1900, p. 315.
Papio melanotus ( !) Ogilby, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1839, p. 31.
Pithecus arctoides Blainv., Osteogr., Mamm., I, 1839, p. 64, Atl.,
pi. VII.
Inuus arctoides Wagn., Schreb., Saugth. Suppl., I, 1840, p. 146;
V, 1855, p. 57.
Pithecus ( Macacus ) arctoides Dahlb., Stud. Zool. Fam. Reg.
Anim. Natur., fasc. I, 1856, pp. 116, 118.
Macacus melanotus ( !) Gray, Cat. Monkeys, Lemurs and Fruit¬
eating Bats, Brit. Mus., 1870, p. 29.
Macacus brunneus Anders., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1871, p. 628;
1872, p. 203, pi. XII, juv. ; 1874, p. 652; Sclat., Proc. Zool.
Soc. Lond., 1875, p. 332.
Inuus speciosus Blyth, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Beng., XLIV, 1875, ext.
no. p. 6.
BROWN MACAQUE.
Type locality. Unknown. Species established on a drawing by
Duvaucel.
Geogr. Distr. Upper Burma, (Cachar) ; Upper Assam; Kakhyen
Hills on frontier of Yunnan; not found in Irawady Valley, (Ander¬
son) ; Cochin China ; Borneo.
Genl. Char. Tail nearly obsolete. No black cap on head; face
red.
Color. General color of head, body and limbs dark reddish brown,
the hairs ringed with black and pale yellow; under parts yellowish
white; hands and feet dark reddish brown. Face red. Ex type of
M. arctoides I. Geoff., in Paris Museum.
Measurements. Skull : total length, 149 ; occipito-nasal length,
126; Hensel, 101 ; intertemporal width, 46; palatal length, 60; width of
braincase, 70; median length of nasals, 26; length of upper molar
series, 39 ; length of mandible, 99 ; length of lower molar series, 49.
F. Cuvier (1. c.) described and figured a Macaque with a very
short tail, founded upon a drawing of Duvaucel and called it speci-
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osus, and this name has since been applied to both the Macaque of
Japan and the Indian Macaque afterwards named arctoides by I.
Geoffroy. There are but three very short tailed Macaques to which
Cuvier’s name could, probably, have been applied: the Japanese
species ; the arctoides Geoff. ; and the nemestrinus Linn. The latter
with its black cap can be at once removed as answering neither
Cuvier’s figure nor description ; and it would not be at all likely, though
possible, that, at the time Cuvier published his description, a speci¬
men of a Macaque from Japan would come into his possession, as
Japan was closed to the world at that date, and the exportation of
specimens of Natural History would be most improbable. Cuvier does
not state where Duvaucel saw the animal he drew, and we have no
information on that point. However, both description and figure
fairly represent the animal from Burma and Cochin China, etc. and
the latter does not exhibit the long loose fur of the Japanese Macaque,
but shows the short more compact fur of the better known species.
The evidence, therefore, would seem to show that Cuvier’s species is
the Macaque afterwards described by I. Geoffroy, and not the one from
Japan.
Anderson in Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1874, p. 652, states that he
compared a specimen of his M. brunneus with Geoffroy’s type of M.
arctoides in the Paris Museum, and that these are not the same, but
does not indicate in what the difference exists. He farther remarks
that M. brunneus is more closely allied to M. speciosus of Japan than
it is to M. arctoides. In the volume for the year 1876, p. 332, however,
according to Sclater, he retracts his previous opinion and now considers
M. brunneus and M. arctoides the same. A specimen in the British
Museum from the Zoological Society has no tail, and small callosities,
and resembles very much Gray’s melanotus ( !) . It is a young individual
with the last molar in both jaws not having yet appeared, the upper
canines still represented by the milk teeth, and only the points of the
lower canines visible in the mandible. In color it is dark brown or chest¬
nut with the dorsal region quite black. The hairs on head, flanks and
arms are but faintly annulated. There is no tail at all, and there is a
crest of hair on back of head, and the callosities are small and shaped
something like a parallelogram ; so that the skin resembles very much
a young Cynopithecus, but the skull has not the broad rostrum of the
members of that genus, and is that of a young macaque, so if there has
een no mistake, and the skull really belongs to the specimen, the
example must be referred to Pithecus, otherwise I should consider it
a ynopithecus Niger juv. The specimen was presented by the
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Zoological Society, and is stated to have come from Madras, from
which port the animal was probably shipped to London, but the
locality in which it was procured is not known.
Pithecus harmandi (Trouessart) .
Macacus harmandi A. Milne-Ed., MS. Paris Museum; Trouess.,
Le Natural., 1897, p. 10, desc. ; Id. Cat. Mamm. Vivant quam
Fossil., 1898-99, p. 29, (desc. footnote).
Type locality. Mountains between Cambogia and Siam. Type
in Paris Museum.
Geogr. Distr. Known from type locality only.
Genl. Char. Size moderate, body thick-set, limbs rather long, tail
a button. Hairs radiating from middle of forehead.
Color. Male. Head, rump, limbs, hands and feet, hairs uni¬
formly colored not annulated, glossy reddish chocolate brown; back,
shoulders, arms to elbows and sides black ; under parts reddish brown.
Ex type Paris Museum.
Measurements. Skull: total length, 145; occipito-nasal length,
121; intertemporal width, 47; Hensel, 98; breadth of braincase, 70;
zygomatic width, 96 ; palatal length, 62 ; median length of nasals, 25 ;
length of upper molar series, 40; length of mandible, 94; length of
lower molar series, 50. Ex type Paris Museum.
This is another small thick-set baboon of a general dark reddish
chocolate color, black on forepart of back and on shoulders. The
middle of the forehead is nearly bare and forms a kind of raised lump,
not seen on skull, from the sides of which the hairs radiate to the sides
and back of head, but not to the front. There is a sparse chocolate
colored beard on the chin. Possibly a melanistic individual of P.
speciosus. The type is a young animal, though probably fully grown.
Pithecus rufescens Anderson.
Macacus rufescens Anders., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1872, p. 204,
Juv. ; Id. Zool. Exped. Yunnan, 1878, p. 79; Sclat., Proc.
Zool. Soc. Lond., 1872, p. 495, pi. XXIV; 1873, p. 83; Forbes,
Handb. Primates, II, 1894, p. 11; Flower, Proc. Zool. Soc.
Lond., 1900, p. 315; Bonhote, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1900,
p. 871, desc.
Macacus arctoides Schleg., Mus. Pays-Bas, Simiae, 1876, p. 116,
(Part.).
RUFOUS SHORT-TAILED MACAQUE.
Type locality. Unknown. Type in British Museum.
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Geogr. Distr. Tenasserim; range unknown.
Genl. Char. Hairs on top of head radiating from a central point,
tail rudimentary, merely a stump, molar teeth very large.
Color. Head and upper parts banded with golden red and tipped
with black, giving this part a reddish hazel appearance ; sides of body
and outer sides of limbs bright red, which may be described as a bright
cinnamon, the legs being reddest; hands brownish, darker than fore¬
arms, hairs banded with ochraceous and black; feet reddish brown
darker than legs ; under parts and inner side of limbs paler. Ex type
British Museum.
Anderson describes this specimen in Zool. Exped. Yunnan, as
brick red, but it is much too dark for that color, and is more near a
rather bright golden cinnamon, darkest on upper parts where the black
tips of the hairs are in evidence. The hairs on sides of body and limbs
are unicolor without black tips, which produces the brighter hue
presented by them. The animal is very small, about two thirds the
size of P. speciosus F. Cuv., probably only half grown as the skull
shows it to be quite young. The molar teeth are very large, unusually
so considering the age of the individual, the second molar exceeding
in size any in the adult skulls of other species.
Measurements. Total length, 490; tail, 30; hind foot, 38, (skin).
Skull : occipito-nasal length, 90.7 ; Hensel, 73.9 ; zygomatic width, 74.2 ;
intertemporal width, 44.4 ; palatal length, 68.8 ; median length of nasals,
13.7 ; length of mandible, 74.5.
The last molars in both jaws not having yet appeared, a measure¬
ment of the tooth rows cannot be given. Size of second upper molar,
.95 x .96. Ex type British Museum.
An adult female, which I consider to be of this species from
Victoria Point, Tenasserim, is in the United States National Museum
collected by Dr. W. L. Abbott. Top of head where the hair radiates
is golden and yellow and black, the hairs annulated with these colors
and tipped with black; upper parts burnt umber and mummy brown
the latter most abundant between shoulders and on rump ; outer side
of limbs red, with an orange tinge; under parts, hairs very scanty,
reddish.
Measurements. Total length, 540; tail, 40. Weight, 18% lb.
Skull: total length, 123.9; occipito-nasal length, 103.9; intertemporal
width, 46.3; zygomatic width, 82.9; palatal length, 45.5; length of
upper molar series, 35.7 ; length of mandible, 89.5 ; length of lower
molar series, 42 ; second upper molar, .91 x .87.
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PlTHECUS FUSCATUS.
PlTHECUS NEMESTRINUS,
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PlTHECUS fuscatus (Blyth).
Inuus fuscatus Blyth, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Beng., XLIV, 1875, extra
no. p. 6.
Cynopithecus speciosus (nec Cuv.), Less., Spec. Mamm., 1840,
p. 102.
Inuus speciosus (nec Cuv.), Wagn., Schreb., Saugth. Suppl., I,
1840, p. 146; V, 1855, p. 58; Gray, Handb. Mamm. Brit.
Mus., 1843, p. 8; Schinz, Syn. Mamm., I, 1844, p. 59; Temm.,
Faun. Japon., Mamm., 1847, p. 9, pi. I, figs. 1-8, pi. II, figs.
1-6.
Macacus speciosus (nec Cuv.), I. Geoff., Cat. Primates, 1851, p.
31 ; Reichenb., Vollstand. Naturg. Affen, 1862, p. 141, pi.
XXIV, figs. 365, 366 ; Sclat., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1864,
p. 710; 1875, p. 418; Mivart, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1865,
p. 563, (footnote) ; Gray, Cat. Monkeys, Lemurs and Fruit¬
eating Bats, Brit. Mus., 1870, p. 32 ; Murie, Proc. Zool. Soc.
Lond., 1872, p. 780 ; Schleg., Mus. Pays-Bas, Simise, 1876,
p. 114.
Pithecus ( Macacus ) speciosus Dahlb., Stud. Zool. Fam. Reg.
Anim. Natur., fasc. I, 1856, pp. 116, 119.
Macacus fuscatus Thos., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1905, p. 336;
Pocock, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1906, p. 558.
JAPANESE MACAQUE.
Type locality. Japan, locality unknown.
Geogr. Distr. Islands of Yakushima and Nippon to 41° North
Latitude ; common in the hills about Kyoto.
Genl. Char. Fur thick, soft, long; whiskers and beard present;
face naked; tail short; callosities large.
There are a number of specimens of this species in the British
Museum, from various parts of Japan, of both sexes, and from one
of each of these I have taken the following descriptions :
Color. Male. Yakushima Island. No. 5. 11. 3. 1. The general
appearance is that of a blackish brown animal speckled with yellow,
the hairs on upper parts of the body being grayish, uniform on basal
half, and then banded with black and buff for the rest of the length,
and tipped with buff. This is also the general coloring of the head and
limbs. A black streak on the forehead just above the eyes extending
backwards over the ears to nape ; face partly naked, cheeks covered
with short buffy hairs ; hands and feet black ; chin, throat, entire under
parts and inner side of limbs gray ; tail very short, hairs gray at base,
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then banded with ochraceous and black, giving it a reddish hue below
the black.
Female. No. 5. 11. 3. 5. resembles the male in markings, but is
generally paler, especially on the head, legs, hands and feet. The top
of the head is broccoli brown, the legs and feet wood brown, and
hands mixed black and buff. The hair of both examples, like the
species generally, is very long and fluffy, and hangs down covering the
sides of the body and concealing the ears. The whiskers are long and
bushy. Tail very short, covered thickly with rather long hair.
Measurements. Male. Total length, 720; tail, to end of hairs, 80;
foot, 140, (skin). Skull: total length, 127.7 ; occipito-nasal length,
111.3; zygomatic width, 85.8; intertemporal width, 42.9; breadth of
braincase, 63.7 ; palatal length, 49.1 ; median length of nasals, 33.5 ;
length of upper molar series, 33.4 ; length of mandible, 92.5 ; length of
lower molar series, 38.4.
A female from Tuino, Tokushima Keu, Shikokio, Japan, in the
British Museum differs considerably in color from those described
above, as there are no black bands on the hairs and very few black
tips, so that the general color is a reddish brown. The hair on the
legs and feet is unicolor, a grayish brown without bars or colored tips,
as is also that on cheeks and about ears, although in these places the
tips of the hairs are ochraceous buff as on the body hairs. The arms
and hands are brown approaching a hair brown but darker, and the
apical half is banded with brownish black and cream buff, and tipped
with brownish black. Under parts and inner side of limbs whitish.
Tail pale yellowish brown, brownish red near tip, above, reddish at
root ; beneath yellowish brown.
Measurements. Total length, 681; tail, 80; foot, 149; ear, 47,
(Collector).
Pithecus thibetanum A. Milne-Edwards.
Macacus thibetanum A. Milne-Edw., Compt. Rend., LXX, 1870,
p. 341 ; Id. Recherch. Mamm., 1868-74, p. 244, pis. XXXIV,
XXXV ; Blyth, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Beng., XLIV, 1875, extn
no. p. 7; Schleg., Mus. Pays-Bas, Simiae, 1876, p. 112;
Anders., Res. Zool. Exped. Yunnan, 1878, p. 79
SHORT-TAILED THIBET MACAQUE.
Type locality. Mountains of Moupin, Thibet. Type in Paris
Museum.
Genl. Char. Size large; limbs long; body apparently less thick¬
set than P. vestitus or other large Macaques ; tail very short.
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Color. Top of head and nape pale brown ; face, whiskers, inner
sides of limbs and under parts whitish gray ; upper parts and sides of
body, arms, hands, thighs and feet, blackish brown tinged with chest-
nut ; legs from knees to ankles whitish gray, tinged with brown. Ex
type in Paris Museum.
Measurements. Total length about 925; tail, 99.06. Skull: total
length, 161; occipito-nasal length, 133; Hensel, 114; intertemporal
width, 44 ; palatal length, 62 ; breadth of braincase, 69 ; median length
of nasals, 35 ; length of upper molar series, 39 ; length of mandible,
120 ; length of lower molar series, 50. Ex type Paris Museum.
A fine, large, quite distinct species.
Pithecus yestitus (A. Milne-Edwards) .
Macacus vestitus A. Milne-Edw., Rev. gen. Scien., 1892, p. 671,
(note).
Type locality. Kian Tatie, Thibet. Type in Paris Museum.
Geogr. Distr. Mountains of Setchuen, China, to Tengri-Nor in
Batang, Thibet.
Genl. Char. Size large, body compact, heavy; limbs rather
short, hands and feet small; hair long, thick, loose; tail short, bushy;
hairs on forehead erect, directed forward.
Color. Hairs on top of head, nape, and shoulders, dark gray,
tipped with yellowish brown ; arms dark gray, tips of hairs whitish ;
middle of back reddish brown ; lower part of back paler yellowish
brown, grading into deep buff tinged with orange on sides of rump and
thighs ; lower part of hind limbs yellowish gray ; under parts and inner
side of limbs grayish white ; hands and feet brownish gray ; tail above
like sides of rump, beneath yellowish gray. Face covered with short
white hair ; whiskers grayish white ; hairs on ears yellowish brown.
Ex type in Paris Museum.
Measurements. About equal in size to P. thibetanum. Skull :
total length, 141; occipito-nasal length, 117; Hensel, 93; zygomatic
width, 100; intertemporal width, 49; palatal length, 57; breadth of
braincase, 69 ; median length of nasals, 26 ; length of upper molar
series, 40; length of mandible, 100; length of lower molar series, 47.
Ex type, male, in Paris Museum.
This is a pale colored Macaque, gray or grayish white on fore
part of body, speckled with yellowish brown grading into a yellowish
white, speckled with yellowish brown on back and washed with buff,
and tinged with orange on the rump and thighs. The color of the
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callosities cannot be ascertained. The animal is very thickly covered
with long loose hairs, to enable it to resist the high altitude it inhabits.
Pithecus san cti- j ohannis Swinhoe.
Inuus sancti-j ohannis Swinh., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1866, p.
555; 1870, p. 615; Sclat., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1871, p.
222; Blyth, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Beng., XLIV, 1875, extra no.
p. 5.
Macacus sancti-j ohannis Gray, Cat. Monkeys, Lemurs and Fruit¬
eating Bats, Brit. Mus., 1870, p. 129 ; Schleg., Mus. Pays-Bas,
Simiae, 1876, p. 115, (text) ; Anders., Zool. Exped. Yunnan,
1878, p. 86; Forbes, Handb. Primates, II, 1894, p. 29.
Macacus rhesus Sclat., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1871, p. 222, (nec
Audebert).
SAINT-JOHN MACAQUE.
Type locality. North Lena Island, Hong Kong, China. Type in
British Museum.
Geogr. Distr. Known only from the type locality.
Color. Type specimen, quite a young animal, too young to desig¬
nate a species upon, is in alcohol in the British Museum, and mindful
of the changes spirits not infrequently create, it seems best to give
Swinhoe’s own description as it appeared when he procured it. The
specimen is a female. “Eyes bright hazel ; face and ears flesh-colored ;
a black tuft on either cheek like whiskers; skin of nude parts tinted
with blue and sparsely grayish brown, covered with hairs of a light
gray , the hairs on the belly buff ; fur of upper parts washed with buff,
which is lighter on the head, and brick-dust red around and about the
rump. Tail 4p2 inches, blackish, callosities flesh colored. Face narrow
somewhat projecting.”
Measurements. Skull: occipito-nasal length, 78.6; Hensel, 51.3;
zygomatic width, 57.8; intertemporal breadth, 41.2; palatal length,
25.2; median length of nasals, 12.9; length of mandible, 58.8.
The animal was only about four months old and had not its com¬
plement of teeth, and it is impossible to decide whether it represents a
new species or one already known. Adults from the same locality
must be first procured before an accurate decision can be arrived at.
Pithecus lasiotis (Gray).
Macacus lasiotis Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1868, p. 61, pi. VI ;
Id. Cat. Monkeys, Lemurs and Fruit-eating Bats, Brit. Mus.,'
1870, p. 129; Sclat., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1871, p. 222; a'
PITH ECUS
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Milne-Edw., Recher. Mamm., 1868-74, p. 229; Schleg., Mus.
Pays-Bas, Simiae, 1876, p. 113; Anders., Exped. Yunnan,
Zool., 1878, p. 83; Forbes, Handb. Primates, II, 1894, p. 25;
Elliot, Cat. Mamm. Field Columb. Mus., F. C. M. Pub., VIII,
1906, p. 557, Zool. Ser.
Macacus tcheliensis A. Milne-Edw., Recher. Mamm., 1868-74, p.
227, pis. XXXII, XXXIII, 5 ; David, Journ. N. China Branch
Asiat. Soc., 1873, p. 220; Schleg., Mus. Pays-Bas, Simiae,
1876, p. 113; Sclat., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1880, p. 537;
Forbes, Handb. Primates, II, 1894, p. 22.
HAIRY-EARED MACAQUE.
Type locality. Province of Setchuen, China. Type in British
Museum.
Geogr. Distr. Provinces of Setchuen and Tche-li, western and
north-eastern China. Dupleix Mountains, 13,000 feet elevation, (Bon-
valot).
Genl. Char. Size large ; ears hairy ; hairs of back and flanks with
rufous termination ; tail of type amputated.
Color. Top of head, neck and back nearly to rump, the hairs are
slaty olive for basal two thirds their length, then banded with black
and tawny, giving the appearance when the fur is smoothed down of
a dark orange hue, the tawny bars overpowering the other hues; this
color grades on the rump into uniform bright orange ; arms slaty olive,
hairs tipped with tawny ; upper part of legs dark cinnamon, a very diffi¬
cult hue to designate as it grades off from the orange of the rump,
and becomes neither red nor brown; sides of head, throat and chest
olive gray; abdomen olive gray, hairs tipped with ochraceous ; hands
blackish; feet mixed black and dark cinnamon. The tail has disap¬
peared altogether. Face flesh color. Ex type British Museum.
Measurements. Total length, 610; foot, 163, (skin). Skull:
total length, 133.5; occipito-nasal length, 112.3; zygomatic width, 99;
intertemporal width, 49.4; breadth of braincase, 70.2; median length
of nasals, 22.5 ; palatal length, 53.5 ; facial length, 65.8; length of upper
molar series, 34.2; length of mandible, 97.1; length of lower molar
series, 41.1. Ex type British Museum.
This is a large monkey, with long fluffy loose hairs of a rich
coloring, the back especially appearing a rich orange, growing paler
on the legs, while the arms retain the olive gray and tawny hue of the
head and upper back. The type was alive in the Zoological Gardens of
London and was always ranged with the short-tailed Macaques, but
after its death it was discovered that the tail had been cut below the
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third vertebra, so it probably originally had a caudal appendage as long
as tcheliensis at least. The tufts of hairs on the ears, from which
this species obtained its name, have now disappeared from the type,
and the ears are nearly bare.
Macacus tcheliensis of Milne-Edwards, from the Province of
Tche-li, North-eastern China, was described from a female which is
in the Paris Museum. It is undoubtedly the same as the present
species and consequently extends the range of M. lasiotis farther to
the west, even to the borders of Thibet.
Pithecus pagensis (Miller).
Macacas pagensis Miller, Smith. Misc. Coll., XLV, 1903 p 61 pis
XI, XII, XIII.
Type locality. South Pagi Island, west of Sumatra. Type in
United States National Museum.
Genl. Char. Similar to P. nemestrinus but much smaller; color
darker ; teeth as in P. nemestrinus but smaller.
Color. Top of head and upper parts bistre ; flanks isabella; outer
surface of arms light russet; of legs dark isabella; of thighs bistre;
inner surface of limbs, and the belly isabella ; throat and chest fawn ;
sides of neck grayish cream buff ; cheeks dark brown ; hands and feet
dusky brownish; tail with light isabella hairs throughout; “Callosities
fleshy brown; palms and soles fleshy brown.” Ex type United States
National Museum.
Measurements. Female. Total length, 580; tail, 145; foot, 125.
Skull : total length, 109 ; occipito-nasal length, 92.4 ; Hensel, 74.6 •
zygomatic breadth, 70.8 ; width of braincase above roots of zygomata,
60.6; palatal length, 43.3; median length of nasals, 23.9; length of
upper molar series, 31.5; crown of last upper molar, 7.8 x 7; length of
mandible, 78.5 ; length of lower molar series, 34.2. Ex tvoe United
States National Museum. P
This is a very small Macaque, with the upper parts black or nearly
so, this color going over to the sides, forming a very conspicuous
contrast to the russet limbs. The type is unique.
Subgenus Nemestrinus.
Tail not under 8 nor over 12 inches in length.
Pithecus villosus (True).
Macacus rhesus villosus True, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XVII,
PITHECUS
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Type locality. Lolob, Cashmere. Type in United States National
Museum.
Genl. Char. Fur long, loose, woolly; tail very short, bushy.
Color. Top and sides of head and upper parts tawny ochraceous
and black, in some examples rich orange red on lower back and rump,
the hairs being gray at base and banded with the two other colors ;
outer side of arms grayish brown, hairs barred with cream buff ; outer
side of legs buff, hairs annulated with ochraceous buff; inner side of
arms dark gray ; throat and under parts and inner side of legs yellow¬
ish white ; hands like arms, fingers covered with long gray hairs ; feet
pale gray drab, toes hidden by long hairs ; tail above like back at base,
becoming more yellowish towards tip; face flesh color, nearly nude.
Ex type United States National Museum.
Measurements. Total length, 886; tail, 287; foot, dry skin, 166.
Skull: total length, 131.5; occipito-nasal length, 107.4; Hensel, 94;
zygomatic width, 94; intertemporal width, 43.7; palatal length, 53.4;
median length of nasals, 22.7; length of upper molar series, 35.8;
length of mandible, 95 ; length of lower molar series, 40.9. Ex type
United States National Museum.
This fine species is quite different from all the very short tailed
Macaques, and some examples are much redder on lower back and
rump than P. rhesus. The type is among the least red of the speci¬
mens procured.
PlTHECUS LITTORALIS Elliot.
Pithecus littoralis Elliot, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., IV, 8th Ser., 1909,
p. 250.
Type locality. Kuatun, Province of Fukein, China. Type in
British Museum.
Genl. Char. General hue tawny olive and black ; tail short, bushy ;
fur loose, long, soft.
Color. Female. Top of head and hind neck mummy brown
speckled with ochraceous buff ; upper parts tawny olive and black
grading into uniform russet on the rump ; arms to elbows tawny olive,
paler than the back ; lower arms and hands olive brown speckled with
yellow ; outer surface of thighs russet ; legs and feet buff with an olive
tinge ; sides of head tawny olive ; long, brown and black, stiff hairs
over eyes on brow, inclining upward and to either side; entire under
parts and inner side of limbs yellowish gray; tail above at base dark
russet, darker than rump, remainder brownish black ; beneath buff
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yellow; face flesh color covered sparsely with blackish brown hairs.
Ex type British Museum No. O. 5. 8. 1.
Measurements. Total length, 810; tail, imperfect, 200; from
another specimen with complete tail, No. 71. 3. 3. 5; to end of hairs
280. Skull: total length, 118.6; occipito-nasal length, 102.7; Hensel,
79.3 ; zygomatic width, 83.7 ; intertemporal width, 46 ; width of brain-
case, 64.2; median length of nasals, 19.8; palatal length, 45.5; length
of upper molar series, 33.2 ; length of mandible, 85.4 ; length of lower
molar series, 37. Ex type British Museum.
There are three specimens in the British Museum all females,
but agreeing in texture and color of fur, two from Kuatun, and the
third from the Zoological Society Gardens, evidently erroneously
attributed to Cashmere. Both the Kuatun examples have lost a por¬
tion of their tails, but the third specimen has a tail of normal length.
In general coloring this animal resembles P. tcheliensis Milne-Edwards
= P. lasiotis Gray, but the great distance intervening between the
habitats, nearly the entire width of China, does not permit the supposi¬
tion that they are of the same species. It is a much paler animal than
P. lasiotis. It can only be regarded as the south coast representative
of the Setchuen species P. lasiotis of which P. tcheliensis is the
female, with the loose, soft, flufify fur. The male probably when pro¬
cured will be darker in color.
Pithecus cyclopsis (Swinhoe).
Macacus cyclopsis Swinhoe, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1862, p. 350,
pi. XLII ; 1864, p. 380; 1870, p. 615; Sclat., Proc. Zool. Soc.
Lond., 1864, pp. 710, 711, fig.; Gray, Cat. Monkeys, Lemurs
and Fruit-eating Bats, Brit. Mus., 1870, p. 12; Murie, Proc.
Zool. Soc. Lond., 1872, p. 772 ; Schleg., Mus. Pays-Bas,
Simiae, 1876, p. Ill; Anders., Zool. Exped. Yunnan, 1878,
p. 86; Forbes, Handb. Primates, II, 1894, p. 28.
Macacus ( radiatus ) affinis Blyth, Cat. Mamm. Asiat. Soc. Mus.,
1863, p. 8, (Formosa).
Macacus ( sinicus ) affinis Anders., Exped. Yunnan, Zool., 1878,
p. 91, (footnote).
FORMOSA MACAQUE.
Type locality. Island of Formosa. Type in British Museum.
Geogr. Distr. Known only as from the Island of Formosa.
Genl. Char. Fur thick, woolly; whiskers and beard present, the
latter short ; ears small, hairy ; tail stout, tufted.
Color. Hairs of head and upper parts of body purplish gray,
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banded on apical half with buff, giving a dark olive brown hue to
the pelage ; hairs on arms and hands darker purplish ; back sparsely
speckled with yellow ; legs olive speckled with yellow ; feet grayish
brown ; under parts and inner side of limbs whitish gray ; tail black
above, olive gray beneath, tip purplish black. Ex type British Museum.
Top of head and upper parts olive gray with a brownish tinge,
the hairs ringed or speckled with yellow ; arms darker gray ; legs
more yellowish ; chin and line on sides of face, and inner side of limbs
white ; tail same color above as back with a black line down the
center, beneath paler ; hands and feet yellowish brown, fingers and
toes gray; under parts whitish; face pale flesh color, eyes hazel. No
callosities, or else hidden in fur. Ex living individual in Zoological
Gardens, Kyoto, Japan.
Measurements. Total length, 750; tail, 305; foot, 120. Skull:
total length, 117.9; occipito-nasal length, 101.9; Hensel, 82.1; zygo¬
matic width, 83.4; intertemporal width, 47.5; breadth of braincase,
60.7; median length of nasals, 17.9; palatal length, 14.2; length of
upper molar series, 35.3 ; length of mandible, 85.3 ; length of lower
molar series, 41.6. Ex type British Museum, juv. <£.
The type is a young male, and is very much darker than the fine
living animal in the Zoological Garden at Kyoto, which came from
Formosa. It is probable that when the type should have reached the
adult state, the arms would have become lighter from an increase of
the yellow bands on the hairs, which are not so numerous as on the
upper parts. There is no indication on the type, nor was there in the
living animal in Kyoto, of any orange red hue on the hinder parts or
thighs so characteristic of P. rhesus. The Kyoto animal was much
the older, and looked fully adult.
Mr. Swinhoe (1. c.) gives the following account of this monkey
as learned by him in Formosa: “This, as far as I could learn, was the
only species of Monkey in the Island of Formosa. It affects rocks
and declivities that overhang the sea, and in the solitary caverns makes
its abode. On the treeless mountain in the S. W. called Ape’s Hill,
it was at one time especially abundant, but has since almost entirely
disappeared. About the mountains of the north and east it is still
numerous, being frequently seen playing and chattering among the
steep rocks, miles from any tree or wood. It seems to be quite a rock-
loving animal, seeking the shelter of caves during the greater part of
the day, and assembling in parties in the twilight, and feeding on
berries, the tender shoots of plants, grasshoppers, Crustacea and
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mollusca. In summer it comes in numbers during the night, and
commits depredations among the fields of sugar cane, as well as among
fruit-trees, showing partiality for the small, round, clustering berries
of the Longan, N ephelium longanum. In the caverns among these
hills they herd; and in June the females may be frequently seen in
retired parts of the hills, with their solitary young ones at their breasts.
“These animals betray much uneasiness at human approach,
disappearing in no time, and skulking in their holes until the intruder
has passed. They seem, too, to possess abundance of self complacence
and resource; for I have frequently seen a Monkey seated on a rock
by himself, chattering and crying merely for his own amusement and
gratification. Whatever Mr. Waterton may say of the tree-loving
propensities of Monkeys in general, it is very certain that this species
shows a marked preference for bare rocks, covered only with grass
and bush ; for if he preferred the forest he might very easily satisfy
his desire by retiring a few miles further inland, where he could find
it in abundance. But, on the contrary, in the forest, he is only
occasionally an intruder, resorting thither when foods fail him on the
grassy hills by the sea, where he loves to make his home.
“Rock-Monkeys are also found, I am told, in the Island of Lintin,
near Hong Kong, as well as on a few other islands on the Chinese
coast; but, as I have never seen any of them, I am unable to say
whether they are of the same species as the Formosan. The Chinese
have a fanciful idea that the tail of a Monkey is a caricature of the
Tartar pendant into which they twist their long black hair, and they
invariably chop it off any Monkey that comes into their possession.
Hence the difficulty of procuring Monkeys in China with perfect
tails.”
The female of this monkey on arriving at maturity exhibits the
most extraordinary development of the region at the root of the tail,
and not only are the callosities and external genital organs swollen
but the tail itself at the proximal end is greatly increased. The skins
and subcutaneous tissues are enormously extended, and colored purple
deep red, and roseate, and hang in deep folds as if overcharged with
blood, the whole affair assuming a hideous aspect. This immense
dilatation of the buttocks is provided for by an aberrant adaptation of
the ischial bones, and Dr. Murie (1. c.) in his examination of the
skeleton found that the “pelvic bones have a most unusual curvature
in their long axis, certainly very different from the Rhesus and other
Macaques. The ilium anteriorly overrides the sacrum far more than
is ordinarily the case. Its upper surface is markedly concave trans-
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versely, but longitudinally is strongly convex. * * * A special
feature is the thrusting forward of the pubes, and partly the ischia,
leaving a wide interval, therefore, between the buttocks and tail.”
Pithecus nemestrinus (Linnseus).
Simia nemestrina Linn., Syst. Nat., I, 1766, p. 35; Schreb.,
Saugth., 1775, p. 79, pi. IX; Bodd., Elench. Anim., 1784, p.
57 ; Gmel., Syst. Nat., I, 1788, p. 28; Shaw, Genl. Zool., I, Pt.
I, 1800, p. 25, pi. XIV ; Fisch., Syn. Mamm., 1829, p. 29.
Papio nemestrinus Erxl., Syst. Reg. Anim., 1777, p. 20.
Cynocephalus nemestrinus Latr., Nat. Hist. Buffon, (Sonnini
ed.), 1809, p. 291.
Inuus nemestrinus E. Geoff., Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, XIX,
1812, p. 101 ; Kuhl, Beitr. Zool., 1820, p. 17 ; Wagn., Schreb.,
Saugth. Suppl., I, 1840, p. 143 ; V, 1855, p. 57.
Macacus nemestrinus Desm., Mamm., 1820, p. 66; F. Cuv., Hist.
Nat. Mamm., Livr. XLII, 1822; 2me ed., 1833, p. 95, pis.
XXXIII, XXXIV; Less., Man. Mamm., 1827, p. 143; E.
Geoff., Cours Hist. Nat. Mamm., 1828, p. 23, 8me Legon ;
Less., Spec. Mamm., 1840, p. 95 ; Gray, Handb. Mamm.
Brit. Mus., 1843, p. 7 ; I. Geoff., Cat. Primates, 1851, p. 30;
Reichenb., Vollstand. Naturg. Affen, 1862, p. 139, pi. XXIV,
figs. 349-353 ; Mivart, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1865, p. 562 ;
Gray, Cat. Monkeys, Lemurs and Fruit-eating Bats, Brit.
Mus., 1870, p. 29; Schleg., Mus. Pays-Bas, Simise, 1876, p.
110; Anders., Exped. Yunnan, Zool., 1878, p. 77; Blanf.,
Faun. Brit. Ind., Mamm., 1888, p. 20; Sclat., Proc. Zool. Soc.
Lond., 1893, p. 325, (Borneo) ; Forbes, Handb. Primates, II,
1894, p. 16; Flow., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1900, p. 315;
Bedd., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1904, p. 161, (Brain) ; Pocock,
Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1906, p. 558; Elliot, Cat. Mamm.
Field Columb. Mus., F. C. M. Pub., VIII, 1906, p. 567, Zool.
Ser.
Le singe a queue de cochon F. Cuv., Hist. Nat. Mamm., 1822,
Livr. XXXVI, pi. <$.
Simia carpolegus Raffles, Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond., 1822, p. 243.
Macacus ( maimon ) brachyurus H. Smith, Intr. Mamm., in Nat.
Libr., I, 1842, p. 103, pi. I, Albino.
Pithecus ( Macacus ) nemestrinus Dahlb., Stud. Zool. Fam. Reg.
Anim. Natur., fasc. I, 1856, pp. 115, 118.
Macaca broca Miller, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XXIX, 1906, p. 558.
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Macaca nemestrina Lyon, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XXXIII, 1907,
p. 565.
Pithecus nemestrinus Lyon, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XL, 1911,
p. 136.
pig-tailed macaque. Native name Broh, or Cocoanut Monkey of the
English in Straits Settlements; Berok, (pronounced Broh),
of the Malays, and Myouk-padi of the Burmese.
Type locality. Sumatra.
Geogr. Distr. Southern Burma, Tenasserim, Malay Peninsula,
and islands of Banka, Sumatra, Java and Borneo.
Color. Top of head black; sides of head ochraceous buff; back
of head and neck mixed black and red, the black hairs being banded
and tipped v/ith that color ; hair on shoulders very long and reddish, the
hairs banded with black; back behind shoulders to rump, uniform
black , arms and hands, legs and feet reddish yellow, paler on inner
sides ; under parts yellowish ; callosities red ; tail above black like back,
beneath reddish yellow.
Measurements. Skull: total length, 142; Hensel, 110; zygomatic
width, 96; intertemporal width, 48; orbital width, 62; palatal length,
64; length of upper molar series, 37; length of mandible, 112; length
of lower molar series, 50. Ex specimen in Calcutta Museum.
This Macaque appears to persist truer to type, no matter where
it comes from, than any other species of the genus. There may be
a slight variation in size, and in the width of the black dorsal area
perhaps a slight difference in the depth of hue of the limbs, and there
may be individual differences in skulls, but these never are sufficient
to cause their possessors to take a separate rank, nor are they confined
to examples of a restricted locality. Therefore it has been found pos¬
sible to recognize only this and the two following species, irrespective
of the locality whence the individual may have come. The type of
P\ United States National Museum, has been examined
with Mr. Miller s assistance, and compared with a far greater amount
of material than was available when he described the form, and we
have decided that it cannot be separated from P. nemestrinus and will
have to become a synonym.
Pithecus adustus (Miller).
Macaca adusta Miller, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus XXIX 190<
SUN-BURNED MACAQUE. ’ ’
Type locality. Champang, Tenasserim, Malay Peninsuk
in United States National Museum.
p. 559.
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Geogr. Distr. Tenasserim, Malay Peninsula.
Genl. Char. Similar to P. nemestrinus, but hairs annulated.
Color. Male. Crown blackish, neck, shoulders and upper parts
of back bright russet annulated with black ; lower back, and upper parts
of thighs light ochraceous buff, unspeckled near callosities ; faint dorsal
line, blackish ; arms and legs grizzled blackish and drab gray ; under
parts drab gray, darkest across belly ; hands and feet darker than limbs ;
buttocks yellowish white ; tail above black, beneath pale brownish yel¬
low. Ex type United States National Museum.
Female. The female is much paler in color, and is generally with¬
out the conspicuous annulations on the upper parts, which are buff
and brownish black on lower back, and a buff brown on upper back,
shoulders, and top of head ; limbs, hands and feet yellowish brown,
quite pale; radiating hairs from ears cream buff. No dorsal line.
Altogether she presents a striking contrast to the male.
Measurements. Total length, 785; tail, 230; foot, 163. Skull:
greatest length, 136; occipito-nasal length, 111.5; breadth of braincase
above zygomata, 64.4; Hensel, 98.1; zygomatic breadth, 94 ; palatal
length, 54 ; median length of nasals, 30.7 ; length of upper molar series,
38; length of mandible, 99.5; length of lower molar series, 46. Ex
type United States National Museum.
A rather remarkable species, with its long annulated hair falling
over the shoulders and sides like a mane. It represents the Sumatran
animal in Tenasserim.
Pithecus instjlanus (Miller).
Macaca insulana Miller, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XXIX, 1906,
p. 560.
CHANCE ISLAND MACAQUE.
Type locality. Chance Island, Mergui Archipelago.
Genl. Char. Similar to P. adustus but smaller, hair on shoulders
longer.
Color. A perfect replica of P. adustus but smaller in size.
Measurements. Total length, 717; tail, 183. Skull: total length,
130.8; occipito-nasal length, 109.3; intertemporal width, 44.2; zygo¬
matic width, 93; palatal length, 55; median length of nasals, 28.2;
length of upper molar series, 32.3 ; length of mandible, 95.3 : length of
lower molar series, 41.8. Ex type United States National Museum.
This is a small island representative of the Tenasserim species,
with the hair over shoulders somewhat longer. In color there is prac-
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tically no difference between the forms. In the skulls there are differ¬
ences perceptible, but mainly such as the disparity in size of the two
animals would cause. Thus, the rostrum of the present species while
shorter is slightly broader; the braincase is also broader, but not so
high ; orbital ridges lighter.
PlTHECUS ANDAMANENSIS (Bartlett).
Macacus leoninus (nec Shaw), Blyth, Cat. Mamm. Mus. Asiat.
Soc. Beng., 1863, p. 7; Sclat., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1870,
p. 663, pi. XXXV ; Anders., Zool. Res. Exped. Yunnan, 1878,
p. 52; Id. Cat. Mamm., Ind. Mus. Calc., Pt. I, 1881, p. 71;
Blanf., Faun. Brit. Ind., Mamm., 1891, p. 18, fig. 6; Forbes,
Handb. Primates, II, 1894, p. 14; Sclat., Proc. Zool. Soc!
Lond., 1898, p. 280; Flower, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1900
p. 316.
Macacus andamanensis Barth, Land and Water, VIII, 1869, p. 57 ;
Sclat., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1869, p. 467, fig/
Inuus leoninus Blyth, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Beng., XLIV 1875 n 2
BURMESE PIG-TAILED MONKEY. ’ ’
Type locality. Arakan. Type in Calcutta Museum.
Geogr. Distr. Arakan, and Valley of the Irawady, Upper Burma.
Siam? Andaman Islands, (introduced).
Color. Top of head mummy brown with a reddish tinge ; sides of
head and face yellowish, this color extending down sides of neck
behind ears; back of head and neck, back, and sides reddish brown
hairs banded with yellowish; shoulders and upper part of arms more
reddish than back and sides, the hairs banded with ochraceous; anal
region and hind part of thighs yellow ; arms and hands like the back •
legs yellowish brown much lighter than the back; feet dark brown •
under part of body yellowish white; tail short, slender, brownish black
above, yellowish beneath, tip red. Ex Blyth’s type Calcutta Museum.
The skull of the type is not in the Calcutta Museum, but the fol-
conIcfiomaSUrementS arG takCn fr°m 3 SkuU °f the sPecies in the
Measurements. Skull: total length, 154.5; Hensel, 110; zygo¬
ma ic width 104 ; palatal length, 75 ; width of braincase, 68 ; length
of upper molar series and canines, 48; length of mandible, 117- lenSh
of lower molar series and canines 58 S
The above
in the Calcutta
hardly now be
description of this species was taken from the tvne
Museum. The specimen has faded greatly, and would
considered as fairly representing the species as com-
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pared with a freshly killed specimen, or a living individual. The
description shows the type as it is to-day, but allowances will have to
be made for lapse of time, and possibly some lack of careful attention.
A large black patch on top of the head coming to a point in front;
a conspicuous line on forehead, and space around the eyes white ; space
around ears gray; hair on cheeks long, grayish brown; shoulders
reddish brown ; back very dark brown, dorsal line almost black ; arms,
legs and hands grayish brown ; feet darker brown ; under parts grayish
brown ; anal region white with a narrow red line down the center ; tail
short, carried over the back, darker brown above, white beneath ; face
livid flesh color ; eyes hazel. Description from living individual in the
Zoological Gardens, Calcutta.
The name leoninus having been employed by Shaw previously
(1. c.) for P. albibarbatus (Kerr), cannot be again used, and Bart¬
lett’s name andamanensis, the only one besides Blyth’s bestowed on
the species, will have to be the one by which this monkey must be
hereafter known. This is unfortunate as this animal is not indigenous
to the Andaman Islands having been transported there, and the name
is a misleading one, but its adoption appears to be imperative.
Pithecus assamensis (McClelland).
Macacus assamensis McClell., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1839, p.
148; Schinz, Syn. Mamm, 1844, p. 57; Blyth, Journ. Asiat.
Soc. Beng., XIII, 1844, p. 776; Id. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist.,
IX, 1851, p. 313; Id. Cat. Mamm. Mus. Asiat. Soc. Beng.,
1863, p. 8; Horsf., Cat. Mus. E. Ind. Co., 1851, p. 21; Sclat.,
Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1868, p. 066; 18/1, p. 222; Blyth,
Journ. Asiat. Soc. Beng., XLIV, 1875, extra no. p. 5;
Schleg., Mus. Pavs-Bas, Simise, 1876, p. 113; Anders., Exped.
Yunnan, Zool., 1878, p. 64.
Macacus ( Pithex ) pelops Hodg., Journ. Asiat. Soc. Beng., IX,
1840, p. 1213; X, p. 908; Id. Calc. Journ. Nat. Hist., II,
1842, p. 212; IV, 1844, p. 285; Id. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist.,
VIII, 1842, p. 315.
Papio ( Rhesus ) assamensis Ogilby, Royle, Ill. Himal. Bot.,
Mamm., 1840, p. 16; Id. Madras Journ. Litr. Scien., 1840,
p. 144.
Macacus pelops Schinz, Syn. Mamm., 1844, p. 69 ; Hodg., Cat.
Mamm. Nepaul, 1846, p. 2 ; Blyth, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., XX,
1851, p. 313; Reichenb., Vollstand. Naturg. Affen, 1862, p.
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141, not figured; Gray, Cat. Monkeys, Lemurs and Fruit-eat¬
ing Bats, Brit. Mus., 1870, p. 30.
Inuus ( Rhesus ) pelops Wagn., Schreb., Saugth. Suppl., V, 1855,
p. 56.
Inuus assamensis Wagn., Schreb., Saugth. Suppl., V, 1855, p. 57 ;
Hutton, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Beng., XXXIII, 1864, Append.,
p. XIII.
Inuus pelops Hutton, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Beng., XXXIII, 1864,
p. XIII; Jerd., Mamm. Ind., 1867, p. 11; Blyth, Journ. Asiat.
Soc. Beng., XLIV, 1875, extra no. p. 6.
Macacus rheso-similis Sclat., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1872, p. 495,
pi. XXV, juv.; 1875, p. 418.
A supposed new monkey from the Sunderbunds Anders., Proc.
Zool. Soc. Lond., 1872, p. 529, (figs, skull).
Macacus rhesus villosus Blanf., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1898, p.
361.
HIMALAYAN MACAQUE.
Type locality. Assam.
Geogr. Distr. India, in the Himalaya Mountains from Masuri ;
Bengal Sunderbunds east of Calcutta, ( Blanf ord) ; Ira wady 25 miles
below Bhamo, (Anderson) ; Sikhim, Bhutan, Assam.
Genl. Char. Face dusky, hair wavy or woolly; buttocks hairy
around callosities.
Measurements. Skull of a female from Irawady, specimen taken
between twenty and twenty-five miles below Bhamo, by Anderson.
“Greatest length from occiput to tip of premaxillaries 4.57 in. ; anterior
border of occipital foramen to tip of premaxillaries, 3.24; occipital
ridge to nasal process of frontal, 3.26 ; anterior margin of auditory
openings to tip of premaxillaries, 3.40; breadth between auditory
openings, 2.08 ; greatest breadth behind root of zygoma, 2.40 ; greatest
facial breadth across fronto-malar suture, .48 ; anterior margin of
occipital foramen to posterior border of mesial line of palate, 1.41 ; end
of premaxilla to nasal process of frontal,* 2; breadth of temporal fossa
behind tempero-malar suture, 1.75 ; breadth across zygomatic arch,
2.91 , breadth of muzzle at base of last tooth, 1.40; breadth of muzzle
at first bicuspid, 1.30; height of orbit, .85; diameter of orbit, .93;
length of lower jaw in a line of alveolar margin, 2.91 in.”
McClelland’s description (1. c). is brief and as follows: “bluish-
gray, with dark brownish on the shoulders; beneath light gray; face
flesh coloured, but interspersed with a few black hairs ; length 2y2 feet ;
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proportions strong ; canine teeth long and deeply grooved in front ; the
last of the cheek-teeth in the upper jaw blunt.”
The type of “ Inuus ” pelops Hodgson is in the British Museum.
It was mounted but has been made into a skin and is in very fair con¬
dition. It is of a dull brown with a slight yellowish tinge on the head
and upper parts, the hairs not annulated, and paler on the rump ; outer
surface of arms smoke gray, hands blackish ; legs like rump, a darkish
clay color becoming grayish brown at ankles ; feet covered with clay
colored hairs ; tail purplish brown ; under parts and inner side of
limbs gray. Hairs on head radiate from a center as described by
Anderson of the type. There can be no doubt that this is an immature
animal of P. assamensis. There are two specimens in the British
Museum one considerably darker than the other, but of general uni¬
form coloring above, the hairs without annulations.
There is a Macaque in the Calcutta Museum, labelled M. assam-
ensis, and stated to have come from Assam. It has the top of head,
upper parts of body and sides fox red; long black hairs on face;
sides of head yellow ; arms, hands and sides paler red than body ; legs
below knees reddish yellow ; lower parts of body and inner side of
limbs yellowish white ; tail pale red above, golden beneath ; callosities
not large, red. This is a handsome monkey; the colors fox red and
golden yellow ; the face apparently pale red. It would seem to be too
red for P. assamensis and nearer the color of P. rufescens, which,
however, appears to be a resident of Tenasserim, and not known as
from Assam.
The types of Mammals in the Collection of the East Indian
Museum were supposed to have been deposited in the British Museum,
but after diligent search the type of this species could not be found,
and there are no records extant to show it ever was in the latter
Institution. Anderson saw it in the Indian Museum when he was in
London and gives (1. c.) the following description of it: “The type of
M. assamensis in the Indian Museum, London, is an adult male. It is
a stuffed specimen, but the skull has been removed from the skin and is
not in the Museum. This monkey differs from all adult animals of
the common monkey of the plains of India, which have come under my
observation, in the anterior half wanting the ashy tint which is so
characteristic of the adults, and in the hinder portion of the body being
in no way rufous. The fur too is almost completely devoid of annula¬
tions, and the hair around the face and on the chin is longer than in
animals from the plains. The general color of this old specimen may be
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described as brown, washed over the outer side of the fore-limbs, and
more especially between the shoulders and back of the neck with
yellowish, which appears in certain lights as pale golden, passing on the
upper surface of the head into a pale yellowish brown. The general
brownish tint is darkest on the flanks, where it has a fuliginous tinge,
and down the front margin of the fore-limbs, over the outer surface
of the thighs, the dorsi of the feet and on the tail. The inside of
the limbs and the under surface generally are much paler than the
upper parts, and have a yellowish tint, inclining to gray. Behind the
angle of the mouth, and below and behind the ears and on the chin,
the hair is rather long and nearly of the same colour as the under sur¬
face, but slightly tipped with blackish. There is a moderately dense
line of rather long super-orbital hairs with a pencil of similar hairs
extending backwards from the external orbital angle of the frontals.
The hair generally is wavy, and on the shoulders and between them
above and on the sides of the chest it is much longer than on the hind
part of the body, with the exception of the dark hairs on the lower part
of the flanks, which are also rather long. The hair on the vertex
radiates from a point of about one inch above the level of the super¬
orbital ridge, and a few of the front hairs are directed forwards, but
the mass outwards and slightly backwards, which is also the direction
of the hairs to the radiating point. There are a few long, black super¬
ciliary hairs, also others on the upper lip and skin. The callosities are
closely surrounded by the fur. The length of the animal along the
curve of the head and back is 26.75 inches, the tail measuring 9%
inches.”
The type of Macacus problematicus Gray, in the British Museum
is a moderately sized brown monkey without any special character¬
istics to distinguish it from many others. It is of one uniform tint
over the whole exterior portion of the body and limbs, hands and feet,
a sepia color becoming yellowish gray on the under parts and inner
side of limbs, tail brown, paler than body, some stiff black hairs on
the forehead over the eyes. The type was purchased from the
Zoological Society, was an immature individual and had lived most
of its life in captivity. It is practically impossible to refer this type
with certainty to any recognized species, and there is little to be said in
defense of a habit of describing individuals from Zoological Gardens,
that are immature, have passed most of their lives in captivity, and
m the majority of cases with no ascertained locality. The best thing
to do with all such specimens is to declare them undeterminable, and
strike them out of our list. Such specimens as this type of M.
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problematicus can never be of use to any one, but can easily become
a stumbling block to many. It is placed here as a synonym, as it
seems nearest in color to P. assamensis among the species of Ma¬
caques.
Pithecus rhesus (Audebert).
Simia rhesus Audeb., Hist. Nat. Singes et Makis, Fam. II, Sec.
I, 1797, p. 5, pi. I; Cuv., Reg. Anim., I, 1817, p. 109; Fisch.,
Syn. Mamm., 1829, p. 29.
Simia erythrcea, Wrinkled baboon, Shaw, Genl. Zook, I, Pt. I
1800, p. 33.
Inuus rhesus E. Geoff., Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, XIX, 1812,
p. 101 ; Kuhl, Beitr. Zook, 1820, p. 17 ; Jerd., Mamm. Ind.,
1867, p. 11.
Macacus erythrceus F. Cuv., Hist. Nat. Mamm., 1819, pi.
XXXVIII, juv.; 1821, pk XXXIX; 1825, pi. XL, Gerv.,
Hist. Nat. Mamm., 1834, p. 91, pis. XXXI-XXXVII; I.
Geoff., Diet. Class., 1826, p. 538; Id. Belang., Voy., Zook,
1834, p. 59; Id. Cat. Primates, 1851, p. 30; Reichenb., Voll-
stand. Naturg. Affen, 1862, pk XXIV, figs. 345-348, 354-356 ;
Mivart, Proc. Zook Soc. Lond., 1865, p. 562; Schleg., Mus.
Pays-Bas, Simise, 1876, p. 112.
Macacus rhesus Desm., Mamm., 1820, p. 66 ; Less., Man. Mamm.,
1827, p. 42; Id. Spec. Mamm., 1840, p. 95; Gray, Handb.
Mamm. Brit. Mus., 1843, p. 8; Hodg., Proc. Zook Soc. Lond.,
1856, p. 394; Anders., Proc. Zook Soc. Lond., 1858, p. 512;
Reichenb., Vollstand. Naturg. Affen, 1862, p. 100, fig. 358;
Hutton, Proc. Zook Soc. Lond., 1867, p. 951; Gray, Cat.
Monkeys, Lemurs and Fruit-eating Bats, Brit. Mus., 1870,
p. 31; Sclat., Proc. Zook Soc. Lond., 1871, p. 222; Sutton,
Proc. Zook Soc. Lond., 1883, p. 581 ; Blanf., Proc. Zook
Soc. Lond., 1887, p. 625 ; Id. Fauna Brit. Ind., Mamm., 1891,
p. 13; Forbes, Handb. Primates, II, 1894, p. 22; Thos., Proc.
Zook Soc. Lond., 1898, p. 770, (Kuatun, China) ; Elliot, Cat.
Mamm. Field Columb. Mus., F. C. M. Pub., VIII, 1906, p.
567, Zook Ser. ; Pocock, Proc. Zook Soc. Lond., 1906, p. 558.
Le rhesus F. Cuv., Hist. Nat. Mamm., 1821, Livr. XXVI, pis.
& ?•
Inuus erythrceus Wagn., Schreb., Saugth Suppl., I, 1840, p. 142 ;
V, 1855, p. 56, pk VIIIc.
Papio rhesus Ogilby, Madr. Journ. Litr. Scien., XII, 1840, p. 144.
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Macacus ( Pithex ) oinops Hodg., Journ. Asiat. Soc. Beng., IX,
1840, p. 1212, fig. p. 1213; X, 1841, p. 908; Id. Calc. Journ.
Nat. Hist., II, 1842, p. 212; IV, 1844, p. 285 ; Id. Ann. Mag.
Nat. Hist., VIII, 1st Ser., 1842, p. 315, fig.
Macacus oinops Gray, Handb. Mamm. Brit. Mus., 1843, p. 8;
Reichenb., Vollstand. Naturg. Affen, 1862, p. 141, pi. XXIV,
fig. 367.
Pithecus ( Macacus ) erythrceus Dahlb., Stud. Zool. Fam. Reg.
Anim. Natur., fasc. I, 1856, pp. 116-120.
Macacus ( Pithecus ) erythrceus Reichenb., Vollstand. Naturg.
Affen, 1862, p. 137, figs. 345-348, 354-356.
Macacus ( Pithecus ) geron Reichenb., Vollstand. Naturg. Affen,
1862, p. 139, pi. XXIV, fig. 351 ?
BENGAL MACAQUE.
Type locality. Unknown.
Geogr. Distr. Himalayas to the Godaveri River, Northern India ;
Cashmere at 5,000 feet elevation; Jako Hill, Simla, 8,500 feet, (intro¬
duced) ; Nepal, (Hodgson); Guzerat, Central Provinces; in Bengal
and Northern Circars, and on the west coast near Bombay. Replaced in
Assam and Burma by M. assamensis, although Anderson states,
(Zool. Yunnan, pp. 56 and 57), that he obtained at Momien and the
Hotha valley specimens of Macaques closely resembling P. rhesus,
and another was given to him by Dr. Marfels from Burma, but with¬
out locality. It is probable, however, that these were really P. assam¬
ensis.
Color. Head, and upper parts of body to middle of back bistre
with a grayish tinge speckled with buff, the hairs being purplish brown
banded with buff on apical half ; this color grades into orange red
on lower back, rump and thighs ; arms gray speckled with buff ; under
parts and inner side of limbs grayish white ; tail short, Prout’s brown
above, yellowish beneath ; face and ears flesh color ; callosities red.
Measurements. Total length, 930; tail, 330; foot, 145. Skull:
total length, 145.4; occipito-nasal length, 115.5; Hensel, 108.3; zygo¬
matic breadth, 96.3 ; intertemporal width, 50 ; width of braincase, 67.6 ■
median length of nasals, 34.2; palatal length, 60; length of upper molar
series, 37; length of mandible, 118; length of lower molar series, 49.2.
The type of Hodgson’s M. oinops is in the British Museum, a skin
m fair condition ; the skull showing it to be a young adult male. It is
now a dark brown, some hairs on head and shoulders slightly speckled
with buff, and the thighs beginning to show the orange red hue of P
rhesus; outer side of arms and legs blackish brown; under parts
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whitish gray. The skin was originally mounted and has been exposed
in the case for over half a century, and it is probable that the accumu¬
lated dust during that length of time has darkened the colors con¬
siderably. Another of Hodgson’s specimens also marked M. oinops
is blackish brown throughout without any orange coloring. It is
very evident that these examples have not assumed the adult pelage,
only one exhibiting a change to the coloring of P. rhesus, and the
probability is they are of that species. Anderson figures a skull of
Hodgson’s oinops as the type, and states there was no skin, but the
two skulls recorded as types now in the Museum have the skins also,
and are examples, as I have shown, not in mature dress.
The name erythrcea has been applied to this species as ‘Schreber
pi. VIII.’ As shown by Blanford, (Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1887, p.
625), no plate with that number or any other with the name Simia
erythrcea was ever published by Schreber. If it had been it would have
antedated rhesus Audebert, published in 1797. There is no such
plate in vol. I, 1775, nor in the additional plates belonging to that
volume, in vol. Ill, p. 590, 1778, nor in vol. IV, p. 636, 1792. The first
appearance of such a plate is in Wagner’s Supplement I, 1840, pi.
VIIIc. Schreber’s original plate VIII, was the Mandrill, Papio
Sphinx (Linn.). The earliest use of the name Simia erythrcea was
by Shaw, Gen. Zool., I, 1800, p. 33, and the reference given is “Schreb.
Suppl.” without number of plate or page. Dr. Blanford’s theory is
that a plate “was probably distributed to a few naturalists, but not
issued in such a way as to give validity to the title.” ( !)
This is the common Macaque of Northern India, and although
Blanford (1. c.) says it is not held sacred by the Hindus, it certainly
is venerated by them, and in the temple of Hounuman, the Monkey
God at Benares, large numbers of this species are kept and given the
freedom of the building and become very bold and impudent. Their
numbers increased so greatly at one time in this temple that the
government was obliged to interfere, and as their destruction would
have been resented by the natives, a compromise was effected, and all
but about two hundred were carried into the jungle and set free.
Doubtless many found their way back to the more comfortable quarters
in the city. When young it is readily tamed and learns easily various
tricks. Full of mischief and curiosity it often becomes a nuisance
about the towns, and when adult is frequently ill-tempered, even
savage. It seeks cultivated tracts and the borders of tanks and
streams, and Blanford states that the wild monkeys go in herds often
of considerable size, and have but little fear of man, (probably because
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they are so rarely molested), and feed on spiders and many kinds
of insects especially Orthoptera and Lepidoptera, besides fruit and
seeds. Among themselves they are very quarrelsome, constantly
fighting and screaming or teasing each other. They have no fear of
water and swim well.
There are remarkably few examples of this species in the
Museums of the world; the animals being considered sacred in India,
makes their capture a difficult matter; for the natives would cer¬
tainly resent the killing of one of these monkeys, and so comparatively
few are taken by Collectors.
PlTHECUS BREVICAUDUS Elliot.
Pithecus brachyurus (nec H. Smith), Elliot, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist.,
IV, 1909, 8th Ser., p. 251.
Macacus erythrceus (nec Cuv.), Swinhoe, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond.,
1870, p. 226.
ISLAND OF HAINAN MACAQUE.
Type locality. Island of Hainan. Type in American Museum of
Natural History, New York.
Color. Top of head, nape, hind neck, upper parts of body to
rump speckled black and russet ; rump dark orange rufous ; arms and
hands speckled blackish and buff, hairs gray on basal half and this
color gives a dominant tone to the rest; flanks and legs ochraceous,
unspeckled; long, stiff, black hairs on superciliary line; sides of head
yellowish gray; some black hairs on cheeks forming a short line
beneath eyes; face flesh color, becoming blackish on lips which are
sparsely covered with short white hairs ; chin, throat and under parts
of body to anal region yellowish white ; hairs about scrotum and anal
region orange and rufous like rump ; inner side of legs yellowish, feet
brownish gray ; tail above speckled blackish brown and ochraceous,
beneath paler. Ex type American Museum Natural History, New
York.
Measurements. Total length, 730; tail, 220; foot, 135. Skull:
total length, 116.1; occipito-nasal length, 100; intertemporal length,
46.3; breadth of braincase, 60.6; Hensel, 78.3; zygomatic width, 81.8;
median length of nasals, 25; palatal length, 42.3; length of upper
canines, 21; length of upper molar series, 29.8; length of mandible
82.2; length of lower molar series, 36.6. Ex type American Museum
Natural History, New York.
This Macaque, while having a general resemblance to P. rhesus
of India, differs in various ways from that species. The tail is much
VOLUME II.
PLATE XXIII
PlTHECUS BREVICAUDUS.
SIDE VIEW REVERSED.
No. 27577 Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. Coll. % Nat. Size.
PITH ECUS
217
shorter, and the coloring, especially on the rump and about scrotum,
much brighter. The skull, however, differs greatly from that of P.
rhesus. The orbital ridge is rounded, (not depressed), and flattened,
and consequently there should be an absence of the scowling look so
often seen in adults of the Indian species ; another character that
instantly attracts the eye is the greater width and lateral swellings
of the rostrum of P. rhesus, the Hainan species having a rather long
rostrum for its width, and the sides descending rather abruptly from
the nasals. The orbits of P. brevicaudus are circular, those of the
other species oblong; the braincase of the Hainan Macaque is some¬
what shorter and more bulging posteriorly, and the palate is deeper
and narrower, and the bullae shorter and wider ; tooth rows of upper
jaw nearly straight and the teeth much smaller; mastoid width much
less, and the mandible has a proportionately greater depth and less
expansion at coronoid process. This comparison is made between two
skulls of males of about equal age.
Several specimens of this Macaque were received by the American
Museum of Natural History in New York, in a collection from the
Island of Hainan. On examining the examples in the Museum I was
satisfied of their distinctness from P. rhesus but not having any skulls
of that species for comparison I decided not to describe the form at
that time, but to wait until a comparison could be made. Dr. Allen
selected three, and the Museum forwarded them to me in London, and
after comparing these with skins and skulls of P. rhesus in the British
Museum, the distinctness of the Hainan Macaque was demonstrated.
The term brachyurus, having been previously employed for an
albino Macaque, possibly for P. nemestrinus, by Hamilton Smith in
Jardine Nat. Libr., I, p. 103, pi. I, cannot be retained for the present
species and in place of it I propose brevicaudus.
Mr. Swinhoe states (1. c.) : “About the jungles of Nychow, (S.
Hainan), Monkeys were very common. On our landing, abreast of
the ship we saw a large party of them on the beach, which at once
retired into a grove above high water mark. We watched them
running along the boughs of the trees and jumping from branch
to branch. The discharge of a fowling piece soon made them
scurry away into the thicket ; but every now and again their
heads would appear from the higher bushes watching the move¬
ments of the enemy. At last when they observed that our pres¬
ence implied actual danger to themselves, they climbed the hills and
posted themselves about conspicuous rocks, where they chattered
and grunted, out of danger. Their cries were very like those of M.
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cyclopsis Mihi, of Formosa. In the neighborhood of Nychow city we
found a large number of them in a thick wood that surrounded the
hovel of a Le native, and one of our party succeeded in knocking over
a fine female with a cartridge. Its irides were yellowish brown tinged
with green. Eyes somewhat oval. Face long, narrow, with a some¬
what projecting mouth; the skin tinged with reddish yellow, and
sprinkled with short, silky, buff -colored hair, longer and coarser on the
lips, chin and cheeks. A few long black hairs were scattered on the
center of the forehead and on the space beneath the eyes. The ear
was well developed and thinly clothed with hair.”
Subgenus Vetulus.
Tail over 12 inches, but not as long as head and body.
PlTHECUS AXBIBAEBATUS (Kerr).
Ouanderou Buff., Hist. Nat, XIV, 1766, pp. 169, 174, pi. XVIII.
Simia silenus (nec Linn.), Schreb., Saugth., 1775, p. 87, pi. XI;
Blanf., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1887, p. 620.
Simia ( Cercopithecus ) veter albibarbatus Kerr, Anim. Kingd.,
1792, p. 64, No. 27.
Simia ( Cercopithecus ) silenus albibarbatus Kerr, Anim. Kingd.,
1792, p. 64, No. 28.
Simia ferox Shaw, Mus. Leverian., II, 1793, p. 69; Id. Genl. Zool.,
I, Pt. I, 1800, p. 30, pi. XVI ; Blanf., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond.,
1887, p. 623.
Simia leonina Shaw, Genl. Zool., I, Pt. I, 1800, p. 34, pi. XVII.
Papio silenus (nec Linn.), E. Geoff., Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris,
XIX, 1812, p. 102; Kuhl, Beitr. Zool., 1820, p. 18.
Macacus silenus (nec Linn.), Desm., Mamm., 1820, p. 63 ; F. Cuv.,
Hist. Nat. Mamm., 1822, pi. XLIV; E. Geoff., Cours Hist!
Nat. Mamm., 1828, p. 33, 8me Legon; Less., Man. Mamm.,
1827, p. 95; I. Geoff., Belang., Voy., 1834, p. 51 ; Less., Spec.
Mamm., 1840, p. 93 ; Blyth, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Beng., XIII,
1844, p. 476; XVI, 1847, p. 1272; XXVIII, 1859, p. 280 !
I. Geoff., Cat. Primates, 1851, p. 30; Schleg., Mus. Pays-Bas,
Simise, 1876, p. 109; Anders., Exped. Yunnan, Zool., 1878!
p. 93; Blanf., Faun. Brit. Ind., Mamm., 1888-91, p. 16;
Forbes, Handb. Primates, II, 1894, p. 18.
Inuus ( Maimon ) silenus (nec Linn.), Wagn., Schreb., Saugth
Suppl., I, 1840, p. 141, pi. XI B.
VOLUME II
PLATE XXIV,
PlTHECUS ALBIBARBATUS.
No. 88.2.5.17. Brit. Mus. Coll. % Nat. Size.
PITHECUS
219
Cynocephalus silenus (nec Linn.), Wagn., Schreb., Saugth. Suppl.,
V, 1855, p. 62.
Pithecus ( Macacus ) silenus (nec Linn.), Dahlb., Stud. Zool. Fam.
Reg. Natur., fasc. I, 1856, pp. 106, 119.
Vetulus silenus (nec Linn.), Reichenb., Vollstand. Naturg. Affen,
1862, p. 125, pi. XXII, figs. 321-323.
Silenus veter Gray, Cat. Monkeys, Lemurs and Fruit-eating Bats,
Brit. Mus., 1870, p. 32.
Inuus silenus Jerd., Mamm. Ind., 1874, p. 10.
LION-TAILED MACAQUE.
Type locality. “Egypt.”
Geogr. Distr. Southern India ; the western Ghats below Goa to
Cape Comorin. Not found in Ceylon.
Genl. Char. Face surrounded by very long hairs, meeting under
the chin forming a kind of ruff ; tail slender, tufted.
Color. Long hairs about face and on throat between a wood
brown and drab gray, entire rest of pelage and tail black.
Measurements. Total length, 910; tail, 380; foot, 170, (skin).
Skull : occipito-nasal length, 96.6 ; Hensel, 84.5 ; zygomatic width, 89.9 ;
intertemporal width, 40.8; palatal length, 45.2; median length of
nasals, 29.4 ; length of upper molar series, 30.7 ; length of mandible,
83.1 ; length of lower molar series, 38.9.
Considerable confusion has existed regarding the proper name to
be given to this species, and Dr. Blanford (1. c.) has shown that the
one given by Linnaeus (1. c.) cannot be applied to it. The 12th edition
of the Systema Naturae, 1766, has generally been, until comparatively
lately, the starting point for nomenclature by Naturalists, and in this
work, the Malabar Macaque is certainly not described, for there
Linnaeus states his S. silenus has, “caudata barbata nigra, barba nigra
prolixa,” which does not answer for this species which has not a black
beard. In the 10th edition 1758, another description is given for the
same animal, “caudata barbata , copore nigro, barba nivea prolixa,”
which is much nearer the appearance of the monkey called silenus by
nearly all the writers. In both editions the first citation is Alp. TEgypt,
242? Linnaeus, as is most probable, never saw a specimen of this
monkey, and his description was taken from that of Alpinus which
was founded upon a drawing. But Alpinus says his monkey had a
black beard, and Linnaeus noticing the discrepancy between his diag¬
nosis and that of Alpinus cites his work with a query.
Alpinus gives three figures as described by Blanford, two on plate
XX and one on plate XXI. Figure one on the first plate “represents
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PITHECUS
an animal with a thin beard, below the chin alone, and with a rather
long tail ; figure two shows a monkey drawn so as to resemble a lion
as much as possible.” The figure on the next plate “represents an
animal with a short tail, hairy body and long hair all around the head.”
Whatever species these figures and description were intended to
represent, it is certain they will not answer for the Malabar Monkey,
and Linnaeus himself was so little satisfied with his description in the
10th edition that he changes it to the 12th so as to make it read “barba
nigra prolixa” and thus make it accord with that of Alpinus. Linnaeus
characterizes his 5. silenus in this manner: Size equal to the largest
Baboon ; beard white in one edition, black in the other, and the animal
came from Egypt in the 12th edition, but from Asia, Ceylon and Java
in the 10th edition. Here then we have two writers, neither of whom
ever probably saw the monkey they described, one of whom, Alpinus,
states that his species has a black beard, and the other, Linnaeus, trying
to diagnose the same animal, says in the first place the beard is white
and in the second place it is black. It is not at all likely that it was'
the Malabar Monkey to which either Author referred, as neither the
size nor the habitats given answer for the species, and Linnaeus at all
events, had a very foggy idea of its appearance. Considering, there¬
fore, the absolute uncertainty as to what the S', silenus Linn., really
was, it seems best to regard it as undeterminable and select the name
that was, without question, bestowed upon the species, and this appears
to be Simia albibarbatus Kerr, (1. c.). It is also the Ouanderou, or
Lowando of Buffon, (1. c.) and his figure fairly represents it, except
the tail appears to have been reduced more than half, the specimen
probably having lost the greater portion of its length. The name has
been misapplied, as Wanderou, or Ouanderou properly belongs to
Presbytis cephaloloptera of Ceylon, in which island the P. albi¬
barbatus is not found, for there is no species of monkey there with a
white beard.
Jerdon, (1. c.) says of this species that “it is a native of the more
elevated forests of the Western Ghats of India from N. L. 14° to the
extreme south, but most abundant in Cochin and Travancore It is
said to occur still farther north up to Goa, N. L. 15y2, but I have no
authentic information of its occurrence so high. It frequents the most
dense and unfrequented parts of the forest, always, as far as I have
observed it, at a considerable elevation, and I had often traversed the
Malabar forests before I first fell in with it. This was at the top of
the Cotiady pass, leading from Malabar into the Wynaad. I have since
met with it in several other localities, but always near the crest of the
.
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VOLUME II
PLATE XXV,
v.
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PlTHECUS SINICUS,
No. 22131 U. S. Nat. Mus. Coll.
% Nat. Size,
PITH ECUS
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Ghats. It occurs in troops of from twelve to twenty or more, and
those I observed were exceedingly shy and wary. It is not to my
knowledge often caught in the Wynaad, and most of the individuals
seen in captivity appear to be taken in Travancore. In its Nature it
is more sulky and savage than the next species, (P. rhesus), and is
with difficulty taught to perform any feats of agility or mimicry.”
Subgenus Zati.
Hairs on crown radiating from a point in the center.
Pithecus sinicus (Linnaeus).
Simla sinica Linn., Mant. Plant., 1771, p. 52 ; Bodd., Elench.
Anim., 1784, p. 60; Gmel., Syst. Nat., I, 1788, p. 30; Audeb.,
Hist. Nat. Singes et Makis, 1797, Fam. IV, Sec. Ill, p. 17,
pi. II; Shaw, Genl. Zool., I, Pt. I, 1800, p. 50; Fisch., Syn.
Mamm., 1829, p. 27 ; Cuv., Reg. Anim., 1829, p. 95.
Cercopithecus sinicus Erxl., Syst. Reg. Anim., 1777, p. 41,
(Part.) ; Zimm., Geog. Gesch., II, 1780, p. 193; Kuhl, Beitr.
Zool., 1820, p. 13.
Cercocebus radiatus E. Geoff., Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, XIX,
1812, p. 98.
Pithecus radiatus Desm., Nouv. Diet. Hist. Nat., Mamm., XVIII,
1817, p. 325.
Le Toque F. Cuv., Hist. Nat. Mamm., Livr. XVIII, 1820, pi.; 2me
ed., 1833, p. 89, pi. XXX.
Cercopithecus radiatus Kuhl, Beitr. Zool., 1820, p. 13.
Macacus radiatus F. Cuv., Hist. Nat. Mamm., Livr. XVIII, 1820,
pi. XXXIII; Desm., Mamm., 1820, p. 64, (Part.); Sykes,
Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1831, p. 99; I. Geoff., Belang., Voy.,
Zool., 1834, p. 54; Less., Spec. Mamm., 1840, p. 89; Gray,
Handb. Mamm. Brit. Mus., 1843, p. 7; Blyth, Journ. Asiat.
Soc. Beng., XIII, 1844, p. 476; Horsf., Cat. Mamm., E. Ind.
Co. Mus., 1851, p. 18; Jerd., Mamm. Ind., 1867, p. 12.
Inuus ( Cercocebus ) sinicus Wagn., Schreb., Saugth. Suppl., I,
1840, p. 139, pi. XXIII.
Macacus sinicus Blyth, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Beng., XVI, 1847, p.
1272; I. Geoff., Cat. Primates, 1851, p. 26; Gray, Cat. Mon¬
keys, Lemurs and Fruit-eating Bats, Brit. Mus., 1870, p. 28;
Anders., Exped. Yunnan, Zool., 1878, p. 28; Blanf., Faun.
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Brit. Ind., Mamm., 1891, p. 23; Forbes, Handb. Primates,
II, 1894, p. 35 ; Pocock, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1906, p. 558.
Inuus ( Macacus ) sinicus Wagn., Schreb., Saugth. Suppl., V, 1855,
p. 56.
Cynamolgos ( Zati ) sinicus Reichenb., Vollstand. Naturg. Affen,
1862, p. 130, pi. XXIII, figs. 327-32 9.
Cynamolgos (Zati) audeberti Reichenb., Vollstand. Naturg. Affen,
1862, p. 132, pi. XXIII, fig. 331.
Cercocebus sinicus Schleg., Mus. Pays-Bas, Simise, 1876, p 99
BONNET MACAQUE.
Type locality. Bengal.
Geogr. Distr. Southern India; north, possibly, to the Godaveri
River, and on the west to Bombay.
Genl. Char. Face naked ; forehead sparsely haired, the hair parted
in the center ; hair on crown radiating from a central point in all direc¬
tions but not falling over forehead; hairs on upper parts moderately
long ; ears naked, prominent ; tail nearly as long as the body.
Color. Male. Hairs on head and upper parts brownish olive on
basal half, remainder banded with dark brown and buff, giving a red¬
dish brown hue to these parts; outer side of limbs olive gray; under
parts and inner side of limbs yellowish white ; hands and feet similar
to the limbs but darker in hue ; tail above darker than the back, being
blackish brown at base graduating into bistre towards the tip, beneath
yellowish white like under parts.
Female is somewhat lighter, one before me from Travancore
British Museum Collection No. 19. a. being an almost uniform olive
brown above, with but slight evidence of bands on the hairs; limbs
paler, uniform olive grayish brown ; hands and feet blackish brown •
under parts, body and limbs yellowish white; tail above like back
beneath yellowish white. Face and callosities flesh color
Measurements. Total length, 800; tail, 340; foot, 115, (skin).
Skull : total length, 108; occipito-nasal length, 87.3; Hensel, 67; inter¬
temporal width, 43.2; zygomatic width, 81 ; breadth of braincase, 61.1 •
ofSE S ^Kiken7i<alfe broken; Ien2th of uPPer molar series, 29; length
of mandible, 77.6 ; length of lower molar series, 38.
. JhlS Specief and its near relative P. pileatus are readily recog¬
nizable among the Macaques by the curious manner in which the hafr
on the crown of the head radiates from a common center. It is a
native of southern India, its limits being Bombay on the west and the
Godaveri River on the east.
PITHECUS
223
Pithecus pileattjs (Kerr).
Simia ( Cercopithecus ) sinicus pileatus Kerr, Anim. Kingd., 1792,
No. 45.
Simia sinic a (necLinn.), Schreb., Saugth., 1775, p. 108, pi. XXIII.
Le Bonnet Chinois Audeb., Hist. Nat. Singes et Makis, 1797, Fam.
IV, Sec. II, pi. II.
Simia pileata Shaw, Gen. Zool., I, Pt. I, 1800, p. 53 ; Fisch., Syst.
Reg. Anim., 1829, p. 24.
Cercopithecus pileatus E. Geoff., Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris,
XIX, 1812, p. 94; Kuhl, Beitr. Zool., 1820, p. 11; Desm.,
Mamm., 1820, p. 57.
Cercocebus sinicus (nec Linn.), E. Geoff., Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat.
Paris, XIX, 1812, p. 98.
Macacus sinicus (nec Linn.), Desm., Mamm., 1820, p. 64; F. Cuv.,
Hist. Nat. Mamm., 1825, pi. XXXIV ; Less., Man. Mamm.,
1827, p. 42 ; Fisch., Syn. Mamm., 1829, p. 27 ; I. Geoff.,
Belang., Voy., Zool., 1834, p. 55 ; Less., Spec. Mamm., 1840,
p. 89 ; Gray, Handb. Mamm. Brit. Mus., 1843, p. 7 ; Kelaart,
Faun. Zeyl., 1852, p. 8.
Macacus pileatus Blyth, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Beng., XVI, 1847, p.
1272; I. Geoff., Cat. Primates, 1851, p. 27 ; Tenn., Hist. Ceyl.,
1861, p. 130; Gray, Cat. Monkeys, Lemurs and Fruit-eating
Bats, Brit. Mus., 1870, p. 29; Anders., Exped. Yunnan, Zool.,
1878, p. 91; Blanf., Faun. Brit. Ind., Mamm., 1891, p. 24;
Forbes, Handb. Primates, II, 1894, p. 33.
Inuus pileatus Wagn., Schreb., Saugth. Suppl., V, 1855, p. 55.
Pithecus ( Macacus ) pileatus Dahlb., Stud. Zool. Fam. Reg. Anim.
Natur., fasc. I, 1856, pp. 117, 119.
Cynamolgos ( Zati ) pileatus Reichenb., Vollstand. Naturg. Affen,
1862, p. 131, fig. 330.
Cercocebus pileatus Schleg., Mus. Pays-Bas, Simiae, 1876, p. 98.
THE TOQUE MACAQUE.
Type locality. Ceylon.
Genl. Char. Similar to P. sinicus (Linn.), but redder.
Color. Black band over eyes and on temples, some hairs quite
long ; a bright reddish band encircles top of head at base of long hairs ;
these last are orange on front portion, and project over the forehead;
dull brown on the remaining part on sides and rear ; sides of neck
behind ears yellowish white, as are also the throat and under parts of
body ; back of neck, upper parts and sides of body dark reddish brown ;
arms and hands ochraceous ; thighs reddish, paler on leg below knees ;
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feet yellowish; tail very long, dusky above, beneath pale yellowish
inclining to ochraceous at base; face bare, red. Ex specimen from
Ceylon in Calcutta Museum.
Top of head and upper part of body, thighs and tail dark brown,
blackish on base of tail; sides of head, outer side of arms and legs
below the knee brownish gray; under parts, inner side of limbs and
under side of tail grayish white. Face, flesh color. Tail very long.
Ex type M. sinicus Geoff., (nec Linn.), in Paris Museum = P.
pileatus (Kerr).
Measurements. Total length, 977.90; tail, 431.80; foot, 127.
Two specimens in Paris Museum of this species are both young
about half grown, and both marked “type.” They are probably those
described by E. Geoffroy.
This species is found only in the Island of Ceylon. The name
is usually attributed to Shaw (1. c.) but Kerr had conferred the same
name upon it (1. c.) eight years previously.
Subgenus Neocebus.
Hairs on head not radiating from a central point.
Pithecus resimus (Thomas and WYoughton) .
Macaca resima Thos. and Wrought., Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. Ill
1908, 8th Ser., p. 381.
Type locality. Tasikmalaja, West Java. Altitude 1,145 feet
1 ype in British Museum.
Genl- Char. Size small, tail about as long as the body. Skull
with, rostrum twisted to one side, abnormal in shape.
k «C°i0r'u T°P.0f hCad and Upper parts isabella color speckled with
buff, the hairs being hair brown with apical half banded with buff-
imbs hands and feet gray, arms darker than legs and hairs white
tipped; cheeks and sides of head below ears, inner side of limbs
and under parts grayish white; black line across forehead and on sides
basThTf by thC bIaCk tipS °f thC HairS; tail above black for
basal half grading into gray, beneath gray. Ex type British Museum.
Measurements. Total length, 880; tail, 360; foot, 135- ear 42
HenselCt89 l’ ^ length’ 12L1 > occipito-nasal length, 95.3;
Hensel, 89.1 ; zygomatic length, 75.8 ; intertemporal width, 40.1 • breadth
of braincase, 54.3 ; palatal length, 54.3 ; median length of nasals 14 5 •
ErMshM^eum ' 91'8; °f ’0Wer m°lar SeHeS- 40-9- Ex ^
PITH ECU S
225
This is a rather small Macaque with soft moderately long hair,
and tail nearly the length of the body. It probably represents a dis¬
tinct species, certainly is not the same as P. mordax, for besides the
general smaller size, the teeth are larger. But the rostral portion of
the skull is not normally shaped, having a twist to the left, not from
having been injured early in life, there is no evidence of that, so the
animal was probably born with the rostrum out of plumb, so to speak.
The type is unique, and it is very desirable that other specimens should
be procured.
PlTHECUS YALIDUS Elliot.
Pithecus validus Elliot, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., IV, 8th Ser., 1909,
p. 252.
Type locality. Cochin China, exact locality unknown. Type in
British Museum.
Genl. Char. Body stout, heavy; limbs short, tail not quite as long
as the body. Skull with facial region almost as long as the braincase ;
sagittal crest present ; rostrum longer than wide ; palate long, narrow ;
tooth rows straight ; second upper molar largest ; last lower molar with
prominent posterior cusp ; mandible heavy, comparatively massive for
its total length; canines stout.
Color. Crown, middle of nape, line over eyes, and line on sides
of head, black speckled with buff; rest of crown and entire upper
parts, Prout’s brown washed with olive and grading to raw umber on
sides of arms, all speckled with buff; outer side of arms from elbows
and hands blackish speckled with buff ; outer side of thighs olive
speckled with buff; legs, rump, and below knees, grayish olive, buff
speckled; side of head and neck olive gray; under parts and inner
side of limbs grayish white ; feet olive brown speckled with buff ; tail
above black on basal half grading into blackish brown on remainder,
beneath pale yellowish olive; face flesh color. Ex type British
Museum.
Measurements. Total length, 1,030.3; tail, 365; foot, 125. Skull:
total length, 125.3; occipito-nasal length, 103.6; Hensel, 84.9; zygo¬
matic width, 82.5; facial length, 78.9; width of braincase, 57; greatest
width of rostrum, 38; median length of nasals, 35.5; palatal length,
50.7 ; length of upper molar series, 30.2 ; length of mandible, 93.2 ;
length of lower molar series, 36.9; depth of jaw beneath second molar,
23.8. Ex type British Museum.
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The unique type of this very unusually colored Macaque is stated
to have come from Cochin China, no particular locality in that country
specified. In its peculiar brown and olive yellow speckled fur it
resembles somewhat in color the long-tailed species P. irus Cuv., of
the Malay Peninsula, Burma, etc., but is a much more powerful animal
than that species, has no reddish brown on the head, and a much
shorter tail. In fact it does not closely resemble any species of
Macaque with which I am acquainted.
PlTHECUS ALACER Elliot.
Pithecus alacer Elliot, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., IV, 8th Ser., 1909,
p. 253.
Type locality. Bliah, on the northern point of Koendoer Island.
Type in British Museum.
Genl. Char. General color much paler than the examples from
Singapore and Bintang Islands, more approaching but still paler than
those from Karimon Island. Skull and teeth more like that of the
dark Macaque from Singapore Island. Fur long, soft; tail as long
as body. Tooth rows straight. Flesh colored patch on eyelids and
between eyes.
Color. General color hazel on dorsal region grading to raw umber
or tawny olive on sides, the hairs on back being gray at base, then
blackish brown and then banded with black and tawny ochraceous,
while the hairs on sides are gray banded with ochraceous buff ; the
hairs on head and nape are black at base, then orange ochraceous and
tipped with black ; narrow line above eyes grizzled gray ; numerous
stiff black hairs behind the gray line almost forming a black line, the
longest hairs standing out from the head on each side; face* and
cheeks covered with very short gray hairs; sides of head yellowish
white, hairs long and directed forward and upward; upper side of
arms and hands cream buff, the hairs being purplish with cream buff
tips , upper side of thighs like back, rest of legs yellowish gray ; feet
olive brown ; under parts and inner side of limbs yellowish white ; tail
above black speckled with white for three fourths the length, and then
grading into hair brown, tuft at tip bistre ; beneath pale reddish brown ;
eyelids and patch over eyes flesh color. Ex type British Museum.
Measurements. Total length, 794; tail, 361; foot, 125; ear, 33,
(Collector). Skull: total length, 110.6; occipito-nasal length, 92.7;
Hensel, 72.7; intertemporal width, 41.1 ; zygomatic width, 72.8; great¬
est width of braincase, 58; palatal length, 73.5; median length of
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nasals, 24.8; length of upper molar series, 36.1; length of mandible,
79; length of lower molar series, 33. Ex type British Museum.
This Macaque exhibits an entirely differently colored pelage from
the Singapore species, and one much nearer to the Karimon and
Sumatra forms, while the skull is nearer in its characters to the Singa¬
pore Macaque than to those species living on the neighboring islands.
It is a reddish brown animal, duller in hue than either the Karimon
or Sumatra Macaques. The affinities of the monkeys from these
various islands is rather difficult to understand, and why their coloring
should be similar in Koendoer and the islands to the south as far as
Sumatra, and the cranial characters should be nearly alike with the
Singapore species, separated as it is by intervening islands, inhabited
by an allied but different form. It would be practically useless to
theorize upon this condition of things ; but the animals are probably in
a process of change influenced by their insular habitats, though as these
islands are but short distances apart, it is difficult to appreciate how
great such influences may be. At present we only know that differ¬
ences do exist of such importance as to compel us to regard the
individuals from various islands as possessing characters so unrecon-
cilable as to prevent us from considering them all as belonging to one
species.
PlTHECUS KARIMON! Elliot.
Pithecus karimoni Elliot, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., IV, 8th Ser.,
1909, p. 254.
Type locality. Monos, eastern coast of the Island of Karimon.
Type in British Museum.
Genl. Char. Similar in color to P. fascicularis of Sumatra, and
skull characters nearer to the skull of that species than to either of
those of the species from Koendoer or Singapore, its nearer neighbors.
Facial portion of skull shorter than braincase ; teeth large ; tooth rows
very slightly curved ; second and third molars much larger than first
in both upper and lower rows ; orbital ridge broad and long ;. rostrum
short and broad; braincase broad and rounded. Pelage moderately
long, smooth; tail about equal in length to body. Forehead above
eyes to hair flesh color.
Color. Male. General hue tawny ochraceous, reddest on head
and neck, dorsal regions darkest and becoming more yellow on the
sides ; the hairs on back being purplish gray at base, then banded with
tawny ochraceous and black, and the hairs on sides yellowish gray
banded with white ; outer side of arms grizzled gray, hairs being gray
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banded with black and cream buff; hands and fingers black covered
with yellowish white hairs; outer side of thighs like back, legs bluish
gray; under parts and inner side of limbs grayish white; tail grizzled
black and white above, brownish gray beneath; feet brownish gray.
Young females are lighter in color, some a pale reddish hue. Ex type
British Museum.
Measurements. Total length, 906; tail, 432; foot, 152; ear, 35,
(Collector). Skull: total length, 111.6; occipito-nasal length, 92.5;
Hensel, 75.2; zygomatic width, 76.9; intertemporal width, 38.7; width
of braincase, 54.7 ; greatest width of rostrum, 38.4 ; length of rostrum,
40; palatal length, 41.7 ; median length of nasals, 17.5 ; length of upper
molar series, 27.7 ; length of mandible, 79.7 ; length of lower molar
series, 35.6. Ex type British Museum.
This Macaque while resembling in color of pelage its relative
from Koendoer next to it on the south, agrees in its cranial characters
with those of P. fascicularis from Sumatra; a rather inexplicable
fact in both the cases of this species and the one from Koendoer,
skipping the island nearest to them, and agreeing, in the cranial
characters, more nearly with the species farthest from them on the
south and north.
Pithecus fuscus (Miller).
Macacus fuscus Miller, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XXVI 1903 p
476.
SIMALVR ISLAND MACAQUE.
Type locality. Simalur Island, off northwestern coast of Sumatra.
Type in United States National Museum. .
Genl. Char. Tail long, nearly as long as the head and body.
Skull small.
Geogr. Distr. Simalur and Lasia Islands.
Color. Head, upper parts of body, and outer side of limbs black¬
ish brown annulated with wood brown, the head and limbs appearing
lighter than body ; base of hairs drab ; under parts and inner side of
limbs grayish white ; tail above like back, beneath grayish white ; hands
and feet blackish brown annulated with wood brown. Ex type United
States National Museum.
Measurements. Total length, 920; tail, 450; foot, 125. Skull:
total length, 122; occipito-nasal length, 97.2; Hensel, 88.5; zygomatic
width, 85.2; intertemporal width, 40.6; palatal length, 49.6; median
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length of nasals, 29.4; length of upper molar series, 30.1; length of
mandible, 92.4; length of lower molar series, 40.6. Ex type United
States National Museum.
This is a very dark Macaque similar in coloration to P. umbrosus
but with a shorter tail. The skull is much smaller although the type
is a fully adult male.
Subgenus Macacus.
Tail equal to, or exceeding the head and body in length.
Pithecus umbrosus (Miller).
Macacus umbrosus Miller, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XXIV, 1903, p.
789.
NICOBAR ISLAND MACAQUE.
Type locality. Little Nicobar Island, Nicobars. Type in United
States National Museum.
Geogr. Distr. Nicobar Group. Great and Little Nicobar ; Katchel.
Genl. Char. Color dark, tail longer than head and body.
Color. Very similar to P. fuscus; head and upper parts and
outer side of limbs, blackish, hairs drab at base and with a subterminal
cream buff ring ; under parts and inner side of limbs drab ; hands and
feet like upper parts ; tail above nearly black at base, dark drab on
apical half, hairs indistinctly annulated with buff. Ex type United
States National Museum.
Measurements. Total length, 1,040; tail, 530; foot, 135. Skull:
total length, 135 ; Hensel, 94.7 ; zygomatic width, 88.8 ; intertemporal
width, 38.5 ; palatal length, 54.3 ; median length of nasals, 25.6 ; length
of upper molar series, 33.6 ; length of mandible, 98.3 ; length of lower
molar series, 40.1. Ex type United States National Museum.
This species and P. fuscus resemble each other closely in color
but the skulls are quite different, that of the present species being
much longer, as are also the molar series in both jaws.
Pithecus irus (F. Cuvier).
Le Macaque Buff., Hist. Nat., XIV, 1766, p. 190, pi. XX.
Simia cynomolgos (nec Linn.), Bodd., Elench. Anim., 1784, p.
58, Buffon’s fig. ; Fisch., Syn. Mamm., 1829, p. 25.
Cercocebus cynomolgos (nec Linn.), E. Geoff., Ann. Mus. Hist.
Nat. Paris, XIX, 1812, p. 90; Schleg., Mus. Pays-Bas, Simiae,
1876, p. 101, (Part.).
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Macacus irus F. Cuv., Mem. Mus. Hist. Nat., Paris, IV, 1818, p.
120; Cabr., Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 6, 1910, 8th Ser., p. 620.
Le Macaque F. Cuv., Hist. Nat. Mamm, 1819, liv. XXX, XXXI.
Macacus cynomolgos (nec Linn.), Desm., Mamm., 1820, p. 65;
Id. Nouv. Diet. Scien. Nat., XXVII, 1823, p. 467; Less.,
Spec. Mamm., 1840, p. 90 ; Gray, Cat. Monkeys, Lemurs and
Fruit-eating Bats, Brit. Mus., 1870, p. 30; Blanf., Faun. Brit.
Ind., Mamm., 1891, p. 21 ; Forbes, Handb. Primates, II, 1894,
p. 31 ; Flow., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1900, p. 316.
Cercopithecus cynomolgos (nec Linn.), Kuhl, Beitr. Zool., 1820.
p. 16.
Macacus carbonarius F. Cuv., Hist. Nat. Mamm., 1825, pi.
XXXII; I. Geoff., Belang., Voy., 1834, p. 63; Less., Spec.
Mamm., 1840, p. 92; Blyth, Cat. Mamm. Mus. Asiat Soc,
1863, p. 9.
Simla carbonaria Fisch., Syn. Mamm., 1829, p. 26.
Macacus aureus I. Geoff., Belang., Voy., Zool., 1834, pp. 58, 76.
Macacus auratus Mull, und Schleg., Verhandl. Geschied 1839-44
p. 49.
Semnopithecus kra Less., Spec. Mamm., 1840, p. 65.
Inuus cynomolgos (nec Linn.), Wagn., Schreb., Saugth Suppl I
1840, p. 135, pis. XIII, XXII. (Part.).
Inuus carbonarius Wagn., Schreb., Saugth. Suppl., V, 1855, p. 53.
Inuus aureus var. y, Wagn., Schreb., Saugth. Suppl.’ V, 1855, p.'
S3,
Cynamolgos carbonarius Reichenb., Vollstand. Nature Affen
1862, p. 136, pi. XXIII, fig. 341.
Macacus fur Slack, Proc. Acad. Nat. Scien. Phil., 1867, p 36
pi. I. > ¥• >
crab-eating macaqve. Native name Kra.
Type locality. Unknown.
Geogr. Distr. Burma, Arakan, Tenasserim, Malay Peninsula.
Gcnl Char. Color pale; body heavy; tail longer than head and
body; whitish area around eyes; tuft of hair on top of head some¬
times elevated.
Color Top of head, back of neck and entire upper parts, pale
greenish olive, the hairs being olive gray banded with cream buff • in
some examples there is a brownish wash on the head and dorsal line •
outer side of arms and legs olive gray ; hands and feet brownish black •
sides of head, flanks, inner side of limbs and under parts grayish white ■
tail above at base like back, remainder smoke gray; beneath grayish
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white; white area around eyes; face brown or livid; eyelids bluish
white ; callosities bright flesh color.
Measurements. Total length, 1,080; tail, 650; foot, 130, (skin).
Skull: total length, 112; occipito-nasal length, 93.3; Hensel, 80;
intertemporal width, 38.3 ; length of rostrum from posterior end of
nasals to base of incisors, 51.1 ; width of rostrum beneath orbits at
alveolar border, 40.3 ; palatal length, 47.6 ; median length of nasals,
28.9 ; width across orbits, inner rim, 48.8 ; length of upper molar series,
33 ; length of mandible, 92 ; length of lower molar series, 42. Ex type
of M. aureus E. Geoff., in Paris Museum, an immature individual.
This is a gray long-tailed monkey of Burma, Arakan, and Malay
Peninsula, always known as M. cynomolgos (nec Linn.), until 1825,
when Frederic Cuvier (1. c.) described it and called it Macacus irus.
The above description represents the typical style of this species,
but there are considerable variations among individuals both in the
color of the pelage and in that of the face. This black handed
and black footed Macaque does not seem to go south or east of the
Malay Peninsula, but is supplanted by allied forms with gray hands
and feet in Java, Flores, Borneo, etc.
Top of head and upper parts of body speckled brownish red
and yellow, the hairs being gray at base and ringed with yellowish
red; shoulders and thighs gray tinged with yellow; sides of head,
whiskers, under parts, and inner side of limbs sooty gray ; forearms
gray tinged with brown ; tail very long, blackish brown at base, grading
into grayish brown on apical portion. Face flesh color. Locality
Bengal a mistake, as no monkey of this character is found there.
It has been shown by Blanford (1. c.) that Linnaeus’ cynomolgos
was misapplied by Schreber to Buffon’s “Macaque,” which is the Crab¬
eating Monkey of Burma, and for which F. Cuvier (1. c.) instituted
the name of irus which is the one it should bear. This species has
naturally nothing to do with cynomolgos ( !) Linnaeus, which, as has
been shown, was an African Monkey = Simla hamadryas Linn., and
all the confusion existing in connection with this name has been
caused mainly by Schreber.
Two rather striking varieties of the Crab-eating Monkey have
been accorded different names and separated as distinct. The first
with a dark-colored pelage and dusky face was called carbonarius by
F. Cuvier, (1. c.) and the second, a golden colored animal with a pale
face was designated aureus by I. Geoffroy, (1. c.). These two forms,
as well as the typical style are found in Burma as stated by Blanford,
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(1. c.) and the color of the face has no significance as it varies greatly,
and dark and light faces are by no means restricted to a certain color
of pelage, and the dark face is seen in an animal with a light hued
pelage, and a pale face with an individual having a dark colored coat.
It is merely an example of individual variation without any specific
value whatever.
There are three specimens in the British Museum from the Baram
River district of Borneo, a female and two young. The female closely
resembles specimens of P. irus from the Malay Peninsula and for the
present we can only consider that it represents the same species, but
it is not unlikely that, with ample materials to enable a more correct
opinion to be formed, it may be found advisable to separate the
Bornean animal from the Malayan.
F. Cuvier’s type of M. carbonarius is not in the Paris Museum,
and probably never was in the collection.
Flower, (1. c.) states “when travelling on the Malay rivers one
generally sees the Kras in small parties of from two to ten among the
tree branches at high tides, but at low water they take to the mud and
hunt about for food. They generally take little notice of passing boats,
and so can be easily observed. In captivity they become intelligent pets,’
t ough the adult male Broh becomes fierce and dangerous. I have
known a very large male Kra to be remarkably tame. They delight in
water, and, (at any rate in their native climate), should be allowed a
bath at least once a day.
“Ridley says he has seen one leaping off the boughs of a tree into
t e water, climbing up and leaping off again and again, and I was told
of one kept by some English soldiers at Singapore that would dive
into a deep tub of water and fetch out bananas that were thrown in for
it. The males of this species, (as well as some other Macaci), seem to
vary very much in size.”
Pn-HEeus mordax (Thomas and Wroughton)
Th°\ao„d Wr0Ught’ An"‘ MaS‘ Nat Hist, III,
1909, 8th Ser., p. 380.
M2!nJ°CaUty' Tjila‘laP. West Java. Sea level. Type in British
Geogr. Distr. Java and Flores.
colori„”'teeth larged" * FASCIOT“*IS Sumatra, no red
Color. On the forehead a few jet black hairs straggle above the
eyes, but not enough of them to make a distinct line; top of head and
VOLUME II
PLATE XXVI
PlTHECUS FASCICULARIS
No. 114506 U. S. Nat. Mus. Coll. % Nat. S
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upper parts of body reddish brown speckled with golden buff ; the hairs
being wood brown at base, then banded with blackish brown and
golden buff, or golden yellow, the tips of the latter color ; cheeks gray,
hairs tipped with black forming an upright black line on sides of face,
as the hairs radiate forward from the ears, fan-like ; face covered with
short buffy hairs ; chin, throat and under surface and inner side of
limbs yellowish white ; legs, feet and flanks wood brown ; the hairs
on upper side of arms and hands gray sparsely banded and tipped with
golden yellow ; tail, above blackish gray at base grading into a pale
grayish brown, hairs banded with yellowish white. Ex type British
Museum.
Measurements. Total length, 1,210; tail, 610; foot, 155; ear, 43,
(Collector). Skull: total length, 122.1; occipito-nasal length, 102.2;
Hensel, 87.3 ; intertemporal width, 42.5 ; width of braincase, 58.2 ;
palatal length, 53 ; median length of nasals, 18 ; length of upper molar
series, 31.8; length of mandible, 91.7; length of lower molar series,
33.2. Ex type British Museum.
This is a brownish Macaque with gray hands and feet, one of the
chief characters to separate the species from P. irus of the Malay
Peninsula. A specimen in the British Museum from Flores cannot be
separated from this species, and it probably is an inhabitant of the
small islands stretching to the eastward from Java.
Pithectjs fascicularis (Raffles) .
Simia fascicularis Raffles, Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond., XIII, 1822,
p. 246 ; Bonhote, Fasc. Malay, Zool., I, 1903, p. 3.
Macacus cynomolgus (nec Linn.), Blyth, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Beng.,
XVI, 1847, p. 731; Flow., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1900, p.
316; Meyer, Abh. Mus. Dresd., VI, 1896, p. 4.
Macacus fascicularis Elliot, Cat. Mamm. Field Columb. Mus., F.
C. M. Pub., VIII, 1906, p. 567, Zool. Ser.; Pocock, Proc.
Zool. Soc. Lond., 1906, p. 558; Cabr., Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist.,
VI, 1910, 8th Ser., p. 626.
sumatran macaque. Native name Kra (Raffles).
Type locality. Sumatra.
Geogr. Distr. Island of Sumatra, and Islands of Terautau, and
Langkawi, Straits of Malacca.
Genl. Char. Feet and hands olive gray, very different from the
black hands and feet of P. irus, (Cuv.). General hue of pelage in
adults tawny ochraceous ; tail about as long as head and body ; eyelids
yellow in skin, probably flesh color in life. Ascending ramus of
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mandible, broad and low, angle of anterior edge nearly upright,
curving backward at top.
Color. Narrow black line formed of long stiff hairs on forehead;
top of head, nape and hind neck tawny, slightly duller on upper parts
of body, the hairs being purplish on basal half, then banded with tawny
ochraceous, this giving the dominant color; eyelids flesh color; face
covered with short white hairs; sides of head covered with long olive
gray hairs, projecting forward in form of a semicircle from the ear,
and meeting the grayish white hairs from the temples and cheeks,'
which run backwards and form an upstanding ridge; outer surface
of arms and thighs olive gray speckled with yellow ; legs, hands, and
feet olive gray; inner side of limbs, and under parts silvery gray; tail
brownish black above, grayish brown beneath.
Measurements. Total length, 1,300; tail, 600; foot, 125. Skull-
occipital region gone; Hensel, 86; breadth of orbits, inner rim, 48.1;
length of rostrum, posterior end of nasal to base of incisors,' 48.7;
breadth of rostrum posteriorly at alveolar border, 36.2; median 'length
of nasals, 20.3; palatal length, 44.4; length of upper molar series, 31.8;
length of mandible, 85.2; length of lower molar series, 41.1.
This species has for a long time been regarded by most writers
as the same as P. irus (F. Cuv.), but that species has black hands and
feet as was originally described by F. Cuvier, whereas the present
species has gray hands and feet, and the general color of the pelage
is tawny, quite a different hue from that of P. irus. The Macaques
on the islands lying between Sumatra and Singapore have a pelage
whose color is very similar to this one from Sumatra, but possess
dental and cranial characters sufficiently different to prevent them
from being considered the same species. Raffles in his description
(1. c.) made no mention of the color of the hands and feet, and this
important character for differentiating this from the Malay Macaque
seems to have been entirely overlooked by subsequent Authors In
Size P. FASCICULARIS and P. irus are about equal, but in general
appearance they do not resemble each other very much.
PlTHECUS MANDIBULARIS Elliot
Pithecusmandibularis Elliot, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XXXVIII
1910- P; 347J Ly®> Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XL, 1911, p. 137.’
tt ., pj l"cal“y- Sungei Sama near Pontianak, Borneo Tvoe in
United States National Museum. ' yP
Cent. Char. Similar in coloration to P. fasciculams but paler.
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less red, and the ascending ramus of mandible narrower, higher, and
with a backward inclination.
Color. Upper parts ochraceous buff, the hairs being gray at base
and banded with black and ochraceous buff, the latter color dom¬
inating; top of head more tawny; whorl on cheeks and below ears
gray; outer side of arms and hands gray speckled with yellow, outer
side of thighs like back ; legs below knees, and feet smoke gray,
unspeckled ; under parts and inner side of limbs whitish ; tail above
blackish paler towards tip, beneath buffy gray. Ex type United States
National Museum.
Measurements. Total length, 1,015; tail, 570; foot, 140. Skull:
total length, 112; occipito-nasal length, 95.9; Hensel, skull broken;
zygomatic width, 77; intertemporal width, 41.7; palatal length, 45.1;
median length of nasals, 26.9 ; length of upper molar series, 28 ; length
of mandible, 80.9 ; length of lower molar series, 34.8 ; width of ascend¬
ing ramus at middle, 22.3 ; at top, 23.3 ; extreme perpendicular height,
38.1. Ex type United States National Museum.
The great difference in the shape of the ascending ramus persists
in all the skulls, and when compared with that of P. fascicularis its
narrowness and height are conspicuous. The ascending ramus of the
mandible of P. carimat^e is about half way between the Sumatran and
Bornean Macaques and in the color of the pelage it is quite unlike both.
PlTHECUS CAPITALIS Elliot.
Pithecus capitalis Elliot, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XXXVIII, 1910,
p. 350.
Type locality. Trong, Lower Siam. Type in United States
National Museum.
Geogr. Distr. Lower Siam, and Telibon Island.
Color. Nearest to P. fascicularis with gray hands and feet, but
without the reddish hue on head and neck. Skull much larger and
very different in character.
Color. Top of head and entire upper parts yellowish brown, the
hairs gray at base, then banded with dark brown and yellow ; limbs,
hands and feet grayish brown on outer side yellowish on inner ; tail
above dark grayish brown, beneath yellowish white. Ex type United
States National Museum.
Measurements. Total length, 1,143; tail, 635. Skull, total length,
123 ; occipito-nasal length, 103.7 ; intertemporal width, 45 ; Hensel, 87.7 ;
zygomatic width, 89.8 ; palatal length, 53.5 ; median length of nasals,
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31 ; length of upper molar series, 32; length of mandible, 97.1 ; length
of lower molar series, 40.1. Ex type United States National Museum.
The specimen has a very worn coat, and hairs thinly dispersed on
imbs and under parts. While the coloring is dissimilar to that of P.
FASCICULARIS the great difference between it and the Trong Macaque
is in the size and shape of the skull and teeth. The skull of the
thTfraVnimru aIlhOUgh °f ab0Ut the same aSe> is apparently one
third smaller The Trong skull has a low crest from the midfrontal
to the occiput ; the rostrum is longer and broader; zygomatic width
greater, nasals wider; bony palate deeper and longer; teeth larger
incisors more than twice as large; mandible longer and heavier, the
backward “ ^ ^ With a VGry sli^ht inclination
. "is
Pithecus L2ettts Elliot.
PUhe™S2sfUS Elli0t’ Ann' Mag' Nat H!st- IV> 8th Ser., 1909,
Tyt‘ locality. Island of Tingi, South China Sea off the south
coast of the Malay Peninsula. Type in British Museum
Geogr. Dtstr. Tingi and Tioman Islands, South China Sea
and £ a nChZ' ; S'm‘lar bul paIer than that of P. karimoni
nearly as lone aas h ger ^ ^ b°dyi skuI1 with fadal region
reddislfrin F°rfbead flesh colori general hue wood brown with a
whitish gray, hairs turning upwards in r„nt of Cr0W" " ^
arms and hands grayish cream colt sSttf °f
covered with whitish gray hairs; chin broccoli browH^st of unlr
parts and mner s.de of arms and legs yellowish white ; tailTu basal ha
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above black, remainder bluish gray, beneath pale drab gray. Ex
unique type British Museum.
Measurements. Total length, 975; tail, 550; foot, 129, (Col¬
lector). Skull: total length, 114.7; occipito-nasal length, 98.8; Hensel,
76.3; zygomatic width, 80.3; intertemporal width, 41.4; width of
braincase, 57.7; length of rostrum, 41.6; width of rostrum beneath
orbits, 32.1 ; at jaw, 39.1 ; palatal length, 42.9; median length of nasals,
18.1 ; length of upper molar series, 30; length of canines, 25.2; length
of mandible, 87.4 ; length of lower molar series, 68.7. Ex type British
Museum.
This is a much paler Macaque than any of the island forms
described, with pale yellowish gray arms, and whitish gray legs. The
general color of the top of head and nape at a little distance is
ochraceous, contrasting rather strongly with the reddish wood brown
of the back. The skull is rather large and heavy, more like that of P.
fascicularis of Sumatra, than any of those described from the various
islands. Two specimens from Tioman Island, north of Tingi, are
much darker in color, but as they present no cranial differences from
Tingi Island examples, I have not separated them, though the coloring
is quite different.
PlTHECUS LINGUNGENSIS Elliot.
Pithecus lingungensis Elliot, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XXXVIII,
1910, p. 344.
LINGUNG ISLAND MACAQUE.
Type locality. Pulo Lingung, Natuna Islands. Type in United
States National Museum.
Genl. Char. Tooth row long ; general color of fur reddish.
Color. Top of head, and upper parts rich tawny and black, base
of hairs grayish; outer side of limbs, hands and feet, gray, hairs
banded and tipped with cream buff ; under parts, and inner side of
limbs yellowish white ; tail above at root like back, remainder brownish
black, hairs barred with cream buff; beneath smoky gray. Ex type
United States National Museum.
M easurements. Total length, 847 ; tail, 574. Skull . total length,
108.8; occipito-nasal length, 91.8; Hensel, 75; intertemporal width,
37.9 ; palatal length, 45.8 ; median length of nasals, 27 ; length of upper
molar series, 30.4; length of mandible, 78.5; length of lower molar
series, 37.7. Ex type United States National Museum.
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In general appearance this Macaque is totally unlike P. sirhas-
senensis, and while the skulls of the two forms have a general resem¬
blance to each other, the present species has a narrower braincase,
longer tooth rows, and smaller incisors, these being intermediate
between the species just named and P. lautensis. One specimen only
was obtained by Dr. Abbott.
PlTHECUS LAUTENSIS Elliot.
Pithecus lautensis Elliot, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XXXVIII 1910
p. 345. ’ ’
LAUT ISLAND MACAQUE.
Type locality. Pulo Laut, Natuna Islands. Type in United
States National Museum.
. Gfnl' Char ■ Resembling P. lingungensis but not so red: skull
entirely different.
• u S°[°r' T°P °f head and Upper parts tawny ochraceous and brown-
is black; arms and hands bluish gray; hairs tipped with cream buff;
outer side of thighs unicolor to back, legs olive gray; feet darker,
bemg brownish gray; under parts and inner side of limbs, silvery gray
ail above blackish brown becoming gradually paler towards tip’
beneath whitish gray. Ex type United States National Museum
Measurements. Total length, 1,018 ; tail, 548. Skull : total length
122; occipito-nasal length, 95.3; Hensel, 80.7; intertemporal width,’
9.8 , zygomatic width, 82.7; palatal length, 45.7; breadth of brain-
27U ll o°f naSaIS’ 27 A ; Ien^h of upper ®olar ^ries,
.1 . Rngth of mandible, 84.1 ; length of lower molar series, 36 1 Ex
type United States National Museum.
This Macaque is very similar in color on body and head to P
ngungensis, but 1S. very different in the color of the limbs arms
par icularly The mam differences are to be found in the skull ’ This
as a very broad face, and space across orbits very wide; orbital ridge
much heavier; the braincase is larger in every way, and the root of the
zygomata broader and heavier; palate is wider; basioccipital and basi-
sphenoid broader and longer, and the zygomatic arch more widelv
spread; the outer edge of the occipital region in P. lingungensis is
rounded, but pyranudal without the cap in the present specif £££
Altogether the two skulls are as different in all respects as two
crama can well be of species belonging to the ' I
example obtained by Dr. Abbott. ? gCnUS’ °ne
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PlTHECUS SIRHASSENENSIS Elliot.
Pithecus sirhassenensis Elliot, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XXXVIII,
1910, p. 345.
SIRHASSEN ISLAND MACAQUE.
Type locality. Sirhassen Island, Natuna Islands. Type in
United States National Museum.
Genl. Char. General hue very dark ; limbs and feet paler. Skull
in general character nearest to P. lingungensis, but tooth rows much
shorter.
Color. Top of head, upper parts and sides of body, and outer
side of thighs blackish brown and ochraceous, the hairs gray at base
then banded with ochraceous and black and tips black ; limbs, hands
and feet pale gray, hairs banded with cream buff ; under parts and
inner side of limbs grayish white; tail above at base blackish, hairs
ringed with ochraceous, grading into smoke gray for remaining part,
beneath smoke gray. Ex type United States National Museum.
Measurements. Total length, 1,110; tail, 600. Skull : total length,
113.3; breadth of braincase, 54; intertemporal width, 40.5; palatal
length, 47 ; median length of nasals, 27 ; length of upper molar series,
27.6; length of mandible, 77.7 ; length of lower molar series, 35.5. Ex
type United States National Museum.
This species, from the island in the southern part of the Natuna
Group, is very dark in color, differing greatly from the other Macaques
from the rest of these islands.
The skull resembles more nearly that of P. lingungensis from
Lingung Island, near to Natuna, but the length of the tooth row is much
less, the palate is wider, and the braincase broader. One example
only was obtained.
Pithecus yitiis Elliot.
Pithecus vitiis Elliot, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XXXVIII, 1910, p.
346.
MERCUI MACAQUE.
Type locality. Domel Island, Mergui Archipelago. Type in
United States National Museum.
Geogr. Distr. Domel, St. Matthew and Sullivan Islands, Mergui
Archipelago.
Genl. Char. Hair long, loose ; hands and feet yellowish gray.
Color. General color of top of head and upper parts, wood brown,
darkest on dorsal line, and lighter on sides, the hairs being gray at
base, banded with black and yellow ; arms and hands similar to back ;
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P IT H ECU S
thighs like back ; legs pale yellowish brown, feet slightly darker ; under
parts and inner side of limbs, yellowish gray ; tail above blackish brown,
at root like back, beneath yellowish brown. Ex type United States
National Museum.
Measurements . Total length, 935 ; tail, 495. Skull : total length,
116.6; occipito-nasal length, 99.7 ; Hensel, 80.4; zygomatic width, 76.6;
intertemporal width, 43.7 ; palatal length, 44.6 ; median length of nasals,
28.4; length of upper molar series, 34; length of mandible, 86; length
of lower molar series, 39.5. Ex type United States National Museum.
This is a gray hand and foot Macaque, quite different from the
Javan gray banded species P. mordax and P. resimus, as is to be
expected. Specimens were obtained by Dr. Abbott besides the type
locality, on St. Matthew and Sullivan Islands in the same Archipelago
One was a very old male in faded pelage, and another a female
resembling closely the male described above.
PlTHECUS CAEIMAT2E Elliot.
Pithecus canmatce Elliot, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XXXVIII, 1910,
p. 346; Lyon, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XL, 1911, p. 137.
c* * Tytj locahty • Telok Pai> Carimata Islands. Type in United
States National Museum.
Genl Char. Similar to P. mandibularis from Sungei Sama near
Pontianak, Borneo, but grayer and without the tawny hues of that
form. Skull with tooth rows straight, not curved, teeth larger, and
ooth rows longer; palate deeper, longer and wider; incisors narrower
hreadtIi^fWS * J "arial 0penine much larSer J intertemporal
adth less, braincase shorter and narrower; mandible stouter, hori¬
zontal portion deeper.
, COlZ' 3"“ ar0Und eyes bare’ flesh co,or : superciliary stripe gray,
above which is a narrow black bar across forehead; top of head neck
“Tr UrtS' and °“ter Slde of th«hs' mottled blackish brown and
through gray'Shl Wa4$h’ -he ha‘rS bdng P?ty at base' which shows
through, then annulated with buff and black, and tipped with black-
flanks gray; arms on outer side, and hands, dark grayish hairs rino-ed
"hct1 ,egkuniform gray’ feet gray
States NaHona^Museurm * *'P’ “ ^ E* United
-T°tal length’ W1S; tail, 655; foot, 144 Skull-
total length, 114 ; occipito-nasal length, 95.8 ; intertemporal width 39 9 i
zygomatic width, 77.5; palatal length, 48.3; median length of „aSals,’
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28.1; length of upper molar series, 30.1; length of mandible, 85.6;
length of lower molar series, 37.2. Ex type United States National
Museum.
This is a very large Macaque with a very long tail, and of a
general grayish brown color. It does not closely resemble any known
species.
PlTHECUS BAWEANUS Elliot.
Pithecus baweanus Elliot, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XXXVIII, 1910,
p. 347 ; Lyon, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XL, 1911, p. 137.
BA WEAN ISLAND MACAQUE.
Type locality. Bawean Island, Java Sea. Type in United States
National Museum.
Genl. Char. Larger than P. cupidus from Mata Siri, but tail dark
hair brown with an olive tinge. General hue more yellowish.
Color. Nude spot above eyes yellowish; face covered with short
gray hairs ; short black bar above eyes ; top of head and entire upper
parts, dark buff yellow and black, hairs gray at base, and banded with
buff yellow and black on apical portion, and tipped with black; outer
side of arms and hands more grayish than upper parts, base of hairs
being bluish gray and barred with cream buff and tipped with black;
outer side of thighs like back ; legs from knees to ankles, and feet gray,
with cream buff annulations, less numerous and distinct than on arms ;
hairs radiating forward and downward from ears, showing their under
side to base, whitish gray with a cream buff edging ; throat, under parts
of body, and inner side of limbs yellowish white ; tail above, blackish
brown at base speckled with buff, remainder dark hair brown, beneath
olive gray. Ex type United States National Museum.
Measurements. Total length, 1,052; tail, 580; foot, 141. Skull:
total length, 127 ; occipito-nasal length, 106.7 ; Hensel, 90 ; intertem¬
poral width, 41.3; zygomatic width, 88.9; palatal length, 51.9; median
length of nasals, 22.3; length of upper molar series, 34.9; length of
mandible, 89.1 ; length of lower molar series, 36.9. Ex type United
States National Museum.
This species differs from P. cupidus from Mata Siri Island in the
bands on hairs being much paler, giving a yellow tone to the upper
parts, and in the paler and more olive tail. It is also somewhat larger.
The skull is entirely unlike that of its relative from Mata Siri. It is
much larger in every way. The rostrum is broader and heavier ; nasals
wider ; orbital ridges heavier and more elevated in center ; crest higher
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PITHECUS
and shorter, the two lateral ridges not uniting until they reach the
posterior portion of the frontal ; occipital region has a more acute
angle, bullae more inflated, palate wider; tooth row curved posteriorly,
the last molar set inward on both sides; incisors projecting at a more
acute angle ; zygomatic arch curved and with considerable spread. The
skulls of the two Macaques possess unusually numerous points of
difference, not often seen in allied species.
PlTHECUS cupidus Elliot.
Pithecus cupidus Elliot, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XXXVIII, 1910,
pp. 34-38; Lyon, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XL, 1911, p. 137.
Type locality. Pulo Mata Siri, Java Sea. Type in United States
National Museum.
Genl. Char. Size moderate, hands and feet yellow; tail longer
than head and body ; hair radiating fan like from ears.
Color. Space above eyes nude, flesh color or yellowish; face
covered with very short grayish white hairs; cheeks and sides of head
yellowish gray, hairs long and radiating forward from ears, fan shape;
top of head and entire upper parts, general tone ochraceous buff and
black, the hairs gray at base, and banded with ochraceous buff and
black, and tipped with black; flanks gray with a yellow tinge; arms
and hands, legs and feet, cream buff and dusky, the hairs dusky at base
arred with cream buff and black, and tipped with the latter color'
throat chest, entire under parts of body, and inner side of limbs’
whitish ; tail above brownish black for three fourths the length
grading into grayish brown at the tip, beneath brownish olive. Ex type
United States National Museum.
Measurements. Total length, 975 ; tail, 540 ; foot, 127. Skull-
117-3 5 occlPlto'nasal len£th, 97; Hensel, 84.2; zygomatic
width 80.7; intertemporal width, 36.5; palatal length, 50.7 f median
engrTM° £o7aSi 21-2 ’ length of uPPer molar series, 30; length of
mandible, 69.7; length of lower molar series, 37.5. Ex type United
States National Museum.
one fromSRfeS “ S”'?* P' “0EDAX fr°“ Java- but nearer the
one from Bawean Island, from which, however, it is easily dis¬
tinguished by its blackish brown tail. All these Javanese Macaques
appear to have the forward fan-shaped radiation of the hair from9 the
ears, a peculiarity belonging however to others of the genus but usuallv
rvement°re drCUlar “ ™b - Jed To’ “l
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243
The skull is very different from the Bawean Island Macaque,
being much smaller, with a narrow rostrum, decreasing in width
towards incisors ; the zygomatic arch has very little expansion, and
is parallel with the skull, being practically straight without curve;
orbits much higher than wide ; a low ridge is present from frontal to
occiput, formed of the inner ridge-like edge of orbits uniting on anterior
part of the frontal, dividing again at the interparietal, and joining the
occipital ridge on either side ; tooth rows straight, palate narrow ; upper
incisors projecting.
PlTHECUS AGNATUS Elliot.
Pithecus agnatus Elliot, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XXXVIII, 1910,
p. 339.
Type locality. Pulo Tuang Ku, Banjak Islands. Type in United
States National Museum.
Genl. Char. Nearest to P. pha:urus but paler; hands, feet and
tail lighter.
Color. Black bar on forehead rather indistinct; top of head, hind
neck, and upper parts, with the hairs gray at base, then banded with
ochraceous and black, and tipped with black, giving a general ochraceous
hue with a sienna tinge, without any of the tawny shade seen in P.
ph^urus ; arms and hands gray, hairs tipped with cream buff ; thighs
on outer side like back; legs and feet smoke gray; under parts, and
inner sides of limbs, yellowish white; tail above black at root, hairs
tipped with ochraceous, grading into pale smoke gray on apical half ;
beneath pale gray ; a band of russet crosses beneath the chin. Ex type
United States National Museum.
Measurements. Total length, 953 ; tail, 530. Skull : total length,
107 ; occipito-nasal length, 88.4 ; Hensel, 75 ; intertemporal width, 39.3 ;
zygomatic width, 74.1 ; palatal length, 45.6 median length of nasals,
28.1; length of upper molar series, 28.5; length of mandible, 78.2;
length of lower molar series, 35.3. Ex type United States National
Museum.
This Macaque is allied to P. pha:urus, but differs in its general
paler coloration, lighter hands, feet, and tail. Four examples were
procured at Tuang Ku Island, of the Banjak group.
Pithecus ph^eurus (Miller).
Macaca phceura Miller, Miscell. Coll. Smith. Inst., Wash., XLV,
1903, p. 63.
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PITH ECUS
DARK-TAILED MACAQUE.
Type locality. Siaba Bay, Nias Island, N. W. of Sumatra. Type
in United States National Museum.
Genl. Char. Similar to P. irus but darker.
Color. Crown, upper parts, and sides, tawny ochraceous and
black; outer surface of limbs like body, but arms tinged with gray;
forehead sprinkled with black; cheeks buffy gray and black grizzled;
sides of neck and under parts pale ecru drab ; tail above, black, beneath
ecru drab ; hands like outer side of arms, and feet like legs. Ex type
United States National Museum.
Measurements. Total length, 940; tail, 480; foot, 130. Skull:
total length, 113.9; occipito-nasal length, 94.4; Hensel, 81.5; zygo¬
matic breadth, 76.7; width of braincase above zygomata, 56; palatal
length, 48 ; median length of nasals, 27 ; length of upper molar series,
27.9; length of mandible, 83.3 ; length of lower molar series, 34.8. Ex
type United States National Museum.
PlTHECTJS LAPSUS Elliot.
Pithecus lapsus Elliot, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XXXVIII, 1910 p
343.
Macaco phceura (nec Miller), Lyon, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus
XXXI, 1906, p. 606.
Type locality. Island of Banka, east of southern Sumatra. Type
in United States National Museum.
Geogr. Distr. Islands of Banka and Billiton.
Genl. Char. Similar to P. ph^urus but much darker in color;
rostrum shorter, narrower ; premaxillae protruding, lengthened.
Color. Frontal streak, black, conspicuous, broader than in P.
pha:urus ; top of head, upper parts of body, and outer side of arms
and thighs, with hairs pale drab at base, and annulated on apical
half with black and tawny ochraceous ; legs below knees gray with buff
tips to the hairs; cheeks, under parts and inner side of limbs buffy
smoke gray; hands similar to outer side of arms; feet yellowish gray;
tail blackish at base above, grading into gray at tip, beneath smoky
gray. Ex type United States National Museum.
Measurements. Total length, 955; tail, 520; foot, 124, (Col-
lector). Skull : total length, 110.8; occipito-nasal length, 94.7; Hensel
80.2; zygomatic width, 76.2; intertemporal width, 37.5; palatal length^
43.7; median length of nasals, 27.7; length of upper molar series, 28;
length of mandible, 83; length of lower molar series, 36.3. Ex type
United States National Museum. ^
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Dr. Lyon (1. c.) has referred these specimens to ( M .) ph^eura
Miller, overlooking various differences both in skulls, and color of
pelage. The latter is very different, much darker generally, and not
so yellow in tone, while the feet are a yellowish gray quite different
from the dark feet of P. ph^urus. The geographical distribution of
the two forms would seem to negative the idea of their belonging to the
same species.
PlTHECUS LINGiE Elliot.
Pithecus lingce Elliot, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XXXVIII, 1910, p.
349.
Type locality. Linga Island, Rhio Archipelago. Type in United
States National Museum.
Genl. Char. Size medium ; hands brownish ; feet whitish gray ;
hair long, loose.
Color. Broad black band across forehead; top of head, neck,
upper parts, and outer side of thighs, rusty in certain lights, less red
in others, and paler on the thighs, the hairs being dark brown at base,
then barred with dark ochraceous and black, and tipped with black ;
outer side of arms and hands dark brown washed with buff, the hairs
being dark brown at base, then barred and tipped with buff ; legs smoky
gray with a slight yellow tinge, feet whitish gray, hairs being brown
with white tips, hair scanty; under parts, and inner side of limbs,
whitish ; tail above like back at root, then black, changing to slate gray
at tip, beneath smoke gray. Ex type United States National Museum.
Measurements. Total length, 782; tail, 560. Skull: total length,
111.5; occipito-nasal length, 93.9; Hensel, 80; intertemporal width,
40.4 ; zygomatic width, 76.5 ; palatal length, 45.7 ; median length of
nasals, 29.3 ; length of upper molar series, 29.4 ; length of mandible,
84.9; length of lower molar series, 37.7. Ex type in United States
National Museum.
This is a reddish hued Macaque, with a long, loose coat, and a long
tail, not very much like any of the other species. It varies in
coloration, for another male taken on the same day, July 23, has none
of the reddish hue so strongly exhibited by the type, and is more of a
dark brown hue with a yellowish tinge. The limbs and tail are also
much lighter. The skull is short and broad for its length, palate broad,
and the tooth rows slightly curved; teeth rather large, last premolar
and molars, each with four cusps ; teeth of lower molar series smaller
than those in the upper.
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P IT H ECU S
PlTHECUS IMPUDENS Elliot.
Pithecus impudens Elliot, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mils., XXXVIII, 1910,
p. 350.
Type locality. Pulo Sugi, Rhio Archipelago. Type in United
States National Museum.
Genl. Char. Size medium, tail very long. Skull: with rostrum
narrow anteriorly; incisors very small; posterior edge of last molar
not reaching palatal arch; tooth rows curved; nasals comparatively
long, broad anteriorly; tail longer than head and body.
C olor. Space above eyes bare, flesh color ; face covered with short
white hairs; narrow black line on forehead; top of head and upper
parts ochraceous and black, the hairs annulated with these colors, and
gray at base; outer side of thighs similar but paler; flanks grayish;
arms and hands dark brownish gray and buff ; legs smoke gray, feet
similar with a yellow tinge; under parts and inner side of limbs
whitish; tail above blackish on basal half, smoke gray on remainder,
beneath yellowish white. Ex type United States National Museum.
Measurements. Total length, 962 ; tail, 522. Skull : total length,
109.3; occipito-nasal length, 92.6; Hensel, 73.4; intertemporal width,
38; zygomatic width, 72.6; palatal length, 42.7; median nasal length,
26.7; length of upper molar series, 27.1; length of mandible, 77.9;
length of lower molar series, 34.1. Ex type United States National
Museum.
Pithecus bintangensis Elliot.
Pithecus bintangensis Elliot, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., IV 8th Ser
1909, p. 257.
Type locality. Sungei Boru, north east part of Island of Bintang.
Type in British Museum.
Geogr. Distr. Islands of Bintang and Batam.
Genl. Char. General hue dark, burnt umber. Skull : facial region
about three fourths the length of braincase ; septum very narrow ; outer
edge of zygomatic arch straight, sloping slightly inward posteriorly to
root of zygoma; greatest width of rostrum equal to its length; tooth
rows straight; teeth of moderate size; width of palate about equal
throughout the length; braincase balloon shape, much constricted at
intertemporal region, bulging posteriorly.
Color. Male. Patch above eyes flesh color; general hue above,
burnt umber on head and upper parts, the hairs being slate gray, and
banded on apical half with tawny ochraceous and black; narrow line
over eyes blackish gray; numerous long stiff black hairs standing
VOLUME II
PLATE XXVII
PlTHECUS BINTANGENSIS.
No. 115676 U. S. Nat. Mus. Coll. Vo Nat. Size.
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upright over forehead, producing indistinct black lines on each side ;
nose covered with short grizzled black and white hairs ; sides of face
buffy , on sides of head from below ears, and on cheeks are long
grayish hairs banded with white, projecting forward, forming bushy
whiskers ; outer side of arms and thighs iron gray, hairs banded with
cream buff ; legs below knees iron gray ; under parts and inner side of
limbs grayish white; hands and feet iron gray, speckled with cream
buff like limbs ; tail above black, sparsely speckled with white, beneath
silver gray. Ex type British Museum.
Female. Upper parts russet, speckled with cream buff ; arms and
hands blackish, speckled with cream buff; thighs like back; legs olive
gray ; feet and toes black, covered with gray hairs ; tail like the male.
Measurements. Total length, 964; tail, 508; foot, 117.5; ear, 29,
(Collector). Skull: total length, 105.5; occipito-nasal length, 85.5;
Hensel, 73.5; zygomatic width, 72.5; intertemporal width, 37.1; width
of braincase, 54.9 ; length of orbital ridge, 45.4 ; greatest width of
rostrum, 38.5 ; length of rostrum, 38.5 ; median length of nasals, 24.4 ;
palatal length, 44.6 ; length of upper tooth row, 26.7 ; length of man¬
dible 80.8 ; length of lower tooth row, 35 ; size of last lower molar,
.89 x .68. Ex type British Museum.
There is a great difference in the coloring of the sexes, the female
being much lighter and redder, and this difference is exhibited in very
young males which are as dark as the adult males ; a coloration quite
dissimilar from that of the females. This species appears to be also an
inhabitant of the neighboring island of Batam. There are only females
unfortunately from that island in the collection, and they closely
resemble in color examples of the same sex from Batam. Of course,
when adult males are procured cranial characters and difference of
coloring may be discovered, but with the present material only avail¬
able, the examples from the two islands must be regarded as belonging
to the same species. This is a very dark and handsome Macaque,
closely allied in general appearance to the species from Singapore
Island, although there are some differences in color on the crown of the
head and on the legs. But the skulls are not alike and the size of the
teeth differs, especially the upper incisors which are much smaller in P .
bintangensis, and in the straight tooth rows. The other cranial
differences are mentioned above. Specimens were obtained on the
northern coast of Bintang Island at Sanjang, Tanjang Sau, Tomback,
Pasir Panjang, and Sungei Boru whence the type specimen came.
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PlTHECUS DOLLMANI Elliot.
Pithecus dollmani Elliot, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., IV, 8th Ser., 1909,
p. 256.
Type locality. Tjangi, Island of Singapore, south eastern part.
Type in British Museum.
Genl. Char. Resembles in color P. bintangensis, but much
larger, and different cranial characters. Skull longer and heavier;
width across orbital ridge greater ; intertemporal width greater ; brain-
case longer and broader; zygomatic arch less rounded anteriorly;
rostrum wider than long; incisor teeth much longer; tooth rows
curved, not straight; basioccipital much wider; lower molars smaller;
ascending ramus of mandible wider ; upper and lower tooth rows much
longer.
Color. Patch above eyes, flesh color; general hue burnt umber as
in P. bintangensis, and hairs banded in the same way with black and
tawny ochraceous ; top of head redder than in the species compared ;
the arms more thickly speckled with yellow, and the legs much paler,
a smoky gray instead of iron gray; tail black above, silvery gray
beneath; rest of pelage like P. bintangensis. Ex type British Mu¬
seum.
Measurements. Total length, 977; tail, 573; foot, 135; ear, 34
(Collector). Skull: total length, 110.8; occipito-nasal length, 94.2;
Hensel, 78.5; zygomatic width, 73.2; intertemporal width, 42.1; great¬
est width of braincase, 57.1; length of orbital ridge, 53.9; greatest
width of rostrum, 35; length of rostrum, 35.9; median length of
nasals, 24; palatal length, 39; length of upper tooth row, 29.1 • leneth
89 7,*W)‘blF79t2; uK'T" t0°‘h r°W’ 374 : Ske of las' molar-
»y.7 X 60. Ex type British Museum.
With the exception of a redder head and hind neck, and paler
.egs, the present species resembles in the color of its pelage P bin
tangensis from Bintang Island. But it is a larger animfl and ha
very different cranial characters, as is shown above.
Pithecus philippinensis I. Geoffrey
Mkocus philip finensis I. Geoff., Archiv.' Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris
, 1841 p. 568, pi. V, albino; Id. Cat. Primates, p. 29-
Mearns Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XXVIII, 1905, p 406 ’
Inuus palpebrosus I. Geoff., Cat. Primates, 1851, p. 93; Wagn
Schreb., Saugth. Suppl., V, 1855, p. 54 8
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Pithecus ( Macacus ) philip pinensis Dahlb., Stud. Zool. Fam. Reg.
Anim. Nat., fasc. I, 1856, pp. 118, 120.
Cynamolgos philip pinensis Reichenb., Vollstand. Naturg. Affen,
1862, p. 134, pi. XXIII, fig. 340, albino.
Cynamolgos palpebrosus Reichenb., Vollstand. Naturg. Affen,
1862, p. 137, not figured.
Macacus cristatus Gray, Cat. Monkeys, Lemurs and Fruit-eating
Bats, Brit. Mus., 1870, p. 30.
Cynomolgos (!) mindanensis Mearns, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus.,
XXVIII, 1905, p. 428 ; Thos., Trans. Zool. Soc. Lond., XIV
1898, p. 381, (Part.).
Macaca (!) syrichta (nec Linn.), O. Thomas, Proc. Zool. Soc.
Lond., 1911, p- 129.
PHILIPPINE MACAQUE.
Type locality. Manila, Island of Luzon, Philippines. Type an
albino in Paris Museum.
Geogr. Distr. Islands of Luzon and Mindanao, and probably the
intervening islands.
Genl. Char. Color dark, burnt umber and black.
Color. “Upper parts raw umber, the hairs everywhere annulated
with blackish, top of head strongly washed with burnt umber, sides of
head pale grayish olive ; forehead with grizzled brown front, orna¬
mented with long stiff black hairs forming a bushy brow ; outer surface
of limbs tawny olive, becoming dark gray on the fingers and toes ; tail
slaty black at base above becoming paler towards the extremity, and
olive drab below, with a few tawny annuli to the hairs of the upper
side near the base.” Mearns, desc. of C. mindanensis.
Measurements. Male, total length, 1,665; tail, 550; foot, 120.
Skull: total length, 125; occipito-nasal length, 104.4; Hensel, 83.5;
intertemporal width, 41.9; zygomatic width, 77.5; breadth of brain-
case, 60.4 ; length of nasals, 28.5 ; palatal length, 48 ; length of upper
molar series, 29.8; length of mandible, 90.9; length of lower molar
series, 38.3. Ex spec. British Museum, ex Lopez, S. Luzon.
Specimens from north and south Luzon and from the Island of
Mindanao in the British Museum are identical with the description of
M. palpebrosus I. Geoff., and with Dr. Mearns’ C. mindanensis. The
M. philippinensis Geoff., in the Paris Museum, has been founded on
an albino, and is stated to have come from Manila. It must be the
same as the animal afterwards described as P. palpebrosus, and the
latter name becomes a synonym.
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Specimens of a large, dark Macaque in the British Museum Col¬
lection from north and south Luzon, exact locality not stated, I refer to
this species as they answer Dr. Mearns’ description very well. It
would therefore appear that the species is distributed throughout the
length of the Archipelago.
Mr. O. Thomas (1. c.) considers that the Simla, syrichta Linn.,
Syst. Nat., 1758, p. 29, No. 21, must be the present species because
of the locality given “Luzonum insulis.” Neither Petiver’s figure nor
Linnaeus’ description indicate in any degree whatever that P. philip-
finensis is the species had in mind when Linnaeus bestowed the name
upon a Philippine monkey. If there was only one Macaque in those
islands it might then be very properly decided that the name syrichta
should be given to it, but as there are several Macaques in the Philip¬
pines, and neighboring islands, and our knowledge of their distribution
in the Archipelago is extremely limited, it is quite impossible to
determine which one it was that Linnaeus called syrichta. Much stress
cannot be placed upon the locality “Luzon” for that island contained
the port from which most of the commodities shipped to Europe came,
and although the example figured by Petiver and which we may con¬
fidently believe Linnaeus never saw, has “Luzon” given as its habitat,
it may only have been shipped from that island, and really been a native
of another belonging to the Archipelago. However this may be, it is
quite certain that there is nothing either in Petiver’s figure, or in
Linnaeus description, that would enable any one in the remotest degree
to recognize the Macacus philippinensis E. Geoff. Therefore as
Linnaeus’ description is utterly useless for the identification of any
species of Macaque, and Petiver’s figure is worse, it does not seem
wise to endeavor to apply Linnaeus’ proposed name and thus leave
the question always in doubt, especially when the types of philip¬
pinensis and palpebrosus E. Geoff., are in the Paris Museum, and
there is no question as to the species thus named. It would seem to be
far better to embrace a certainty, than to adopt a doubt, which would
leave the question always a subject for argument, with no possibility
of ever arriving at a satisfactory decision. Linnaeus’ syrichta is there¬
fore considered as undeterminable, and syrichta Thomas, (nec
Linnaeus), is made a synonym of E. Geoff roy’s species.
Pithecus philippinensis apoensis (Mearns).
Cynomolgos ( !) mindanensis apoensis Mearns, Proc U S Nat
Mus., XXVIII, 1905, p. 429. '
Type locality. Mount Apo, Island of Mindanao, Philippine
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Islands. Altitude 6,000 feet. Type in United States National Mu¬
seum.
Color. Upper parts yellowish olive, the hairs everywhere annu-
lated with blackish; top of head slightly washed with burnt umber;
sides of head pale olivaceous gray, separated from the crown by a
fringe of strong, stiff black hairs ; face gray ; under parts whitish smoke
§Tay > genitals bistre ; outer surface of limbs pale yellowish olive,
changing to olive gray on lower portion, and on hands and feet; upper
side of tail slate black at base, fading to mouse gray on terminal half,
and smoke gray on under side.”
Measurements. “Skull: greatest length, 107; greatest breadth,
58; total length, 925; tail, 400; foot, 115.”
This is a female, and in color, with the exception of the hands and
feet which are lighter, it is exactly like P. cagayanus, and at present
it is impossible to give it any definite status, but it will probably prove
to be the same as P. mindanensis = P. philippinensis I. Geoff.
Pithecus cagayanus (Meams).
Cynomolgos ( !) cagayanus Mearns, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus.,
XXVIII, 1905, p. 431.
SULU ISLAND MACAQUE.
Type locality. Cagayan, Island of Sulu, Sulu Sea (near Borneo).
Type in United States National Museum.
Color. From alcoholic specimen. “Upper parts olive brown, with
hardly a trace of chestnut or burnt umber on the head; sides of head
brownish gray, face smoke gray; forehead grayish in front, behind
which a crest of stiff black hair arises; under parts pale drab gray;
outer surface of limbs like the back above, but fading at the knee and
elbow joints to drab gray upon the forearms, hands, legs and feet; tail
above slate black at base, fading to mouse gray toward the end, and
drab gray on the under side.”
Measurements. Skull: greatest length, 110; greatest breadth, 55.
Size, smallest of Philippine Macaques.
The skull measures the same as the skulls of P. philippinensis.
Total length, 110; Hensel, 81; zygomatic width, 77; palatal length,
46; breadth of braincase above roots of zygomata, 55; median length
of nasals, 26.1 ; length of upper molar series, 28.4; length of mandible,
80.8; length of lower molar series, 37.5. Ex type United States
National Museum.
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The above alcoholic specimen has been made up into a skin, and
in color is precisely like the example called apoensis by Dr. Mearns,
except that the feet and hands are darker. The distance separating the
Sulu Island Cagayan, in the Sulu Sea near Borneo, from Luzon and
Mindanao, favors the supposition that the Macaque is distinct from
the Philippine, P. philippinensis.
Pithecus PUMiLus (Miller).
Macacus pumilus Miller, Proc. Wash. Acad. Scien., II, 1900, p.
241.
Type locality. Pulo Bunoa, Tambelan Islands. Type in United
States National Museum.
Genl. Char. Size small, tail longer than head and body.
Geogr. Distr. Pulo Bunoa and Pulo Wai, Tambelan Islands; and
Pulo Siantan and Jimaja, Anambas Islands.
Color. Superciliary stripe grayish white; face covered with dark
grayish brown hair; space between and above eyes flesh color; head
above, hind neck, and upper parts of body, ochraceous rufous and
black; outer side of thighs similar but paler; outer side of arms
ochraceous buff and black ; sides of neck, throat, under parts and inner
side of limbs yellowish white; tail at base above, like back, grading
into olive gray, beneath yellowish white ; hands like outer side of arms ;
feet like outer side of legs, a smoky buff. Ex type in United States
National Museum.
Measurements. Total length, 990; tail, 559; foot, 120. Skull:
total length, 110; occipito-nasal length, 90; intertemporal width, 38;
Hensel, 77.1; median length of nasals, 20.3; palatal length, 40.8;
length of upper molar series, 39.2 ; length of mandible, 79.5 ; length of
lower molar series, 35.9.
This is a small Macaque with the coloring on the upper parts
similar to Erythrocebus, a rich dark tawny and black hues mingled.
Pithecus suluensis (Mearns).
Cynomolgos ( !) suluensis Mearns, Proc. U S Nat Mn«
XXVIII, 1905, p. 430. ‘ ' ' ’
Islands^ l°Cahty' Crater Lake Mountain- Island of Sulu, Philippine
colored?”*' “^VgtV than P‘ mind^ensis and differently
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Measurements. Skull: “greatest length, 126; greatest breadth,
58 ; unique cranium.” Total length, 126 ; occipito-nasal length, 107.2 ;
Hensel, 90.4 ; zygomatic width, 88.6 ; intertemporal width, 40.4 ; palatal
length, 48.9 ; median length of nasals, 27.8 ; length of upper tooth row,
28.7 ; length of mandible, 90.9 ; length of lower molar series, 36.2. Ex
type in United States National Museum. (Skull, no skin).
The skull is that of an adult male, but the material is altogether
inadequate to determine satisfactorily the correct status of the example.
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GENUS IV. CERCOCEBUS. THE MANGABEYS.
I.
2—2
2— 2»
c.
1—1
1— 1 j
p.
2—2
2—2 ’
, , 3—3
M. 0=3 = 32-
CERCOCEBUS E. Geoff., Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, XIX, 1812, p.
97. Type Cercocebus fuliginosus E. Geoff roy, = Simia
cethiops Schreber.
Semnocebus (nec Less.), Gray, Cat. Monkeys, Lemurs and Fruit¬
eating Bats, Brit. Mus., 1870, p. 27.
Lophocebus Palmer, Science, XVII, New Series, 1903, p. 873.
Body slender ; head oval ; muzzle of moderate length ; limbs long ;
callosities large ; tail long ; cheek pouches large ; fingers webbed at
bottom, great toe united by a short web to the next one; second and
third toes united for nearly their entire length, and the fourth is united
to the third and fifth on either side as far as the middle joints. Pos¬
terior lower molars have a fifth posterior cusp as in Pithecus. Facial
line straight; premaxillaries not protuberant, on same line as face;
zygomatic arch high above or below alveolar border of molars.
The Mangabeys constitute a small group of Monkeys that range
from the west to the east coast of Africa, from Guinea and the Congo
basin to Uganda and the Tana River. These animals form a kind of
connecting link between the Macaques of the genus Pithecus and the
members of the genus Lasiopyga, through the genus Rhinostigma.
ey are lighter in body and more slender in form than the Macaques,
and have shorter noses,- brows less overhanging and larger callosities
as a rule than the species of Pithecus, also have longer limbs, and like
them have a fifth cusp to the last lower molars. The stomach is simple
and the cheek pouches are large, but the laryngeal air sacs are wanting
A prominent peculiarity is the webbing of the digits, and each
finger and toe is united to the one next to it, but in a different degree
or while the thumb and index finger, and the great toe and its neighbor
are united by a very short web, the second and third toes are connected
for neariy then- entire length. The tail is very long; and the eyelids
white; and the species lack the brilliant colors that are not infrequently
witnessed in species of Lasiopyga. They are arboreal in their habits
and dwell in the dense forests that cover the region in which they are
PLATE XXVIII.
Cercocebus torquatus.
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found. One species, however, has been observed to descend to the
ground to seek food.
Some species have a very sombre coat, and their young are black,
and the appearance of the animals in their progress from the youthful
to the adult pelage has produced considerable confusion among writers
when discussing these Monkeys, ending with the recognition of a
number of invalid species, and resultant errors. The disposition of
the Mangabeys appears to be gentle; their activity is never ceasing,
and they are in the habit of “making faces,” or grinning at the observer,
exhibiting at the same time a liberal display of teeth. The species are
easily arranged into two groups, characterized by the presence or
absence of a crest on the head. The non-crested species are possessed
of brighter colors, or the strong contrasts produced by a distribution
of black and white ; while those with crests have a more subdued dress
in which grays and browns are conspicuous, but the bright colors,
although altogether wanting save in some instances, are more con¬
spicuous when existing, on the under parts of the body.
LITERATURE OF THE SPECIES AND SUBSPECIES.
1775. Schreber, Die Sdugthiere.
Cercocebus .iEthiops is here first described as Simla cethiops
(nec Linn.).
1792. Kerr, Animal Kingdom. Mammalia.
Cercocebus torquatus first described as Simla cethiops tor-
quatus.
1799. Audebert, Histoire Naturelle des Singes et des Makis.
Simia cethiops Schreb., and S. cethiops (nec Linn.), var A. the
latter afterwards called cethiopicus by F. Cuv., 1821 = C.
cethiops (Schreb.), and C. atys, albino, undeterminable, are
given in this book.
1812. E. Geoffroy St. Hilaire, in Annales du Museum d’Histoire
Naturelle, Paris.
Cercocebus cethiops Schreb., redescribed as C. fuliginosus ;
the remaining species under Cercocebus given by this Author,
belong to other genera. C. atys, albino, possibly C. .ethiops
(Schreb.), but really undeterminable.
1820. Kuhl, Beitrdge zur Zoologie und vergleischenden Anatomie.
The species of Cercocebus recorded by this Author are placed
in the genus Cercopithecus, (Lasiopyga) , which includes species
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now considered to belong to various genera, as well as to
Lasiopyga. The species of Cercocebus are :
(C.) atys undeterminable; C. .ethiops (Schreber), and C.
fuliginosus Geoff., also = C. .ethiops (Schreber).
1820. Desmarest, Mammalogie ou Description des Especes de Mam-
miferes.
Like the previous Author, the present one includes the species
of Cercocebus in Cercopithecus = (Lasiopyga), as follows:
(C.) fuliginosus = C. .ethiops (Schreber) ; C. .ethiops
(Schreber) ; C. cethiopicus F. Cuv., = C. ethiops (Schreb.) ;
and C . atys possibly an albinistic individual of C. .ethiops, but
undeterminable.
1821. F. Cuvier, Histoire Naturelle des Mammiferes.
Cercocebus torquatus (Kerr), redescribed as Cercopithecus
cethiopicus, the name however attributed to M. Geoffroy St
Hilaire, but I have not found that either E. or I. Geoffroy
employed this name for the species.
1829. Fischer, Synopsis Mammalium.
Two species of Cercocebus are here given as Simia .ethiops
Schreb., .9. fuliginosus — C. cethiops (Schreb.).
The synonymy is badly mixed and incorrectly given.
1838. J. E. Gray, in Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.
Cercocebus albigena first described as Presbytis albigena.
1840. Wagner, Schreber, Die Sdugthiere in Abbildungen nach der
Natur mit Beschreibungen. Supplementband.
In the genus Cercopithecus (Lasiopyga), two species of Cer¬
cocebus are included; C. fuliginosus Geoff., = C. .ethiops
(Schreb.), nec Simia cethiops Linn., which is not a Cercocebus.
1840. R. P. Lesson, Species Mammiferes Bimanes et Quadrumanes.
Ihe members of the genus Cercocebus are included in the
genus Cercopithecus. They are (C.) cethiops = C. torquatus
(Kerr) i and C. fuliginosus = C. .ethiops (Schreber).
1851. I. Geoffroy St. Hilaire, Catalogue des Primates
Three species are here given. C. collaris = C. torquatus
( err) ; C. (Ethiops (nec Schreber), = C. torquatus (Kerr) •
% ?TUL*TUS Temm- : “<• C. fuliginosus = C. jEthiops
( Schreber) .
1853. Temmmck, Esquisses Zoologiques sur la Cote de Guinee.
Cercocebus lunulatus first described as Cercopithecus lunu-
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25 7
1855. Wagner, Schreber, Die Sdugthiere in Abbildungen nach der
Natur mit Beschreibungen. Supplementband.
In this work Cercocebus is made subgenus 3 of Cercopithecus
and contains three species viz., C. fuliginosus = C. ^ethiops
(Schreb.) ; C. collaris = C. torquatus (Kerr) ; and C. eethiops
(nec Schreber), = C. torquatus (Kerr).
1862. Reichenbach, Die Vollstdndigste Naturgeschichte der Affen.
In this work the genus Cercocebus is made a subgenus of
Cercopithecus and has the following species: C. fuliginosus =
C. .iEThiops (Schreber) ; C. eethiops Geoff., = C. torquatus
(Kerr) ; and C. collaris Gray, = C. torquatus (Kerr).
1870. J. E. Gray, Catalogue of Monkeys, Demurs and Fruit-eating
Bats, in the Collection of the British Museum.
Four species of Cercocebus are here given: C. eethiops (nec
Schreb.), = C. lunulatus Temm. ; C. fuliginosus — C.
.ethiops (Schreber) ; C. collaris = C. torquatus (Kerr) ; and
C. ALBIGENA.
1876. Schlegel, Museum d’Histoire Naturelle des Pays-Bas, Simiee.
The genus Cercocebus is here made to contain the species then
known that properly belong to it, as well as some species of
Pithecus. The Cercocebi are C. fuliginosus — C. ethiops
(Schreb.) ; C. eethiops (nec Schreb.), = C. lunulatus Temm.,
(nec Synon.) ; C. collaris = C. torquatus (Kerr) ; and C.
ALBIGENA.
1879. Peters, Monatsberichte Konigliche Akademie der Wissenschaf-
ten, Berlin.
Cercocebus galeritus first described.
1886. E. Riviere, in Revue Scientifique. '
Cercocebus agilis first described.
1890. Oudemans, in Zoologische Garten.
Cercocebus aterrimus first described as Cercopithecus
aterrimus.
1896. E. de Pousargues, in Annales des Sciences Naturelles.
A review of a few of the species of Cercocebus, and a dis¬
cussion of the relationships of C. agilis, and C. galeritus. The
species included are C. collaris = C. torquatus; C. albigena
of which C. aterrimus Oud., is made a synonym, and C. agilis,
which is regarded as distinct from C. galeritus.
1899. Sclater, in Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.
Cercocebus aterrimus redescribed as Cercocebus congicus, an
albino.
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1900. Lydekker, in Novitates Zoologies.
Cercocebus chrysogaster ; C. hagenbecki; C. albigena john-
stoni, first described; and C. aterrimus redescribed as C. a.
rothschildi.
1906. Pocock, in Annals and Magazine of Natural History.
Cercocebus aterrimus redescribed as C. hamlyni, and Cer¬
cocebus a. johnstoni redescribed as C. jamrachi; and in a sub¬
sequent paper he reviews the species of the genus, recognizing
ten with three doubtful. They are : C. fuliginosus = C.
^ethiops (Schreb.) ; C. lunulatus; C. cethiopicus (Cuv.), =
C. torquatus (Kerr) ; C. chrysogaster; C. hagenbecki; C.
agilis ; C. galeritus ; C. albigena, with aterrimus rothschildi,
and a. johnstoni, somewhat doubtful. C. congicus and C.
hamlyni both = C. aterrimus.
1910. E. Schwarz, in Annals and Magazine of Natural History.
A paper on C. aterrimus and C. albigena and their synonyms.
The Author discusses the specific values of C. congicus, C.
hamlyni, and C. rothschildi, and decides that they are merely
albinistic individuals of C. aterrimus Oudemans, as regards
the first two, and the third is not to be distinguished from the
same species. Also C. jamrachi is an albino of C. a. johnstoni.
C. albigena and C. aterrimus are compared and their
specific differences shown.
1911. Schwarz, in Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender
Freunde, Berlin.
C ercocebus albigena zenkeri first described.
GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF THE SPECIES AND SUBSPECIES.
The species of the genus Cercocebus are African and so far as
is known are about equally divided between the eastern and western
parts of the continent. In East Africa the most northerly species
is C. galeritus, which is found in the vicinity of the Tana River, its
range, like those of many of its relatives not yet determined. From
Uganda and Lake Mweru to the Upper Congo C. a. johnstoni is met
with. In various places along the Congo, the exact localities yet to
be ascertained, the following species have been procured. C. chryso¬
gaster on the “Congo” ; C. hagenbecki, locality given as “Upper
Congo”; C. albigena “Lower Congo”; C. a. zenkeri, at Bifindi,
Cameroon; and C. aterrimus, “Central Congo Basin.” In Nigeria C
torquatus is met with ranging south and east through Cameroon into
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French Congo, and in the last named territory, at the junction of the
Oubangui and Congo rivers, C. agilis is found. In Sierra Leone and
Liberia, C. ^thiops is met with ; and lastly on the Gold Coast, range
unknown, C. lunulatus was obtained. It will be seen from the above,
that the habitats of some of the species are either guessed at or
unknown, and much remains to be learned of the dispersion of the
members of this genus.
KEY TO THE SPECIES.
A. No crest on head.
a. Color of hairs on body uniform.
a. ' Top of head reddish chestnut . C. torquatus.
b. ' Top of head speckled yellow and blackish
brown . . . C. cethiops.
c. ' Top of head with a white patch . C. lunulatus.
b. Color on head, limbs and fore part of body
speckled.
a. No brow fringe . C. chrysogaster.
b! With brow fringe.
a" Hairs on sides of head not falling over
ears.
a!" With yellow on flanks and under
parts . C. agilis.
b!" No yellow on flanks and under
parts . C. hagenbecki.
b." Hairs on sides of head falling over
ears . C. galeritus.
B. Crest, or tuft on head.
a. Face black.
a. ' Whiskers short, superciliary fringe present.
a. " Gray tinge on mantle . C. albigena.
b. " No gray tinge on mantle . C. a. johnstoni.
c. " Mantle light brownish gray . C. a. zenkeri.
b. ' Whiskers long; no superciliary fringe . C. at err imus.
Subgenus Cercocebus.
No crest; hairs short; zygomatic arch high above alveolar border
of molars.
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Cercocebus torquatus (Kerr).
Mangabey a collier blanc Buffon, Hist. Nat. XIV, p. 256, pi. III.
Simla cethiops torquata Kerr, Anim. Kingd., 1792, No. 39.
Cercocebus cethiops (nec Linn, nec Schreb.), E. Geoff., Ann. Mus.
Hist. Nat. Paris, XIX, 1812, p. 97 ; Wagn., Schreb., Saugth.
Suppl., V, 1855, p. 125.
Cercopithecus cethiops (nec Linn, nec Schreb.), Kuhl, Beitr. Zool.,
1820, p. 13; Desm., Mamm., 1820, p. 62; E. Geoff., Cours
Hist. Nat. Mamm., 1828, p. 20, 8me Legon; Wagn., Schreb.,
Saugth. Supply V, 1855, p. 126, tab. XXI ; Pocock, Ann. Mag.
Nat. Hist., XVII, 7th Ser., 1906, p. 280.
Cercopithecus cethiopicus F. Cuv., Hist. Nat. Mamm., II, Livr.
XXXV, p. 182; 2nd ed., 1833, p. 71, pi. XXIV.
Cercopithecus ( Cercocebus ) cethiops Martin, Proc. Zool. Soc.
Lond., 1838, p. 117; Reichenb., Vollstand. Naturg. Affen,
1862, p. 104.
Cercocebus collaris Gray, List Spec. Mamm. Brit. Mus., 1843, p.
7; Id. Cat. Monkeys, Lemurs and Fruit-eating Bats, Brit.
Mus., 1870, p. 27 ; Schleg., Mus. Pays-Bas, Simiae, 1876, p.
96 ; Forbes, Handb. Primates, II, 1894, p. 38 ; Pousarg., Ann.
Scien. Nat., Ill, 1896, p. 228; Bedd., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond.,
1904, p. 161, (Brain).
Pithecus ( Cercocebus ) cethiops Dahlb., Stud. Zool. Fam. Reg.
Anim. Nat., fasc. I, 1856, p. 115.
Pithecus ( Cercocebus ) collaris Dahlb., Stud. Zool. Fam. Reg.
Anim. Nat., fasc. I, 1856, p. 115.
Cercopithecus ( Cercocebus ) collaris Reichenb., Vollstand. Naturg.
Affen, 1856, p. 104, figs. 248-250.
WHITE-COLLARED MANGABEY.
Type locality. “l’Ethiopie.”
Geogr. Distr. West Africa, Nigeria, Cameroon, and French
Congo.
Genl. Char. Hair on crown thick, directed backward, short ;
whiskers rather long, extending behind ears ; tail long ; eyelids white.
Color. Top of head reddish chestnut, beneath which on side of
head is a band of pure white; upper part of whiskers soiled white,
lower part gray; hind neck pure white; dorsal line jet black; rest of
upper parts, shoulders and lower side of legs, purplish brown ; outer
side of arms and hands jet black; feet brownish black; chin and throat
white; rest of under parts buffy white; inner side of legs yellowish
white ; tail black, apical portion white.
VOLUME II
PLATE 9
Cercocebus torquatus. Cercocebus ALBIGENA.
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Measurements. Total length, 1,450; tail, 535; foot, 170. Skull:
total length, 141.5; occipito-nasal length, 119; intertemporal width,
47.4; width of braincase, 68.2; Hensel, 54.5; zygomatic width, 90.7;
median length of nasals, 37.5 ; palatal length, 56.5 ; length of upper
molar series, 36.4; length of upper canines, 23.1; length of mandible,
96; length of lower molar series, 44.3.
Great confusion has existed in the nomenclature of this and the
next species arising from two causes, one, the vain efforts of Authors
to employ the Linnsean name cethiops, which was given to an unde¬
terminable species of Lasiopyga, for this or the following species, and
the other, the ignoring of Schreber’s name cethiops, bestowed upon the
Mangabey, called by E. Geoffroy some thirty-two years later,
fuliginosus. As I show in the review of the Linnaean literature of
Lasiopyga, Simla cethiops Linn., must be ruled out of court, as having
no standing, for although it probably belongs to the Petaurista or
HIthiops groups in that genus, yet the species it represents is quite
undeterminable.
Bates, states (1. c.) that, in southern Cameroon, “Monkeys of this
species are not rare, but are often killed. They differ from those of
the common kind in that they often descend to the ground to feed.
Their call is very different from that of the Cercopithecus, (Lasio¬
pyga), monkeys. It is rather shrill and ends in an after sound like
that made while drawing in the breath or gasping.” Kerr was the first
to bestow a Latin name on this species, founding it on the “ Mangabey
a collier blanc” of Buffon and called it Simla cethiops torquata.
Cercocebus cethiops (Schreber).
Simla cethiops (nec Linn.), Schreb., Saugth., I, 1775, p. 105, pi.
XX; Audeb., Hist. Nat. Singes et Makis, 1799, Fam. IV, Sec.
II, pi. X.
Cercocebus fuliginosus E. Geoff., Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris,
XIX, 1812, p. 97 ; I. Geoff., Cat. Primates, 1851, p. 25 ; Wagn.,
Schreb., Saugth. Suppl., V, 1855, p. 125, tab. XX; Gray,
Cat. Monkeys, Lemurs and Fruit-eating Bats, Brit. Mus.,
1870, p. 27 ; Schleg., Mus. Pays-Bas, Simise, 1876, p. 95 ;
Sclat., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1878, p. 791 ; Ottley, Proc.
Zool. Soc. Lond., 1879, p. 125 ; Anders., Cat. Mamm. Ind.
Mus, Calc., Pt. I, 1881, p. 59; Forbes, Handb. Primates, II,
1894, p. 37; Bedd., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1904, p. 161;
Elliot, Cat. Mamm. Field Columb. Mus., F. C. M. Pub., VIII,
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1906, p. 568, Zool. Ser. ; Pocock, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond.,
1906, p. 358.
Le Mangabey F. Cuv., Hist. Nat. Mamm., Livr. VI, 1819, pi.
XXXII.
Cercopithecus fuliginosus Kuhl, Beitr. Zool., 1820, p. 24; E.
Geoff., Cours Hist. Nat. Mamm., p. 20, 8me Legon; Cuv.,
Hist. Nat. Mamm., 2nd ed., 1833, p. 75, pi. XXV ; Less., Spec.
Mamm., 1840, p. 87 ; Wagn., Schreb., Saugth. Suppl., I, 1840,
p. 125; V, 1855, p. 51.
Simia fuliginosus F. Cuv., Hist. Nat. Mamm., XXXV, 1821, pi.
ccv.
Cercopithecus ( Cercocebus ) fuliginosus Martin, Proc. Zool. Soc.
Lond., 1838, p. 117; Reichenb., Vollstand. Naturg. Affen,
1862, p. 104, figs. 244, 247.
Pithecus ( Cercocebus ) fuliginosus Dahlb., Zool. Fam. Reg. Anim.
Natur., fasc. I, 1856, p. 115.
SOOTY MANGABEY.
Type locality. None given. E. Geoffroy’s type of C. fuliginosus
not in Paris Museum.
Geogr. Distr. Sierra Leone, Liberia, West Africa.
Genl. Char. Hair on crown short, directed backward; face and
ears naked ; eyelids white.
Color. Top of head speckled yellow and brownish black ; sides
of head blackish ; general color of body and limbs sooty or sooty black,
nearly black on dorsal region ; lower part of forearms, hands and
feet black; under parts ashy or yellowish gray; tail, upper parts
blackish, rest sooty ; face of a brownish color ; eyelids white.
Measurements. Total length, 1,016; tail, 546.10; foot, 215.60.
Skull: total length, 119; occipito-nasal length, 96; Hensel, 81; zygo¬
matic width, 73 ; intertemporal width, 47 ; palatal length, 48 ; breadth
of braincase, 63 ; median length of nasals, 19.5 ; length of upper molar
series, 34; length of mandible, 74; length of lower molar series, 37.
The type of E. Geoffroy’s species is not to be found in the Paris
Museum, the oldest there being one which died in the Menagerie in
1821, nine years after the species was described, but no indication
given as to whether it was the type or not. The type of C. atys Aude-
bert is in the Paris Museum, a perfectly white animal, with no locality
save ‘Afrique occidentale,’ and half the tail gone. It may be C.
^ethiops, albino, but no accurate determination is possible. Mr.
ocock contends (1. c.) that the name ^thiops cannot be given to a
angabey because Linnaeus had already employed the name in 1758.
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But Linnaeus’ Simia cethiops is a Lasiopyga, and has nothing to do with
the members of the present genus, and there is no law known that
forbids the same specific name to be given to two species of different
genera. C. cethiops (Schreb.), is therefore perfectly applicable to a
Cercocebus, and ^thiops Linnaeus to a Lasiopyga, if the species
can be determined, which in this case, unfortunately cannot be, and the
confusion that has existed among Authors in regard to this name, has
arisen from the supposition that Linnaeus and Schreber referred to
animals in the same genus, which is not the fact.
Cercocebus lunulatus Temminck.
Cercocebus cethiops I. Geoff., Cat. Primates, 1851, p. 25, (nec E.
Geoff.) ; Gray, Cat. Monkeys, Lemurs and Fruit-eating Bats,
Brit. Mus., 1870, p. 27.
Cercopithecus lunulatus Temm., Esquis. Guin., 1853, p. 37.
Cercocebus lunulatus De Winton, in Anders., Zool. Egypt., Mamm.,
1902, p. 15; Pocock, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., XVIII, 7th Ser.,
1906, p. 279 ; Id. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1906, p. 358.
WHITE-CROWNED MANCABEY.
Type locality. “^Ethiopia.”
Geogr. Distr. Gold Coast, West Coast of Africa.
Genl. Char. Similar to, but darker above than C. cethiops
(Schreber), with a grayish white spot on occiput, and a narrow black
line along the back of the same ; eyelids white.
Color. Face flesh color; top of head blackish brown; a large
yellowish white patch on back of head ; side of head yellowish white ;
upper part of body and outer side of limbs brownish drab with a
purplish tinge ; under parts and inner side of arms yellowish white ; tail
above black, beneath like body ; hands and feet Vandyke brown.
Measurements. Total length, 3 ft. 4 in.; tail, 1 ft. 7 in. Skull:
total length, 121 ; occipito-nasal length, 93 ; Hensel, 82 ; zygomatic
width, 78 ; intertemporal width, 45 ; median length of nasals, 16 ; length
of upper molar series, 35 ; length of mandible, 76 ; length of lower
molar series, 41.
Pocock, (1. c.) and all subsequent Authors make this species the
same as C. cethiops Geoffroy, (E. Geoffroy I suppose is intended). This
is not the fact, for the C. cethiops E. Geoffroy, is the Mangabey a
collier blanc of Buffon, the C. torquatus of Kerr ; while the C. cethiops
I. Geoffroy is the C. lunulatus of Temminck. The type of C. lunu¬
latus Temm., is not in the Leyden Museum, nor any specimen bearing
that name.
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Cercocebus chrysogaster Lydekker.
Cercocebus chrysogaster Lydekk., Novit. Zook, VII, 1900, p. 279,
pi. Ill ; Pocock, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., XVIII, 7th Ser., 1906,
p. 280.
Cercocebus fuliginosus Rothsch., Novit. Zook, VII, 1900, p. 279,
(nec E. Geoff.).
GOLDEN-BELLIED MANGABEY.
Type locality. Upper Congo. Type in Tring Museum.
Geogr. Distr. Unknown.
Genl. Char. Hairs on crown annulated; under parts orange.
Color. Crown light olive, speckled, caused by the dark and yellow
rings on the hairs ; upper parts similar, but less speckled on hinder and
lateral portions; flanks and outer sides of limbs and tail slate gray
speckled like back; sides of head and under parts from chin to tail
golden yellow; inner surface of limbs pale slate gray; tail above at
base like back, rest gray, beneath grayish white at base, rest gray;
hands grayish brown speckled with gray; feet slate gray speckled
with yellow. Ex type Tring Museum.
Measurements. Total length, 790; tail, 430; foot, 130.
Cercocebus agilis E. Riviere.
Cercocebus agilis E. Riviere, Rev. Scient., XII, 1886, p. 15;
Pousarg., Ann. Scien. Nat., Zook, III, 7me Ser., 1896, pp!
229-235; Trouess., Le Natural., 1897, p. 9; Pocock, Ann.
Mag. Nat. Hist., XVIII, 7th Ser., 1906, p. 282.
AGILE MANGABEY.
Type locality. Confluence of the Oubangui and Congo. “French
Congo, Poste des Ouaddes.” Type in Paris Museum.
Geogr. Distr. French Congo. Range unknown.
Genl. Char. Hair radiating from a point over eyebrows, some
hairs directed forward.
Color. Top of head, hairs blackish brown tipped with yellow, this
being the general color ; upper parts and sides of body, pale reddish
brown, hairs tipped with yellow and gray at base ; limbs darker brown,
hairs tipped with yellowish giving them a speckled appearance ; blackish
at point of shoulder and on knees ; outer side of thigh and inner side
of limbs pale yellow or yellowish white ; hands and feet black ; a white
band along side of face formed by the color at base of hairs ; whiskers
and side of head dark mummy brown, hairs tipped with yellow • under
parts yellowish white; tail blackish brown at base on top, remainder
grayish brown tinged with red. Ex type Paris Museum.
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Measurements. Total length, 660.40; tail, 628.65; foot, 127.
Skull: total length, 117; occipito-nasal length, 104; Hensel, 78; zygo¬
matic width, 74 ; intertemporal width, 46 ; breadth of braincase, 63 ;
palatal length, 47 ; median length of nasals, 21 ; length of upper molar
series, 31 ; length of mandible, 80; length of lower molar series, 38.
Cercocebus hagenbecki Lydekker.
Cercocebus hagenbecki Lydekk., Novitat. Zool., VII, 1900, p. 594,
desc. ; VIII, 1901, pi. I, fig. 1 ; Pocock, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist.,
XVIII, 7th Ser., 1906, p. 281.
HAGENBECK’S MANGABEY.
Type locality. “Upper Congo,” locality unknown. Type in Tring
Museum.
Genl. Char. Upper eyelids dark in young; sometimes pale or
flesh color ; thumb short ; face black ; callosities reddish ; hairs on head
radiating from central point, those directed forward forming a post
superciliary fringe.
Color. Upper parts light slaty gray; on the head, back, outer
side of limbs, and the upper surface of tail, some hairs are ringed
black and tawny; inner side of limbs pale grayish white, some hairs
tipped with bright yellow ; tail at base black, rest of upper part slate
gray, beneath paler; hands black. Ex adult British Museum.
Measurements. Total length, 737; tail, 407; foot, 123; ear, 32.5.
Skull: total length, 135, (110.8); occipito-nasal length, 115, (97.6);
Hensel, 94, (70) ; zygomatic width, 85, (67.7) ; palatal length, 58,
(41.8) ; intertemporal width, 51, (49.9) ; median length of nasals, 30,
(10) ; length of upper molar series, 35, (32.3) ; length of mandible, 88,
(73) ; length of lower molar series, 42, (36). The figures in paren¬
theses are the measurements of the type.
The type is a young animal, the molars not having assumed their
positions in the jaws. The measurements of the skull as will be seen,
are considerably exceeded in the adult, of which there are two speci¬
mens in the British Museum. They differ from the young in color, in
having the head and back more tawny, the yellow markings of the
young having changed to tawny. In other respects they are alike, with
no yellow beneath.
Cercocebus galeritus Peters.
Cercocebus galeritus Peters, Monatsb. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss.,
Berlin, 1879, p. 830, pis. IB, III; Forbes, Handb. Primates,
II, 1895, p. 41 ; Pocock, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., XVIII, 7th
Ser., 1906, p. 283.
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CRESTED MANGABEY.
Type locality. Miatola, mouth of the Osi and Tana rivers, East
Africa. Type in Berlin Museum.
Geogr. Distr. East Africa; Tana and Osi rivers.
Genl. Char. Hairs of head very long covering the ears, radiating
from a point near frontal ridge; no F-shaped partition as shown in
Peters’ figure ; general color pale brown ; tail long ; hairs on forehead
projecting forward.
Color. Hairs on top of head long, falling over ears, blackish
brown ; upper parts and sides of body, arms to elbows and legs dark
hair brown, the hairs light gray at base and banded with black and
buff; sides of head brownish yellow, sides of neck, throat, under
parts and inner side of limbs yellowish white tinged with brown ; fore¬
arms blackish brown speckled with buff; hands and feet blackish
brown. Ex type Berlin Museum.
Measurements. Total length, 1,350; tail, 730. Ex mounted
specimen, type Berlin Museum. Skull: total length, 121.5; occipito-
nasal length, 103 ; Hensel, 85 ; intertemporal width, 46 ; zygomatic
width, 84; median length of nasals, 20; length of upper molar series,
30.5; length of mandible, 90; length of lower molar series, 39. Ex
type Berlin Museum.
Subgenus Lophocebus.
Head crested; hair long; zygomatic arch (jugal), below alveolar
border of molars.
Cercocebus albigena (Gray).
Presbytis albigena Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1850, p. 77, pi.
XVI ; Murie, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1865, p. 740.
Cercocebus albigena Puch., Rev. Zool., 1857, p. 241 ; Sclat., Proc.
Zool. Soc. Lond., 1868, p. 183; 1896, p. 784; Schleg.’ Mus.
Pays-Bas, Simiae, 1876, p. 97 ; Jent., Cat. Syst. Mamm., 1892,
p. 26; Id. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1895, p. 338; Forbes,
Handb. Primates, II, 1894, p. 40; Matschie, Saugth. Deutsch’
Ost Afr., 1895, p. 6; Pousarg., Ann. Scien. Nat., Ill, 1896,
p. 228; Pocock, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., XVIII, 7th Ser., 1906^
p. 283.
Cercocebus ( Semnocebus ) albigena Gray, Cat. Monkeys, Lemurs
and Fruit-eating Bats, Brit. Mus., 1870, p 27
GRAY -CHEEKED MANGABEY.
Type locality. Congo Free State, West Africa. “Stanley Falls?”
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Geogr. Distr. Basin of the Congo, Calinda, mouth of the Congo,
(Monteiro) ; Caio, Luchenye River, north of the Congo, (Sclater) ;
“Stanley Falls”; Victoria Nyanza, (Delme-Radcliffe).
Genl. Char. Crest on head short, occipital; superciliary fringe
present; whiskers grayish; eyelids dark; tufts over eyes; hair very
long on neck and shoulders forming a mane ; erect tuft on back of head.
Color. Head, body above, limbs and tail black; throat and cheeks
pale gray ; sides of neck and chest sooty grayish ; hands and feet black.
Ex type British Museum.
The type is a young animal ; it is difficult to say how youthful, as
the skull, unfortunately, could not be found. The hair on forehead is
erect on each side like horns, far above the rest on the head and is long
on the occiput. A similar arrangement of the hair is seen in a speci¬
men from Tanganyika labelled aterrimus, and which is probably the
young of C. a. johnstoni, two adults of which are in the British
Museum. In the Paris Museum are three examples of the present
species, one of which is fully adult. It has the arms above elbows and
outer side of thighs gray; the forearms and outer edge of thighs
black. Another has the outer side of limbs, shoulders, sides and back
of neck reddish. Length, 1,250; tail, 647.7 ; foot, 171.4.
Cercocebus albigena johnstoni Lydekker.
Semnocebus albigena johnstoni Lydekk., Novit. Zool., 1900, p.
596; Sclat., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1894, p. 595; Pocock,
Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., XVIII, 7th Ser., 1906, p. 284; Schwarz,
Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 1910, 8th Ser., p. 529.
Cercocebus jamrachi Pocock, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 1906, 7th
Ser., p. 454.
JOHNSTON’S MANGABEY.
Type locality. Country of Barundi, north end of Lake Tangan¬
yika, German East Africa. Type in British Museum, juv.
Geogr. Distr. Central Africa, Uganda to West Africa, (Du
Chaillu) ; Uganda and Lake Mweru to Upper Congo, (Schwarz) ;
Lake Tanganyika, German East Africa.
Genl. Char. Head crested as in C. albigena ; tuft of long erect
hairs over each eye ; superciliary fringe shorter ; entire upper parts
except neck and shoulders uniformly black. Eyelids dark.
Color. Adult. Long hairs over shoulders and upper part of back
forming a short mantle, Prout’s brown with a purplish tinge; top
of head, upper parts of body, limbs, hands, feet and tail black ; under
parts dark purplish brown.
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Young. All black ; shoulders and under parts with a reddish tinge.
Measurements. Skull: total length, 116; occipito-nasal length,
99 ; Hensel, 81 ; intertemporal width, 45 ; zygomatic width, 73 ; palatal
length, 49 ; median length of nasals, 23 ; length of upper molar series,
27 ; length of mandible, 73 ; length of lower molar series, 33.
The type of this species is a young animal and black all over,
similar to C. aterrimus which was also young. The type of this
form came from Stanley Falls, and the following description is taken
from it.
Color. All black on head, body, limbs, hands, feet and tail;
shoulders and under parts tinged with red.
Measurements. Skull: total length, 108; occipito-nasal length,
94; Hensel, 74; zygomatic width, 73; intertemporal width, 49.4; palatal
length, 41 ; median length of nasals, 24 ; length of mandible, 64 ; length
of upper molar series, 27.
Hair on head long, covering middle portion of the crown ; super¬
ciliary fringe long ; whiskers small, grayish, not concealing the ears ;
eyelids dark.
Sir Harry Johnston writing to Dr. Sclater about the specimen of
this Monkey from Lake Tanganyika (1. c.) states that, “this is the
history of the Black Monkey. He was brought from the country of
Barundi, at the north end of Tanganyika, by Rumaliza, the Arab who
has been fighting recently with the Belgians. Rumaliza gave it at
Ujiji to Mr. Swann, then in the service of the London Missionary
Society. Mr. Swann brought him down to the south end of Tangan¬
yika and gave him to the Mission Station. The Missionary in charge
of the station subsequently hearing that I was collecting all sorts of
beasts sent him to me. I got him fetched down from Tanganyika to
Zomba, and thence as you know to England. He is undoubtedly a
native of the country at the north end of Lake Tanganyika; in other
words, of the north eastern border of the great forest region of West
Africa. Even there he would seem to have been rare, since he was
given by the natives to Rumaliza as a curiosity.”
A whitish monkey from Molinga, Lake Mweru, in the London
Zoological Gardens was named by Mr. Pocock (1. c.) jamrachi. This
is undoubtedly an albino, and its locality indicates that it would belong
to the eastern race of C. albigena, and the name therefore becomes
a synonym of C. a. johnstoni. Specimens of C. albigena and the
present race are rather scarce in collections, and it is unusual among
the Primates to find any species so prone to albinism as this one
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seems to be, therefore, it is not surprising that when individuals with
more or less white in their pelage were received they were sup¬
posed to represent new forms, especially as the locality whence any
one of them came was unknown or uncertain, but the blotched face and
hands of C. congicus, and face and ears of C. hamlyni might have
aroused suspicions about their representing distinct species.
Cercocebus albigena zenkeri Schwarz.
Cercocebus albigena subsp., Schwarz, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 8th
Ser., V, 1910, p. 530.
Cercocebus albigena zenkeri Schwarz, Sitzungsb. Gesellsch.
Naturf. Freunde, Berlin, 1910, p. 456.
ZENKER’S MANGABEY.
Type locality. Bifindi on Lokunye River, Cameroon, West
Africa. Type in Berlin Museum.
Geogr. Distr. Cameroon, West Africa.
Color. Mane long, light brownish gray, slightly darker between
the shoulders; occipital crest brownish, the longest hairs brownish
gray; thighs tinged with grayish brown; arms with numerous light
hairs, some having light tips ; under side of body grayish.
Measurements. Size about the same as C. albigena. Skull :
“Gehirnkapsel von oben gesehen oval mit dem stumpfen Ende hinten.
Schlafenenge scharf markiert. Orbita verhaltnismassig klein mit
alien vier Ecken ziemlich gleichmassig abgerundet und mit sehr starker
Aussenwand. Rostrum mit ziemlich parallelen Randern. Infra-
orbitalgrube sehr tief und weit, nach unten am breitesten, da dort das
Zygomaticum stark nach aussen weicht. Der optische Querschnitt des
Schadels ist von hinten gesehen etwa halbkreisformig und geht unten
ganz allmahlich beiderseits in den Proc. mastoideus iiber. Von oben
gesehen liegt die vordere Begrenzungslinie der beiden Zygomatica in
einer zur Sagittalebene senkrechten Geraden. Das Zygomaticum ist
vorn abgerundet. Der untere Rand des Jochbogens erscheint in der
Seitenansicht etwa in der Hohe der Zahnwurzel der Molaren, wahrend
er bei C. a. johnstoni fast bis zum Niveau des Alveolarrandes hera-
breicht. Der Gaumen hat parallele Rander; die Backzahne bis zum
m2 inkl. stehen in gerader Linie und nur der m3 ist etwas eingeriickt.
Das Gaumendach ist im Querschnitt gleichmassig gewolbt.
“Der weibliche Schadel hat sehr kurzes Rostrum.”
This form was referred to by Herr Schwarz in the Ann. Mag.
Nat. Hist., (1. c.) in his paper on Cercocebus; but from lack of
material to enable him to decide upon its proper relationship to C.
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albigena he left it as probably a subspecies, but without a name. In
the Berlin Museum he found additional skins and skulls, which proved
that the form was entitled to a subspecific rank. While the skull,
according to Herr Schwarz’s description given above, does not present
any very strongly marked distinctive characters, yet the differences
mentioned, together with the paler coloration of the pelage would
seem to be sufficient for its recognition as a subspecies.
Cercocebus aterrimus (Oudemans).
Cercopithecus aterrimus Oudem., Zool. Gart., XXI, 1890, p. 267.
Cercocebus aterrimus Sclat., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1893, p. 256,
(note) ; 1903, p. 191; Jent., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1895, p.
338; Delme-Rad., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1905, p. 187;
Forbes, Handb. Primates, II, 1894, p. 40; Pocock, Ann.
Mag. Nat. Hist., XVIII, 7th Sen, 1906, p. 283; Schwarz,
Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 1910, 8th Ser., p. 530.
Cercocebus congicus Sclat., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1899, p. 827,
fig.; Pocock, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 1906, 7th Ser., p. 285;
Schwarz, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 1910, 8th Ser., p. 527.
Cercocebus albigena rothschildi Lydekk., Novit. Zool., VII, 1900,
p. 596; VIII, 1901, pi. I, fig. 2; Pocock, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist.,
1906, 7th Ser., p. 284; Schwarz, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 1910,
8th Ser., pp. 528, 530.
Cercocebus hamlyni Pocock, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 1906, 7th Ser.,
p. 208, pi. VII; Schwarz, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 1910, 8th
Ser., pp. 527, 530.
BLACK MANGABEY.
Type locality. Stanley Falls, River Congo. Type in Leyden Mu¬
seum.
Geogr. Distr. Basin of Central Congo.
Genl. Char. Crest, vertical and pointed, placed on center of
crown; no mantle; whiskers long; no brow fringe.
Color. Whiskers, point of shoulders, chest, and inner side of
arms above elbows brownish black; throat grayish; rest of pelage
head, body, limbs, hands, feet, and tail black. A young individual. Ex
type Leyden Museum.
The type of this species is only about half grown and died in the
Zoological Gardens at The Hague in 1890, and was stated to have come
from Stanley Falls, Congo. It has not attained altogether the full
colored pelage of the adult, and the whiskers are brownish black
instead of grayish brown, and those in the adult are long and hide the
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ears. This species often presents, in various degrees, different stages
of albinism, and certain individuals thus lacking in color have been
described as distinct species, and have added considerably to the
synonymy. I have seen all these so called forms, and some others differ¬
ing slightly which happily had escaped baptism. The first of these albinos
was the C. congicus of Sclater (1. c.). The type of this form was
living in the Zoological Gardens of Antwerp, presented in 1899 by M.
F. Fuchs, the then Governor of the Congo Free State. It was a female
and was conspicuous for the prominent crest arising from the top of
the head and the long hair on the cheeks. It resembles somewhat in
the coloring of the head C. hamlyni, but the body is all black. This
specimen died and is now in the Museum of the Royal Zoological
Society in Antwerp. On a recent visit to the Antwerp Gardens I saw
another example, the third, as I was informed by M. l’Hoest, the
Director, that they had received. It was a male and about half grown,
and differs somewhat from the type, in having the chest black, not
white ; the flesh colored face and ears were much blotched with black¬
ish brown, and the flesh colored hands, and general appearance of the
animal, strongly suggested albinistic coloration. It is more white than
black, and may be described as follows: General color white; top of
head and pointed crest, chest, and abdomen black ; inner side of fore¬
arm and back blackish ; rest of body and tail white ; face, ears, hands
and feet flesh color, the first two blotched with brownish black. Crest
standing upright; whiskers very large partly covering the ears, and
standing outward from the head.
The individual representing the type of C. hamlyni Pocock (1. c.)
is living (1909) in the Gardens of the Zoological Society of London,
and is a female only partially white. It is stated to have come from
the “Upper Congo,” very likely from Stanley Falls or its vicinity.
The following description and measurements were taken from this
individual.
Color. Face pale flesh color spotted with brown; upper eyelids
white and eyelashes white. Iris olive brown; brow ridge white with
few spots; ears flesh color slightly spotted. Top of head black, the
hairs long about the center forming a pointed crest; in front and on
sides of the black crown is a narrow grayish white band; cheeks and
behind ears also grayish white; hair on cheeks long partly covering
ears ; behind the ears a tuft of white hairs ; nape, and dorsal region to
lower back, brown; rump and sides of body grayish white; patch on
breast ashy gray; throat and rest of under parts whitish; tail grayish
white ; outer side of arm to elbow grayish white tinged with brown ;
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forearm iron gray; legs on outer and inner side, and feet grayish
white; hands yellowish gray; palms and soles of feet flesh color.
Measurements. Total length about 900; tail, 500.
The third of these described forms, C. a. rothschildi (1. c.) is also
an inmate of the London Zoological Gardens. The locality from which
it came is not known, and, as is the case of all these described animals,
it is young. This example is not an albino, as the general color of the
body and limbs is a uniform black with a slaty tinge on the whiskers,
and black eyelids. This appears to be only another phase of coloring
differing slightly from the typical style which members of this species
exhibit. So far as I am aware no two individuals, having a more or
less strong tendency to albinism, have agreed in the distribution of
their markings, or in the amount of white or black exhibited, and it is
evident that the coloring of their pelage or the lack of it, is purely an
individual trait. C. a. rothschildi however, is nearer in its coloring to
typical C. aterrimus than any of the styles that have been given a
separate name.
PLATE XXX
Rhinostigma hamlyni.
rhinostigma
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GENUS VII. *RHINOSTIGMA. OWL-EACED GUENON.
T r> 1—1 n z— -i « . 8—s
1- 2 2 > C. 1—1 > P- 2-2’ M. 3_g — 32-
1—1
2—2
White line from forehead over nose and lip to mouth. Shape of
face elongate ovate, similar to that of the Barn Owl. The last lower
molar, with a posterior fifth cusp. Facial line of skull hollowed ; pre-
maxillaries protuberant ; zygomatic arch slightly above alveolar border
of molars.
Rhinostigma hamlyni (Pocock).
Cercopithecus hamlyni Pocock, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., XX, 7th
Ser., 1907, p. 521 ; Id. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1908, p. 160, pi.
X, fig. 3.
HAMLYN’S OR OWL-FACED GUENON.
Type locality. Ituri forests, Congo State, Africa. Type living
in the Gardens of the Zoological Society of London, (1909).
Color. A white stripe from forehead down nose and across upper
lip to mouth; a pale yellowish superciliary stripe tinged with gray;
whiskers long extending to ears bushy, and with top of head and
entire upper parts black speckled with yellow ; thighs gray ; arms, legs
and entire under parts black; tail very long, gray, hairs being black
tipped with silvery white ; hands and feet black ; face lead color ; ears
yellow. Ex type living in Gardens of the London Zoological Society.
Measurements. Skull: total length, occiput to base of incisors,
105; occipito-nasal length, 92; intertemporal width, 50; Hensel, 64;
zygomatic width, 68; median length of nasals, 16; palatal length, 37;
length of upper molar series, 28; length of mandible, 68; length of
lower molar series, 31. Incisors very large in both jaws. Ex type
Tring Museum.
I am indebted to the Hon. Walter Rothschild, and Dr. Hartert
who very kindly forwarded the type skull to me for examination from
the former’s Museum, at Tring, England.
In size this monkey is about equal to C. albigularis. It is a
remarkable species both for the long stripe down the nose and lip, as
well as for the peculiar shape of the face, which is broad at the fore¬
head and narrowing down to the chin, like that of the barn owl, the
*pivo<r, nose, and snypa , a mark.
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heavy whiskers fringing it in on each side. The animal has changed in
appearance since it was first received, and it cannot be said that it has
yet fully acquired its permanent dress, and it seems, that at all events,
there is one species of Guenon-like Monkey whose young does not
altogether resemble the adult. It is a handsome species, and its
peculiar face markings will always cause it to be conspicuous. I saw
a second example in the Gardens of the Royal Zoological Society at
Antwerp. It was smaller than the one in London, but resembled it
closely in color and markings. The exact habitat of the species is not
known. Since the above description was taken, the type has died
in the Zoological Gardens, in Regent’s Park, London. The skull shows
it was a young animal, with the molar series not fully developed. The
last lower molar on each side was not fully through the gum, but both
have a posterior fifth cusp. This excludes the species from the genus
Lasiopyga, while its coloring and peculiar face marking prohibit its
reception in Cercocebus, but it seems to occupy an intermediate posi¬
tion as a link between the species of these genera. A new genus,
Rhinostigma, has therefore been created for it.
VOLUME II.
PLATE 10.
Rhinostigma HAMLYNI.
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LAS I 0 PY G A
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GENUS VIII. LASIOPYGA. THE GUENONS.
I — . C — . P 2—2 !\/f 3~3
U 2-2} 1-1 5 ^ 2—2 > M. 3=3 = 32-
'•'LASIOPYGA Illig., Prodr. Syst. Mamm. et Avium, 1811, p. 68.
Type Simla nictitans Linnaeus.
Cebus Rafin., Analyse de la Nature, 1815, p. 53, (nec Erxl.).
Monichus Oken, Lehrb. Naturg., 3te Theil, Zook, 2te Abeth 1816
pp. XI, 1208-1211.
SEthiops Martin, Gen. Introd. Nat. Hist. Mammif. Anim. 1841
p. 506.
Petaurista Reichenb., Vollstand. Naturg. Affen, 1862, p. 105, pi.
XVIII, figs. 251-261, (nec Link, 1795, Glires; nec Desmarest,
1820, Marsupialia).
Diademia Reichenb., Vollstand. Naturg. Affen, 1862, p. 109, pis.
^VIII, XIX, figs. 262-270, (nec Schumacher, 1817, Crus¬
tacea).
Mona Reichenb., Vollstand. Naturg. Affen, 1862, p. 109 pis
XIX, XX, figs. 271-282.
Chlorocebus Gray, Cat. Monkeys, Lemurs and Fruit-eating Bats,
Brit. Mus., 1870, p. 24.
Cynocebus Gray, Cat. Monkeys, Lemurs and Fruit-eating Bats
Brit. Mus., 1870, p. 27.
Diana Trouess., Rev. Mag. Zook, VI, 3me Ser., 1878, p. 124, (nec
Risso, Pisces, 1826).
Rhinostictus Trouess., Cat. Mamm. Viv. et Foss., I, 1897, p. 17.
Otopithecus Trouess., Cat. Mamm. Viv. et Foss., I, 1897, p. 20.
Pogonocebus Trouess., Cat. Mamm. Viv. et Foss., Suppl Pt I
1904, p. 14. ’ ' ’
Body slender; legs and tail long; head round, face short; cheek
pouches large; nose moderate, nostrils approximate; whiskers and
beard usually present; callosities moderate; hands elongate, fingers
webbed at base, thumb small. Skull flat, superciliary ridge much less
prominent than in the species of Pithecus; orbits approximate; pos-
*Lasiopyga had two species of different genera Simla nem^eus Linn., and
Simla nictitans Linn. In 1812, a year after Illiger proposed it, E. Geoffroy
took NEM^us as the type of his genus Pygathrix, thus antedating Presbytis
Escholtz, by nine years, and leaving nictitans as the type of Lasiopyga.
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terior lower molars have only four cusps, a transverse ridge uniting
the two anterior together, and another the two posterior. Facial line
straight, about 58° ; premaxillaries on same line as rest of face ; zygo¬
matic arch high above alveolar border of molars.
The Guenons, as the members of the genus Lasiopyga are called,
from their habit of making grimaces and showing their teeth, are all
dwellers on the African Continent. It is the largest genus of the
Primates, and its members are remarkable for the beauty of their coats,
some species exhibiting even a brilliant coloring, with at times gay
hues brought together in striking contrast. The Guenons are arboreal,
inhabiting the vast African forests, and are rarely seen upon the
ground, and then only when they may have penetrated a district where
trees are not over plentiful, but it is not often they go any distance
from the forests. They have a slender, muscular body, and are very
rapid in all their actions, incessantly in motion, and pass from tree to
tree with wonderful rapidity. When feeding, as a rule, they utter few
sounds, and when trying to conceal themselves among the foliage will
remain quiescent for a considerable length of time. But like many
of their race they are very inquisitive, and desire to examine any strange
or unusual object they may meet with. They feed chiefly upon fruits,
but various kinds of leaves are eaten by them, and doubtless, if they
were fortunate enough to find a bird’s nest with eggs they would
not pass it by, nor would the hapless fledglings be permitted to go
unscathed. Wild honey, which is often hidden in the hollow of some
ancient monarch of the forest, would also be appreciated when found.
They fill their cheek pouches, and in them carry away all food not
eaten at the time, and visit the grain fields of the natives which may be
in the vicinity of their forest home, and do much damage, for like all
monkeys they destroy far more than they consume. When young they
are amusing pets, but as they grow old they are not to be trusted, which
is a trait of all the Primates, age usually bringing a sulky, fierce
temper with a morose disposition, that causes their possessors to seek
solitude rather than the companionship of their kind. About eighty
species and races of Lasiopyga are at present recognized, but doubt¬
less many more unknown forms remain to be discovered in the vast
hidden recesses of the great woods with which so large a part of
Africa is covered.
Bates referring to the Guenons (1. c.) observed by him in Southern
Cameroon, states: “The genus Cercopithecus, (Lasiopyga), comprises
all the common species of monkeys of this country. Shooting these
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monkeys affords much sport to white men who get into the forest, and
is the principal occupation of native hunters. They are not easily
approached, for they have keen sight and hearing and are shy. They
go about in small companies of a dozen or less, with one old male for
leader. Often an old male is found alone, probably a defeated candi¬
date for the place of leader, who has gone off by himself. The leader
may often be heard calling in a loud, gruff, barking tone, to keep the
company together. Except for the occasional call of the leader, the
company feeds silently, and the only sound that betrays the presence
of monkeys is the rustling of boughs as they pluck fruits, or jump from
branch to branch. Only when they discover the hunter and become
frightened, do they utter a little cackling sort of chatter, then they
scurry away, and if they are in thick foliage, they hide and remain
hidden securely as long as the hunter has patience to wait for them
to come out. But if they are in an open tree they may be shot while
running if a man is quick enough. If the leader has passed ahead,
sometimes the others will venture out in plain sight in order to follow
him.
“These monkeys very rarely come to the ground; I myself have
never seen one on or even near the ground, except when wounded.
They can pass from the branches of one tree to those of another, not
touching it, by jumping; they jump upon and grasp the swaying out¬
most twigs, which bend far down with the weight and then spring up.
The monkey merely holds on as the branch sways down, but with the
rebound he scrambles along to the larger branches. Monkeys can cross
any but the largest rivers in this way, on the nearly meeting tree tops.
“These monkeys sleep in the trees, but do not make rude beds of
the branches as does the Chimpanzee. I have asked many natives
how monkeys manage to keep from falling while asleep, and the
answers are various. But there seems a probability in the account,
that they sleep sitting, and holding on to the branches, or to each other.
“The habits of the three commonest kinds of Cercopithecus,
(Lasiopyga), are very similar, and what is said above applies to all of
them. The ‘osok’ (C. cephus) seems to be the most nimble; and the
white nosed ‘avemba’ (C. nictitans) the least so; the latter kind is
rather oftener killed than the others. Different kinds are often
together in the same company. The calls of the three kinds, the two
mentioned and the ‘esuma’ *(C. erxlebeni) are very much alike,
but one can learn to distinguish them.”
*L. grayi Fraser.
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LITERATURE OF THE SPECIES AND SUBSPECIES.
1758. Linnceus, Systema Natures.
Two species are here recorded which have been referred to the
genus Lasiopyga: Simla diana and .S', cethiops. The first is
the well known Monkey, Lasiopyga diana from Liberia, the
other, however, is not so easily determined. De Winton (1. c.)
considers it to be the species afterwards called by Desmarest
(1. c.) C. griseoviridis from the region of the Upper Nile,
Abyssinia, Sennaar and Kordofan, but Linnaeus’ description,
which was evidently taken from Hasselquist’s, for it is doubt¬
ful if he ever saw a specimen, presents certain difficulties that
make it more than probable some other animal than the one
from the White Nile was intended. The difficulty is met with
in the sentence “Cauda tecta, { subtus ferruginea.” Now the
tail of the White Nile species is speckled grayish above, and
white beneath, and this fact would seem at once to compel us
to believe that cethiops Linn., is not the same. The Linnaean
species may possibly be L. ascanius which has a red tail above
and below except at the base, or L. cephus of which in the 12th
edition he makes a variety. That it belongs to one of the
Petaurista, or so-called SEthiops groups is most likely, but its
determination is not easy of accomplishment, and all that can
be said with any degree of certainty is, that, while in some
degree it resembles C. griseoviridis Desm., it is not that
species, nor can it be referred to any known species, and must
therefore take a place among the undeterminable forms.
1766. Linnceus, Systema Natures.
In this the 12th edition of Linnaeus’ work under Simia, four
species, now placed in Lasiopyga, are given, but among them,
cethiops, of the 1758 edition, as a species is not found. They are
S. diana; (5'.) sabcea undeterminable ; (S'.) cephus; and (S’.)
nictitans first described. Under (S'.) cephus var. B, is (S’.)
cethiops, but in the diagnosis no mention is made of the color of
the tail, simply caudata imberbis, showing it was a long tailed
monkey. Evidently Linnaeus was not certain of the distinctness
of his S', cethiops, and so in his edition reduced it to a variety of
a reddish tailed species.
1775-92. Schreber, Die Sdugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit
Beschreibungen.
The following species of Lasiopyga are given in this work
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under the genus Simia: (S.) diana; (S.) mona; “Die mone”
first described; (S.) sabaa Linn., undeterminable; (6'.)
cephus; (S.) nictitans; “Der Weismaulige Affe”; L. pe-
taurista on plate XIX b first described; and (.S'.) .ethiops
(nec Linn.), = Cercocebus ethiops first described. Palatin-
afife ou Roloway, L. roloway first described.
1777. Erxleben, Systema Regni Animalis.
The genus Cercopithecus, (Lasiopyga), is here employed, but
includes species of different genera. The species of Lasiopyga
as now recognized are: L. diana; L. mona; L. sabaa Linn.,
undeterminable; L. nictitans; L. petaurista; and L. rolo¬
way. C. talapoin is a Miopithecus and C. athiops possibly
= Cercocebus torquatus Kerr.
1786. Scopoli, Delicia Flora et Fauna Insubrica.
Lasiopyga cynosura first described as Simla cynosura.
1788. Gmelin, Systema Natura.
The same species of Lasiopyga given by Linnaeus are repeated
in this list.
1797. Audebert, Histoire Naturelle des Singes et des Makis.
The following species of Lasiopyga are here recorded and
figured under the genus Simia: {S.) nictitans; (5.) sabaa
Linn., undeterminable; (S.) diana; (S.) mona; (S.) cephus;
(S.) ASCANIUS; (S.) PETAURISTA.
1800. Shaw, General Zoology. Mammalia.
All the monkeys are placed in the genus Simia. Those that
belong to the genus Lasiopyga are (6'.) diana = L. roloway;
(S.) sabaa Linn., undeterminable; (.S'.) cephus; (.S'.) nic¬
titans; (.S’.) petaurista (Schreb.) ; and ( S .) mona.
1812. E. Geoffroy, in Annales du Museum d’Histoire Naturelle,
Paris.
The genus Lasiopyga, in this list, contains species belonging to
different genera, those, however, properly belonging to it are :
L. cephus; L. mona; L. nictitans; L. petaurista (Schreb.) ;
L. diana; and L. cynosura.
1820. Kuhl, Beitrdge zur Zoologie.
The following species of Lasiopyga, with also others belonging
to different genera, are here recorded. The various forms are
L. diana = L. roloway (Erxl.) ; L. nictitans; L. cephus; L.
mona; L. petaurista (Schreb.) ; L. cynosura; and L. sabaa
(Linn.), undeterminable.
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1820. Desmarest, Mammalogie ou Description des Especes de Mam¬
miferes.
Like previous Authors, species of different genera are in this
work included in the genus Cercopithecus, (Lasiopyga). Those
properly belonging to it are: L. cephus; L. mona; L. nic-
titans; L. petaurista (nec Schreb.), = L. fantiensis
Matschie; L. diana — L. roloway (Erxl.) ; L. cynosura; L.
sabcea (Linn.), undeterminable; L. griseoviridis first de¬
scribed. In the Supplement is L. pygerythra, F. Cuvier’s
figure cited.
1820. F. Cuvier, Histoire Naturelle des Mammiferes.
Lasiopyga petaurista Audeb., (nec Schreb.), called L’As-
caigne, and on the plate figured as L’Ascaigne femelle = L.
fantiensis (Matschie).
1821. F. Cuvier, in Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles.
Lasiopyga griseoviridis (Desm.), renamed Simia subviridis.
1821. F. Cuvier, Histoire Naturelle des Mammiferes.
Lasiopyga pygerythra first described.
1824. F. Cuvier, in Histoire Naturelle des Mammiferes. Tableau
General et Methodique.
Lasiopyga griseoviridis (Desm.), renamed Cercopithecus
griseus.
1825. Desmoulins, in Dictionnaire Classique des Sciences Naturelles.
Lasiopyga pygerythra (F. Cuv.), redescribed as Cerco¬
pithecus pusillus.
1829. Fischer, Synopsis Mammalium.
Under the genus Simia, together with many species of other
genera, the following species of Lasiopyga are given in this
work: (S’.) mona; (S'.) petaurista (nec Schreb.), = L. fan¬
tiensis Matsch.; (S'.) nictitans; (S.) diana; (S.) roloway;
(S'.) leucampyx first described; (S'.) cephus; (S'.) sabcea
Linn., undeterminable; (S.) subviridis (F. Cuv.), = L. griseo¬
viridis Desm.; and (S'.) pygerythra.
1829. G. Cuvier, Rbgne Animal.
Among the species of Simia as employed in this work are the
following of Lasiopyga: (S'.) sabcea Linn., undeterminable;
(S'.) cynosura, (S'.) erythropyga G. Cuv., = L. pygerythra
F. Cuv., (S.) mona, (S.) diana — L. roloway; (S'.) cephus;
(S'-) petaurista (nec Schreb.), = L. fantiensis Matschie; and
(S'.) nictitans.
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1830. Fischer, Addenda, Emendanda et Index ad Synopsis Mam-
malium.
In the list given in the Addenda for the volume dated 1829,
Simia erythropyga G. Cuv., = Lasiopyga pygerythra (F.
Cuv.), is added.
1831. Sykes, in Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.
Lasiopyga albigularis first described as Semnopithecus ( !)
albogularis.
1834. I. Geoffroy St. Hilaire, in Belanger’ Voyage aux Indes-Orien-
tales.
Lasiopyga leucampyx Fisch., 5, redescribed as Cercopithecus
diadematus.
1838. Bennett, in Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.
Lasiopyga cynosura Scopoli, redescribed as Cercopithecus
tephrops ; and L. pogonias described for the first time as
Cercopithecus pogonias.
1838. Waterhouse, in Proceedings of the Zoological Society of Lon¬
don.
Lasiopyga erythrotis first described.
1838. W aterhouse, in Proceedings of the Zoological Society of Lon¬
don.
L. martini ; L. campbelli described for the first time ; and L.
erythrotis, all under Cercopithecus.
1840. Wagner, Schreber, Die Sdugthiere in Abbildungen nach der
Natur mit Beschreibungen. Supplementband.
In this work the species of Lasiopyga, (under Cercopithecus),
comprises fourteen species and one variety, or as would be
called at the present time, one subspecies. They are L. sabcea
(Linn.), undeterminable; L. griseoviridis (Desm.) ; L.
pygerythra F. Cuv.; L. cynosura (Scop.); L. petaurista
(Schreb.); with var. A. L. ascanius (Schreb.) ; L. nic-
titans (Linn.) ; L. pogonias (Bennett) ; L. diana (Linn.) ;
L. leucampyx (Fisch.); (C.) fuliginosus (Geoff.), not a
Lasiopyga but a Cercocebus; L. ^ethiops (Linn.), undeter¬
minable; L. cephus (Linn.) ; L. mona (Schreb.) ; (C.) rubra
(Linn.), = E. patas? (Schreb.), not a Lasiopyga, and in this
Review is placed in the genus Erythrocebus. Simia cethiops
Linn., undeterminable, is placed as a synonym of ( C .) fulig¬
inosus E. Geoff., = Cercocebus ^thiops (Schreb.), and with
Cercopithecus cethiopicus F. Cuv., and “Mangabey a collier”
of Buffon, and other Authors, as synonyms. This animal, how-
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ever, is a Cercocebus, and shows how early in the Literature
this species of Linnaeus had been the cause of much diversity
of opinion.
1840. R. P. Lesson , Species Mammiferes Bimanes et Quadrumanes.
Of the genus Lasiopyga the following species are recorded in
this work, under Cercopithecus: ( C .) mona; (C.) diana = *L.
roloway; ( C .) diadematus = L. leucampyx; (C.) roloway;
(C.) nictitans; (C.) petaurista = L. fantiensis (Matschie) ;
( C .) cephus; (C.) sabcea undeterminable; (C.) griseus = L.
griseoviridis ; (C.) cynosura ; (C.) tephrops Bennett, =
L. cynosura (Scopoli) ; and (C.) pygerythra.
1841. Ogilby, in Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.
Lasiopyga tantalus first described as Cercopithecus tantalus.
1841. I. Geoffroy, in Archives du Museum d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris.
Lasiopyga albigularis Sykes redescribed as Cercopithecus
monoides; and L. rufoviridis, described for the first time as
Cercopithecus rufoviridis.
1842. /. E. Gray , in Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.
Lasiopyga burnetti first described as Cercopithecus burnetti.
1842. I. Geoffroy St. Hilaire, in Comptes Rendus de I’Academie des
Sciences.
Lasiopyga labiata described for the first time as Cercopithecus
labiatus.
1843. I. Geoffroy St. Hilaire, in Dictionnaire d’Histoire Naturelle.
Lasiopyga pygerythra F. Cuv., renamed Cercopithecus
lallandi.
1844. Sundevall, Oversigt. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademie
Forh.
Lasiopyga labiata I. Geoff., redescribed as Cercopithecus
samango.
1844. Blyth, in Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.
Lasiopyga tantalus renamed Cercopithecus chrysurus.
1845. J. E. Gray, in Annals and Magazine of Natural History.
Lasiopyga ascanius Audeb., renamed Cercopithecus melano-
genys.
1845. I. Geoffroy St. Hilaire, in Dictionnaire d’Histoire Naturelle.
Lasiopyga martini redescribed as Cercopithecus temmincki.
1848. /. E. Gray, in Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.
Lasiopyga pluto first described as Cercopithecus pluto.
* “interne des cuisses jaune.”
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1849. J. E. Gtay, in Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.
Lasiopyga martini Waterh., renamed Cercopithecus ludio.
1850. I. Geoff roy St. Hilaire , in Comptes Rendus de l' Academic des
Sciences.
Lasiopyga sabcea (Linn.), undeterminable; L. werneri first
described as Cercopithecus werneri; and L. griseoviridis
Desm., called Cercopithecus sabceus.
1850. Fraser , Catalogue of the Knowsley Collection.
Lasiopygus grayi first described as Cercopithecus grayi.
1851. I. Geoffroy St. Hilaire, Catalogue des Primates.
A list of the species of Lasiopyga (under Cercopithecus') , con¬
tained in the Paris Museum, with a history of the specimens
so far as known is here given. They are divided into two
groups, ler, Especes a museau un peu plus court, a formes
plus sveltes,” and, 2me, “Especes a museau un peu plus long, a
formes moins sveltes.” The first has three sections: A. “Es¬
peces a nez vein et blanc” with two species, L. nictitans, and
(C.) petaurista (nec Schreb.), = L. fantiensis Matschie. B.
Especes n ayant ni le nez blanc ni une bande sourciliere
blanche” has four species: L. cephus; (C.) monoides = L.
albigularis ; L. lab i at a ; and L. mona. C. “Especes ayant
une bande front ale blanche ” contains two species: L. diana,
and L. leucampyx. The second group has two sections: A.
‘Especes a pelage vert ou teinte de vert” has seven species:
(C.) lallandi = L. pygerythra; L. pygerythra; L. cynosura;
( C .) sabceus (nec Linn.), = L. griseoviridis (Desm.); L.
rufoviridis; (C.) callitrichus = L. sabcea (Auct. nec
Linn.) ; L. werneri. B. “Especes a pelage d’un roux vif,”
treats of the species that are retained in the genus Erythro-
cebus in this work, and will be considered in the review of that
group.
1852. Peters, W. C. H. Naturwissenschaftliche Reise nach Mossam-
bique. Saugethiere.
Lasiopyga albigularis juv. Sykes, is here renamed Cercopithecus
erythrarchus ; and Lasiopyga rufoviridis I. Geoff., rede¬
scribed as Cercopithecus davidus. Cercopithecus ochraceous
is a young Papio, species not determinable. Skull in Berlin
Museum.
1855. Wagner, Schreber, Die Saugthiere in Abbildungen nach der
Natur mit Beschreibungen. Supplementband.
In the volume for this year, the Author includes thirty-two
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species of Lasiopyga in Cercopithecus, and divides the genus
into three subgenera: Miopithecus, Cercopithecus and Cer-
cocebus, all of which now, however, are given generic rank by
most writers. Cercopithecus, (Lasiopyga), contains: (C.)
cynosura; (C.) pygerythra; (C.) lallandi I. Geoff., = L.
PYGERYTHRA (F. CUV.) ; (C.) GRISEOVIRIDUS ; (C.) SabcBUS
(Linn.), undeterminable; (C.) rufoviridis ; (C.) davidus Pet.,
= L. rufoviridis (I. Geoff.) ; (C.) werneri Geoff., (C.)
pogonias ; (C.) burnetti; ( C .) samango Sundev., = L. labi-
ata (I. Geoff.); (C.) labiatus; (C.) albigularis; (C.)
erythrarcha Pet., — L. albigularis (Sykes) ; (C.) mona; (C.)
campbelli; (C.) palatinus Wagn., = L. roloway (Erxleb.) ;
(C.) DIANA; (C.) LEUCAMPYX; (C.) PLUTO; (C.) ERYTHROTIS;
(C.) cephus; (C.) nictitans; (C.) melanogenys Gray, = L.
ascanius Audebert ; (C.) ludio Gray, = L. martini ( Waterh.) ;
(C.) ruber (Linn.), = Erythrocebus patas? (Schreb.) ; (C.)
pyrrhonotus Erhenb., is also an Erythrocebus; (C.) ochra-
ceus Peters is a Papio; and (C.) fuliginosus = Cercocebus
^thiops (Schreb.) ; (C.) collaris = C. torquatus (Kerr), and
both belong to Cercocebus. (C.) cethiops (Linn.), is unde¬
terminable.
1856. Pucheran, in Revue et Magasin de Zoologie.
Lasiopyga grayi Fraser, renamed Cercopithecus erxlebeni.
1860. Du Chaillu, in Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences
of Philadelphia.
Lasiopyga nigripes first described as Cercopithecus nigripes.
1862. Reichenbach, Die V ollstdndigste Naturgeschichte der Affen.
The species of the genus Lasiopyga is here, divided into four
subgenera. A. Miopithecus, and B. Cercocebus, both recog¬
nized in the present Review as independent genera. C. Cerco¬
pithecus with the following species. (C.) cephus; (C.)
melanogenys Gray, = L. ascanius (Audeb.) ; (C.) ludio Gray,
= L- martini (Waterh.); (C.) fetaurista ex Guinee; (C.j
histrio Reichenb., = L. ascanius (Audebert) ; (C.) ascanius;
(C.) nictitans; (C.) roloway; (C.) diana; (C.) leu-
CAMPYX, (C.) PLUTO; (C.) mona; (C.) campbelli; (C.)
pogonias; (C.) erxlebeni Pucher., = L. grayi (Fraser) ; (C.)
nigripes; (C.) burnetti; (C.) labiatus; (C.) martini; (C.)
erythrarchus Peters, = L. albigularis (Sykes) ; (C.)
erythrotis; (C.) albigularis; (C.) monoides I. Geoff., =
L. albigularis (Sykes); (C.) werneri; (C.) rufoviridis;
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(C.) lallandi E. Geoff., = L. pygerythra (F. Cuv.) ; (C.)
sabceus (Linn.), undeterminable; (C.) callitrichus ; (C.)
GRISEOVIRIDIS ; ( C .) PYGERYTHRUS ; (C.) CYNOSURUS ; (C.)
tephrops Bennett, = L. cynosura, (Scopoli) ; (C.) ochraceus
is a Papio juv. ; (C.) davidus Peters, = L. rufoviridis (I.
Geoff.) ; and the following species which belong to Erythroce-
bus: (C.) patas; (C.) ruber Schreb., = (C.) patas (Schreb.) ;
(C.) poliophajus ; (C.) circumcinctus ; and (C.) pyrrhono-
tus. The fourth subgenus is D. Lasiopyga, with one species
(C.) nem^eus which belongs to Pygathrix.
Like the Author’s treatment of all the genera of the Primates,
probably from lack of material on which to form an inde¬
pendent opinion of their relative values, all described species of
different Authors were accepted as valid. Figures of the
various forms are given in a separate volume, but so badly
colored that they are much more likely to mislead than to
assist the investigator. The work is only a compilation from
other publications, the Author apparently having but little
personal knowledge of the majority of the species he includes
in his book.
1870. /. E. Gray, Catalogue of Monkeys, Lemurs and Fruit-eating
Bats, in the Collection of the British Museum.
In this Catalogue a list of the species in the British Museum of
the genus Lasiopyga, (under Cercopithecus) , as recognized by
the Author, is given as follows, divided into two subgenera
Cercopithecus and Chlorocebus. The first has (C.) cephus;
(C.) petaurista (nec Schreb.), = L. fantiensis (Matschie) ;
(C.) melanogenys Gray, = L. ascanius (Audebert) ; (C.)
martini; (C.) nictitans; (C.) ludio Gray, = L. mar¬
tini (Waterh.) ; (C.) erythrotis; (C.) diana; (C.)
diana ignita Gray, = L. diana (Linn.) ; (C.) leucampyx (nec
Fisch.), = L. diana (Linn.); (C.) mona; (C.) pogonias ;
(C.) erxlebeni Dahlb. et Pucher., = L. grayi (Fraser) ; (C.)
erxlebeni var. nigripes = L. nigripes (Du Chaillu) ; (C.)
peuto; (C.) campbelli; (C.) albigularis; (C.) samango
Sundev., = L. labiata (I. Geoff.). Chlorocebus contains
(C.) pygerythrus; (C.) rufoviridis; (C.) sabceus (nec
Linn.), = L. callitrichus; C. engythithea Gray, = L. griseo-
viridis (Desm.) ; and C. cynosurus. The following species
were apparently unknown to the Author: (C.) ochraceus
Peters, a Papio; (C.) davidus Peters, = L. rufoviridis
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(Geoff.); (C.) rufoniger Geoff., wrong citation ; (C.) werneri;
(C.) chrysurus Blyth, = L. tantalus Ogilby; and (C.) tan¬
talus.
1876. Schlegel, Museum d’Histoire Naturelle des Pays-Bas, Simice.
A list of the Simise in the Leyden Museum, is given in this
work with critical remarks on the species described. He groups
those of Lasiopyga, under Cercopithecus, in ten various
sections, and recognizes altogether twenty-four species. These
are (C.) erythrogaster ; (C.) neglectus, described for the
first time; (C.) erythrotis; (C.) talapoin, is a Miopithecus;
(C.) cynosurus; ( C .) callitrichus ; ( C .) sabceus undeter¬
minable; (C.) pygerythrus; (C.) erythrarchus Peters, = L.
albigularis (Sykes); (C.) rufoviridis; (C.) albigularis;
(C.) samango Sundev., = L. labiata (I. Geoff.) ; (C.) mona;
(C.) CAMPBELLi; (C.) POGONIAS; (C.) LEUCAHPYX ; (C.)
petaurista; ( C .) ascanius; ( C .) nictitans; (C.) melano-
genys Gray, = L. ascanius (Audeb.) ; (C.) cephus; (C.)
diana; and two species belonging to the genus Erythro-
cebus, (C.) patas; and (C.) pyrrhonotus.
1886. Santos, in Jornal de Sciencias Mathematicas Physicce Naturae,
Lisboa.
Lasiopyga ascanius renamed Cercopithecus picturatus.
1886. Jentink, in Notes from the Leyden Museum.
Lasiopyga signata ; and L. buttikoferi first described under
Cercopithecus.
1887 . Giglioli, in Zoologischer Anzeiger.
Lasiopyga boutourlini first described as Cercopithecus bou-
tourlini.
1888. Jentink, in N otes from the Leyden Museum.
icon ^SI0PYGA martini redescribed as Cercopithecus stampAii juv.
890. Meyer, in Notes from the Leyden Museum.
1Qn. Lasiopyga wolfi first described as Cercopithecus wolA.
189Z. Matschie, in Zoologischer Anzeiger.
IRQ? pArIOcT SCHM,DTI first described as Cercopithecus schmidti.
U Sclater> m Proceedings of the Zoological Society of Lon-
1893.
Laskjpyga stairsi first described as Cercopithecus stairsi.
Freunde’ * SltZUngsberichte Gesellschaft Naturforschender
(AUCt Schreb-)' Cercopithe-
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1893. P. L. Sclater, in Proceedings of the Zoological Society of Lon¬
don.
A List of the species of Lasiopyga, (placed in Cercopithecus) ,
known to the Author thirty-one in number, is here given. They
are divided into six sections, A to F, according to color, the
possession of a nose spot, ears tufted, or with long beards. The
arrangement was a decided improvement on any attempted, and
brought together more effectively nearly related forms. The
various species accepted as entitled to a distinct rank are: L.
fetaurista; L. buttikoferi; L. martini; (C.) ludio Gray, =
L. martini (Waterh.) ; (C.) melanogenys Gray, = L. as-
canius (Audeb.) ; L. schmidti ; L. nictitans ; L. erythrotis ;
L. cephus ; these belong to Section A, Rhinosticti. Section B,
Chloronati, contains L. cynosura; L. griseoviridis ; L. calli-
trichus Geoff.; L. pygerythra; (C.) erythrarchus Peters, =
L. albigularis (Sykes). Species of Section C, Erythronoti,
are in the present Review included in a separate genus Ery-
throcebus, but as Dr. Sclater gives them, consists of only two
species, (C.) patas; and (C.) pyrrhonotus. Section D,
Melanochiri, includes L. mona; L. albigularis; L. camp-
belli ; (C.) samango Sundev., = L. labiata (Geoff.); L.
moloneyi first described; L. stairsi; L. erythrogaster ; L.
neglecta; and (C.) leucampyx nec Fisch., = L. pluto (Gray).
Section E, Auriculati, possesses (C.) erxleheni Puch., = L.
grayi Fraser; L. pogonias; and L. nigripes. Section F, Bar-
hati, has L. diana; and L. brazz^e (A. Milne-Edw.). A list
of the species known to the Author from the published descrip¬
tions only follows: L. boutourlini ; (C.) davidus Peters,
= L. rufoviridis (Geoff.); L. labiata; ( C .) monoides I.
Geoff., = L. albigularis (Sykes) ; (C.) palatinus Wagn., =
L. roloway (Schreb.) ; (C.) picturatus Santos, = L. ascanius
(Audeb.) ; L. signata; (C.) stampdii Jentink, = L. martini
(Waterh.) ; L. werneri; and L. wolfi.
1893. Matschie, in Sitzungsberichte Gesellschaft Naturforschender
Freunde, Berlin.
Lasiopyga stuhlmanni first described as Cercopithecus stuhl-
manni.
1893. P. L. Sclater, in Proceedings of the Zoological Society of Lon¬
don.
Lasiopyga opisthosticta first described as Cercopithecus
opisthostictus.
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1893
1896.
1896.
Matschie, in Sitzungsberichte Gesellschaft Naturforschender
Freunde, Berlin.
A paper on Sclater’s List of the species of Cercopithecus
(Lasiopyga), with comment on certain described forms. (C.)
davidus Peters, is deemed the same as L. rufoviridis (I.
Geoff.) ; L. labiatus (Geoff.) ; and L. samango (Sundev.), are
the same; (C.) monoides Geoff., must be a synonym of L. albi-
gularis (Sykes) ; ( C .) palatinus Wagn., = L. roloway
(Schreb.) ; (C.) picturatus Santos, = L. melanogenys (Gray),
which is a synonym of L. ascanius; L. signatus Jent., and L.
martini are distinct ; C. ochraceus Peters, is a Papio ; L. tan¬
talus; and L. werneri are distinct; L. temmincki (Ogilby),
and L. wolfi (Meyer), are unknown to the Author.
In a previous part of the same volume Herr Matschie gives a
few species of Lasiopyga and their synonymy. L. p. fan-
tiensis (Matschie), is the L. petaurista (Auct. nec Schreber) ;
L. buttikoferi and L. fantiensis compared ; L. ascanius
(Linn.), and L. melanogenys (Gray), which is the same as L.
ascanius (Audeb.), are kept as a distinct species, and L.
ascanius (Wagn.), Schreb., Saugth. Suppl., 1840, p. 310, made
the first synonym. L. schmidti ; L. signatus (Jent.); L.
martini, with L. nictitans (Linn.), as its first synonym. L.
nictitans (Linn.), with L. nictitans (Desm.), as the first
synonym; L. ludio, ex Pessy country, Liberia, with white
nose, ? (Pennant), and L. nictitans (Shaw), as the leading
synonym. Brief descriptions of the forms mentioned are
given.
E. de Pousargues, in Bulletin du Museum d’Histoire Naturelle
de Paris.
Lasiopyga albitorquata described for the first time as Cer¬
copithecus albitorquatus.
E de Pousargues, in Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zooloqie
8 th Series. ’
A critical paper on certain species of Lasiopyga, (under Cpr-
copithecus) , and their relationship and dispersion. Those dis¬
cussed are L. petaurista, of which L. fantiensis is made a
synonym, the great difference in depth of color not being
deemed sufficient to render them distinct; L. erythrogaster
h ch is also compared with L. petaurista, (from which it
certamly is very different in coloring as its name indicates), and
reluctantly permitted to remain distinct; L. buttikoferi is
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considered as “une variete purement locale” of L. petaurista.
L. signata is deemed distinct. L. ascanius with which he
unites L histno (Reich.), L. melanogenys Gray, L. picturata
(bantos), and L. schmidti (Matschie), with which view, with
the exception of the last species, most Mammalogists will agree;
L. erythrotis is accepted as a species, as are also L. nic-
titans, and L. martini, the latter with L. ludio (Gray), L
melanogenys (Schlegel, nec Gray), and L. stampflii (Jent.)'
as synonyms. L. cephus, and L. pogonias are considered dis¬
tinct; L. erxlebem (Dahlb. et Pucher.), = L. grayi (Fraser) ;
L. nigripes Du Chaillu ; L. grayi Fraser; L. brazz^e, and L.
cynosura are accepted, and L. griseoviridis (Desmarest), is
called L. sabcea Linn., ( !) of which L. engythithea (Gray), is
made a synonym. There are descriptions of the species, and
the geographical distribution is discussed. Altogether it is a
paper to which much thought has been given and betokens a
considerable advance in the treatment of the subject.
1898. Matschie, in Sitzungsberichte Gesellschaft Naturforschender
Freunde.
Lasiopyga preussi first described as Cercopithecus preussi.
1898. P. L. Sclater, in Proceedings of the Zoological Society of Lon¬
don.
Lasiopyga l’hoesti first described as Cercopithecus I’hoesti.
1900. O. Thomas, in Proceedings of the Zoological Society of Lon¬
don.
Lasiopyga boutourlini Giglioli, renamed Cercopithecus omen-
sis.
1900. Neumann, in Zoologischer Jahresbericht.
Lasiopyga centralis first described as Cercopithecus cen¬
tralis.
1902. P. L. Sclater, in Proceedings of the Zoological Society of Lon¬
don.
Lasiopyga stuhlmanni redescribed as Cercopithecus otoleu-
cus.
1902. Neumann, in Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.
Lasiopyga kolbi, L. matschie, and L. djamdjamensis first
described under Cercopithecus.
1902. O. Thomas, in Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.
Lasiopyga francesc^e first described as Cercopithecus fran-
cescee.
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1902. J. Anderson, Zoology of Egyptian Mammals.
Two species are here given: C. cethiops (nec Linn.), = L.
griseoviridis (Desm.) ; and C. pyrrhonotus which is an
Erythrocebus.
1902. Neumann, in Sitzungsberichte Gesellschaft N dturforschender
Freunde.
Lasiopyga hilgerti, and L. ellenbecki = L. hilgerti, first
described under Cercopithecus.
1904. Pocock, in Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.
Lasiopyga sclateri described for the first time as Cercopithe¬
cus SCLATERI.
1905. Matschie, in Sitzungsberichte Gesellschaft Naturforschender
Freunde.
Lasiopyga kandti first described as Cercopithecus kandti.
1905. Forbes, in Nature.
Lasiopyga preussi (Matschie), redescribed as Cercopithecus
crossi.
1907 . O. Thomas, in Proceedings of the Zoological Society of Lon¬
don.
Lasiopyga denti first described as Cercopithecus denti.
1907 . R. I. Pocock, in Proceedings of the Zoological Society of Lon¬
don.
This somewhat elaborate paper on the species of Lasiopyga,
is entitled “A Monographic Revision of the Genus Cercopithe¬
cus,” and contains descriptions of nearly all the species de¬
scribed up to the date of its publication. The Author’s material
for his undertaking was inadequate, consisting of the skins in
the Collection of the British Museum, and the skins and living
members of the genus in the Menagerie of the Zoological
Society in Regent’s Park, London. This material, though con¬
siderable in number of specimens, gave the Author no personal
knowledge of many species in Continental Museums not repre¬
sented in the British Museum, and thus placed him at a dis¬
advantage. Cranial characters, which are of supreme im¬
portance in the discrimination of species were not considered
at all, for the reason as he states, that “lack of proper material
has prevented me from making use of skull characters,” and
so at the outset he was deprived of one of the most important
methods of determining species.
The Author commences with a not entirely complete List
of the genera proposed for the Guenons, and their types,
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arrived at either ab initio , by selection, elimination, tau-
tonymy, or by substitution, and after a few general re¬
marks gives a key to the various groups in which he
places the species. These are thirteen in number arranged in
the following order: Diana group; Neglectus group; Leu-
campyx group ; Nictitans group ; L’Hoesti group ; Mona group ;
Albigularis group; Erythrogaster group; Petaurista group;
Cephus group; Mthiops group; Patas group; and the Talapoin
group. In discussing the species of these various assemblies,
he does not follow the order given in the key, for the Patas
group which is first, is treated last, probably for the excellent
reason that his material for these monkeys was so scant, he
could give descriptions of only two species, and a simple list
of those described with references to the publications in which
they were to be found. This was of less importance, however,
for these red monkeys should not be placed in Cercopithecus,
(Lasiopyga), as they properly represent a distinct genus, Ery-
throcebus. The first group treated is the Diana under the
subgenus Pogonocebus with two species diana and rolozvay,
with a general description of the two forms and a Key ; also a
short list of synonymy. Similar treatment is given to all the
group except the Patas. The Neglectus group has but two
species, C. brazzce-formes Pocock, = L. brazzze (A. Milne-
Edw.) ; and L. neglecta (Schlegel) ; L. brazz^e (Milne-
Edw.), being considered a synonym of the last species, a
conclusion not accepted by the present writer. The next is the
Leucampyx group under the subgenus Diademia Reich., with
three species and seven subspecies, the latter established in a
great measure because the Author’s material was insufficient
to indicate the proper rank they should have. The species are
L. kandti; L. opisthosticta ; L. leucampyx, and L. NIGRI-
genis as a subspecies; L. doggetti first described; L. leu¬
campyx; (C.) stuhlmanni (nec Matschie), = L. princeps
(Elliot); L. carruthersi first described; L. pluto; and L.
boutourlini. A Key and descriptions are given. The Nic¬
titans group has but two species, and one subspecies : L. nic¬
titans; L. n. laglazei first described; and L. martini. The
Albigularis group contains eight species: L. albigularis; L.
kolbi ; L. moloneyi ; L. stairsi ; L. rufitincta first de¬
scribed ; L. francesce; L. preussi; L. labiata, and five sub¬
species : L. beirensis ; L. rufilatus ; L. albitorquata ; L.
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hindei and L. mossambicus. There is a Key, but it does not
include the subspecies. All these subspecies, with the exception
of L. albitorquata are described for the first time. The Mona
group has seven species : L. mona ; L. campbelli ; L. burnetti ;
L. denti; L. wolfi; L. grayi; L. pogonias; and one sub¬
species, L. p. nigripes. The L’Hoesti group has but one species,
L. l’hoesti; and one subspecies L. 1. thomasi described for
the first time. Erythrogaster group has but one species, L.
erythrogaster. The Petaurista group under subgenus Rhino-
stictus Trouess., has three species: L. petaurista (nec Schreb.),
= L. fantiensis (Matschie) ; L. ascanius; L. signata; and
two subspecies, L. buttikoferi and L. schmidti. The Cephas
group has three species: L. cephus; L. erythrotis; and L.
sclateri ; and one subspecies L. cephodes first described. The
Mthiops group has eight species: L. sabcea (Linn.), undeter¬
minable, but (C.) sabceus Pocock, (nec Linn.), = L. calli-
trichus (I. Geoff roy) ; L. cethiops (Linn.), undeterminable,
but (C.) cethiops Pocock, (nec Linn.), = L. griseoviridis
(Desm.) ; L. matschie; L. djamdjamensis ; L. tantalus; L.
cynosura ; L. pygerythra ; and L. nigroviridis first de¬
scribed; and seven subspecies: (C.) ellenbecki — L. hilgerti
(Neum.) ; L. hilgerti; L. budgetti first described; L. rufo-
viridis; L. w'hytei and L. johnstoni both described for the
first time, and L. centralis. The Talapoin group under
subgenus Miopithecus, has one species, L. talapoin, and
one subspecies L. ansorgei first described ; and finally the Patas
group, which, as has already been stated, gives descriptions of
but two species, L. patas, and L. pyrrhonotus, both marked
as subspecies ( !), and apparently the only ones known to the
Author, (although L. sannio (Thos.), was represented in the
British Museum Collection by the type), and a list of the
described species is given, or taken from Herr Matschie’s paper
on the genus. Mr. Pocock’s method of employing subspecific
names is somewhat perplexing, for it is generally understood
by Naturalists that a subspecies can only be properly established
when there are mtergrades between it and a closely related
species. Now nearly all the recognized subspecies in this
paper, save perhaps L. nigripes (Du Chaillu), and which is
intermediate between L. grayi and L. pogonias in only one
particular, a little more black on the back, and L. ellenbecki
w ich is the same as L. hilgerti, have no intermediates, and
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consequently should not be classed as subspecies. That
eventually some may be discovered to have intermediate forms
between them and the nearest allied species is possible, but until
such forms are found, the animals in question should have
specific rank.
The Keys, to those who have but slight knowledge of the
species of Lasiopyga are useful, but in all save the Mona and
Petaurista groups, the subspecific forms are omitted, though it
must be said that with a somewhat doubtful exception, L.
NiGRiPES, all the so-called subspecies in these two Keys, are
undoubtedly entitled, so far as we have knowledge of them at
present, to a full specific rank. The paper is illustrated by cuts
of various species taken from life, and four uncolored plates of
the heads of various allied species. The principal defect in a
paper such as this, treating of the largest group of the Primates,
is, that the Author was entirely unacquainted with any specimens
of the genus, not accessible in London and its vicinity, and it is
to be regretted, that when he undertook so important a task,
and which he accomplished so far as his material permitted with
conscientious fidelity, he had not been able to acquire a wider
view and firmer grasp of his subject, which an investigation of
the far greater material of this group in Continental Museums
would have given him.
1908. Lonnberg, Expedition to Kilimanjaro-Mweru.
In this work a Lasiopygus from Mt. Kilimanjaro, is somewhat
doubtfully separated from L. albigularis as (C.) a. kino-
botensis.
1909. D. G. Elliot, in Annals and Magazine of Natural History.
Lasiopyga insignis ; L. insolita ; L. t. griseisticta; L. rubella;
L. grayi pallida; L. sticticeps and L. silacea ; first described
under Cercopithecus.
1910. D. G. Elliot, in Annals and Magazine of Natural History.
Lasiopyga inobservata first described as Cercopithecus in-
observatus.
1910. O. Thomas, in Annals and Magazine of Natural History.
Lasiopyga ascanius whitesidei first described as Cercopithecus
a. whitesidei.
1910. D. G. Elliot, in Proceedings of the United States National
Museum.
Lasiopyga lutea first described as Cercopithecus luteus.
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1911. /. Buttikofer, in Notes from the Leyden Museum.
Lasiopyga petronell.e first described as Cercopithecus petro-
nellce.
1912. N. Hollister, in Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections.
Lasiopyga callida described as Lasiopyga pygerythra callida.
GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF THE SPECIES AND SUBSPECIES.
Lasiopyga is strictly an African genus and its members are dis¬
persed over the entire continent, save the extreme northern part lying
along the Mediterranean Sea. They are also found on the large island
of Fernando Po, but not on Madagascar. Of the known species about
thirty-nine are East African, thirty-four West African, two South
African, both ranging northward on the east and west coasts, and the
dispersion of six remaining species is quite unknown. It will thus be
perceived that there are something like eighty species and races at
present recognized and doubtless many more are yet to be discovered,
as the interior of Africa is better known. Beginning in the north¬
eastern portion of the continent, we have in the region of the White
Nile, L. neglectus Schlegel, its range unknown, probably somewhat
restricted as the type is still unique although the species was described
over thirty years ago. On the Upper Nile in Sennaar, Kordofan and
Abyssinia, L. griseoviridis ranges ; while from Southern Abyssinia to
Lake Rudolph, L. boutourlini has its home. In the same kingdom
in the dark forests through which the Omo and Sobat rivers flow, L.
matschie was discovered, and in the forest of Djamdjam east of
Lake Abaya, L. djamdjamensis was procured. In the Galla country
west of Somaliland at the head waters of the Webbi Schebeli, L. hil-
gerti was met with. On the Juba River, along the boundary of British
East Africa, and extending southward to the west shore of Victoria
Nyanza, and thence into Ankole at 5,000 feet elevation, also on the
islands of Dakota and Sesse, L. centralis is found ; and in the Great
Rift Valley on the south side of Lake Naivasha, L. callida was taken.
North and west of Lake Albert, and also southward to Lake Kivu, on
Kividjvi Island in the lake, L. stuhlmanni is found, and at the
south end, L. aurora was discovered ; while west and south of Lake
Albert L. princeps was procured; and between the lakes Albert
Edward and Victoria Nyanza, L. budgetti was met with, and L.
Doggetti in Southwest Ankole, and to the west of the same lake,
at Bembara, L. griseisticta was taken. On Mt. Ruwenzori at
an elevation of 10,000 feet, on the eastern side, L. carruthersi was
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met with. In the Ituri forest near the Uganda line, Upper Congo,
L. denti was obtained, and at Port Alice, also on the Upper Congo,
L. schmidti was procured. Between Lake Kivu and Lake Tan¬
ganyika, L. thomasi and L. kandti were discovered. To the east
of Victoria Nyanza in Kavirondo, L. neumanni was found. On Mt.
Kenia L. kolbi dwells ; and in the Kenia district in the vicinity of the
mountains, L. c. lutea, L. hindsi, and L. rubella are met with. In the
Nairobi forest, L. k. nubila and L. albigularis have been taken, while
farther eastward, possibly in the vicinity of Mombassa, L. albigularis
and L. rufitincta were secured. In German East Africa, L. a. kobo-
tensis was procured on Mt. Kilimanjaro, and on the south side of the
same mountain at five thousand feet elevation, L. c. johnstoni was
found. On the Rufigi River south of Zanzibar, L. a. rufdata was
obtained. Proceeding southward into Nyassaland, we find L. opis-
thosticta at Lake Mweru, and L. leucampyx extends its range
from Nyassaland to the French Congo and Angola. On Mt.
Chiradgula, L. c. whitei has been taken, and at the north end of Lake
Nyassa, L. moloneyi dwells. On Mt. Walla, west of the last named
lake, L. francesc^e was obtained. In Angoniland on the east bank of
the Loangwa River, L. silacea is found. In Portuguese East Africa,
in Mozambique, L. s. mossambicus is found, and L. albigularis is
met with in Mashonaland, and ranges southward to the north east
Transvaal, and in the Pungwe River district, L. rufoviridis and L. a.
beirensis range; while from the Delta of the Zambesi, L. stairsi
comes; in Cape Colony two species of this genus are found, L. py-
gerythra ranging north as far as Mombassa and Mt. Kilimanjaro on
the east coast, and L. labiata going to Mozambique on the east
coast, and to Angola on the west. In Central Africa at N’dongo-leti,
Upper Ubanqui River, L. sticticeps is found. In West Africa,
beginning at the most western point we find in Senegambia L. cal-
litrichus, which extends its range to the Niger River. In Sierra
Leone, L. campbelli is found. Liberia has two species, L. diana
which is very common, and L. buttikoferi. The Gold Coast has L.
erythrogaster at Lagos; and L. roloway, L. fantiensis, L. bur-
netti ranging east to Cameroon, and L. mona. In northeastern Ni¬
geria at Lake Chad, is L. t. alexandri, and in northern Nigeria, their
dispersion unknown, are L. tantalus and L. insolita. In Cameroon
are found L. preussi, L. brazz^e going to the French Congo, L. nic-
titans ranging to Sette Cama, L. grayi going to the Congo River, and
L. sclateri in Benin. In Guinea L. petaurista alone is found. In
Gaboon several species are found, L. n. laglaizi, L. cephus ranging to
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the Congo River, L. cephodes, L. nigripes, and L. g. pallida. On the
Island of Fernando Po the following species are found: L. martini
supposedly, L. erythrotis, L. pogonias, and L. preusse insulavis. In
Congo State are L. ascanius ranging into Angola, L. a. whitesidei
in Central Congo on the Upper Lulong River, L. cynosura (Mossa-
medes to Cunene), and L. wolfi, (Brazzaville, Batumpas, Sunkurie),
and in the Congo forest, locality unknown, L. insignis, and L. petro-
nell^e are found. Angola contains, L. signata probably at Banana,
and L. pluto. In Congoland L. l’hoesti was obtained, but its
habitat is quite unknown, and the same may be said of the following:
L. NIGRIVIRIDIS, L. INOBSERVATA, L. WERNERI, L. NIGRIGENIS, and L.
ALBITORQUATA.
KEY TO THE SUBGENERA.
A. Body slender; limbs and tail long; cheek pouches
present; fingers webbed at base.
a. General color various, size small . *Allochrocebus, p. 29 7
b. General color speckled black and yellow.
a! Arms> hands and feet, and body beneath
f black or grayish . Melanocebus, p. 306
b\ Jai1 red or mostIy red . f Neocebus, p. 319
c. General color grayish, a mingling of gray,
black, tawny or yellow in the colors of
the hair . . . Chlorocebus, p. 325
d. Ears tufted; light colored brow band
usually extending upward to the crown,
or ears. Stripes on head in some species •
body speckled . u Mg
e. White collar present in some species with
ear tufts present or absent ; aural region
,, r .'P or sP«*'ed . Vnsignicebus, p. 359
_ _ ^ lght colored stnPe across thigh. . .Pogonocebus, p. 376
ST„'“7 appearance, and a long-, ailed monkey.
lT 0<T’ new> and Kr>p°°, a long-tailed monkey
lnA CebUS °r a lo”S-tailed monkey
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Volume II
Plate 3
Lasiopyga L’ hoesti
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Subgenus 1. Allochrocebus.
General color various, size small.
KEY TO THE SPECIES.
A. Head black speckled.
d. Brow band indistinct, white ; ruff on sides of
throat white . . I’hoesti.
b. Brow band ochraceous rufous; no ruff on sides
of throat . L. insolita.
Lasiopitga l’hoesti ( Sclater) .
Cercopithecus I’hoesti Sclat., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1898, p. 586,
pi. XLVIII ; Pocock, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., II, 1907, p. 714,
pi. XLI, fig. 2.
L’HOEST'S GUENON.
Type locality. Congoland. Type in British Museum.
Geogr. Distr. Unknown.
Genl. Char. Remarkable for its black head and elongate white
ruff on sides of throat.
Color. Face black; scattered black hairs on nose and lips; sides
of face covered with short white and black hairs, longest in a line below
eyes, and running back to whiskers ; head, neck, space between shoul¬
ders, and sides of body jet black speckled with white; very narrow,
rather indistinct white line on forehead ; sides of head sparsely
speckled with white, none at all about temples ; dorsal region, from
between shoulders to tail, speckled black and ochraceous rufous ;
shoulders, arms, legs, hands, feet, under parts of body and inner side
of limbs jet black; whiskers long, directed upwards and backwards
concealing the ears, and together with the front, sides of neck and
throat, continuing to a point on the chest, white with a slight tinge of
gray; nose black; tail, speckled white and black all around, tip black.
Ex type British Museum.
Measurements. Total length, 1,080; tail, 600; foot, 110. Skull:
total length, 98; intertemporal width, 44.7 ; occipito-nasal length, 81.6;
Hensel, 65; zygomatic width, 64.4; median length of nasals, 15.7;
palatal length, 36.5 ; length of upper molar series, 27.5 ; length of man¬
dible, 63 ; length of lower molar series, 32.2. Ex type Gardens of the
Zoological Society of London.
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This is a peculiarly colored monkey, showing an affinity to mem¬
bers of various groups, and yet seems distinct from them all. Air.
Pocock in his paper, (1. c.) has made L. thomasi (Alatschie), a sub¬
species of L. i/hoesti, but this does not seem to be the proper place
for that species, as Alatschie’s type is very like L. preussi but paler on
the back, and the tail is lighter; the limbs, however, and shoulders
are black as in L. i/hoesti.
Lasiopyga insolita (Elliot).
Cercopithecus insolitus Elliot, Ann. Alag. Nat. Hist., IV, 8th Ser.,
1909, p. 258.
Type locality. Northern Nigeria, (Bakie). Type in British Alu-
seum.
Genl. Char. Reddish brow band; upper parts black speckled.
Color. Hairs on forehead ochraceous rufous and black over nose
where it is deepest in color, paler toward sides; beneath this is a
narrow black line, rather indistinct at sides; head black, speckled on
crown with ochraceous, slightly paler than the hairs in front; hairs
over temples black, rather long, directed backwards passing over the
ears; long hairs on cheeks directed backwards under and behind ears,
black speckled with yellow ; occipital region black with but very few
yellow speckles; entire upper parts of body grayish black minutely
spotted with cream buff; flanks grayish black faintly speckled with
white , arms and hands black, unspeckled ; legs black, speckled with
cream buff on upper part of thighs, and with white lower down, and
also on legs to ankles ; feet black ; chin, throat, chest, anal region, inner
side of arms to elbows, and thighs to knees, whitish yellow; abdomen
gray with a yellow tinge ; tail above at base like back, grading into black
speckled with white, and then into jet black on apical fourth, beneath
yellow speckled at base, then profusely speckled with white, causing
the midway section to appear quite gray, and jet black at tip. Ex type
British Aluseum. J y
Measurements. Total length, 1,060; tail, 680; foot, 115. Skull:
as entire bramcase gone, only the rostrum, zygomatic arches and
mandible remaining. Width of orbits, inner edge, 43.4; median length
of nasals, 14.3; zygomatic width, 55.4; palatal length, 24.6; length of
mandible, 24.3. Ex type British Aluseum.
The type is a young animal, but it is quite different in appearance
from any of the known species, so different in fact, I hardly know
where to place it, for like L. l’hoesti it does not seem to have any
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near allies. The unique type was obtained in northern Nigeria by Dr.
Bakie’s expedition, and is in the Collection of the British Museum.
Submenus 2. Rhinostictus.
General color black and yellow speckled.
KEY TO THE SPECIES AND SUBSPECIES.
A. Black brow band encircling the head.
a. General color above very dark, black pre¬
dominating . L. petaurista.
b. General color above lighter, black not pre¬
dominating . L. fantiensis.
c. General color above ochraceous buff and
black . L. erythrog aster.
B. Black brow band not encircling the head.
a. Crown of head speckled black and yellow.
a.' A patch of grayish yellow below eye . L. buttikoferi.
b! A black patch below eye . L. ascanius.
c .' No patch below eye . L. a. whitesidei.
b. Crown of head speckled black and dark buff . . .L. signata.
c. Crown of head speckled black and tawny . L. schmidti.
Lasiopyga petaurista (Schreber).
Simla petaurista Schreb., Saugth., I, 1775, p. 103, (nec Auct.) ;
I. Geoff., Cat. Primates, 1851, p. 19, No. 2; Wagn., Schreb.,
Saugth. Suppl., V, 1840, p. 119, tab. XIXB ; V, 1855, p. 50;
Reichenb., Vollstand. Naturg. Affen, 1862, p. 165.
LESSER WHITE-NOSED GUENON.
Type locality. Guinea.
Geogr. Distr. Guinea, West Africa.
Genl. Char. Color very dark, much darker than L. fantiensis
Matschie, ( petaurista Auct.) ; tail very long, slender.
Color. End of nose white; rest of nose, cheeks, lips, line across
forehead, and one from behind eye to below ear to hind neck, black ;
top of head with hairs black ringed with yellow; upper parts and
sides of body, the hairs gray at base then ringed with ochraceous
rufous and black; shoulders and arms to elbows, and hind legs to
ankles gray at base of hairs then ringed with black and yellow ; fore¬
arms deep black, hairs tipped with yellow ; sides of neck, throat, entire
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under parts and inner side of limbs white ; chin sometimes black ; hands
and feet black ; tail above black, hairs with one ochraceous rufous
band, beneath white.
Measurements. Total length, 1,020; tail, 570. Ex spec. Guinea,
Berlin Museum. Skull: total length, 154; occipito-nasal length, 76.2;
Hensel, 54.1 ; zygomatic width, 52.7; intertemporal width, 38.4; median
length of nasals, 12.9 ; length of upper molar series, 23.3 ; length of
mandible, 53.5 ; length of lower molar series, 25.2.
The Simla petaurista as figured and described by Schreber, (1. c.)
is a very dark almost black monkey, speckled with yellowish, and
came from Guinea. The characters here given have been overlooked
by Authors, and quite another animal, the one from the Gold Coast,
has always borne the name given by Schreber. Herr Matschie has
clearly shown this fact in his paper, and named the petaurista Auct., a
much lighter animal, L. fantiensis. Guinea specimens of this Guenon
also in the Berlin Museum amply demonstrate the differences existing
between the two forms, and the correctness of Schreber’s plate.
Lasiopyga fantiensis (Matschie).
Cercocebus petaurista fantiensis Matschie, Sitzungsb. Ges.
Naturf. Freund., Berlin, 1893, pp. 64, 98; Pousarg., Ann
Scien. Nat., 1896, p. 264.
Cercopithecus petaurista (nec Schreb.), Erxl., Syst. Regn. Anim.,
1777, p. 35; Bodd., Elench. Anim., 1784, p. 60; E Geoff'
Cours Hist. Nat. Mamm., 1828, p. 19, 8me Legon; Martini
Nat. Hist. Mammif. Anim., 1841, p. 539; Dahlb., Stud. Zool.
Fam. Reg. Anim. Natur., fasc. I, 1856, pp. 100, 101 ; Gray
Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1868, p. 182; Id. Cat. Monkeys,’
Femurs and Fruit-eating Bats, Brit. Mus., 1870 p ?0-
Schleg Mus. Pays-Bas, Simias, 1876, p. 86; Anders.,' Cat
Mamm. Ind L Mus Calc., Pt. I, 1881, p. 58, (Part.) ; Matschie,
Sitzungsb Ges. Nat. Freund., Berlin, 1892, p. 226; Sclat.
PT' Z.0ro1; ®°c' Lond" 1893- P- 244 ; Forbes, Handb Pri-
(Part) : PousarS- Ann. Scien. Nat.,
2645’p 27 j f6' T Sen’ IU’ p- 176 ; 1896> 8®e Set, p.
264, Pocock, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., II, 1909 p 718
Zr ,(nTef4Audeb )> F- Cnv-, Hist. Nat. Mamm.,' Livr. XIV,
1820, pi. L Ascaigne femelle.
Muscat G°ld C°aSt' WeSt Af"“- “ Berlin
VOLUME II.
PLATE XXXI.
Lasiopyga fantiensis.
No. 75.4.30.5. Brit. Mus. Coll. % Nat. Size.
VOLUME II
PLATE 1
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
1. Lasiopyga L’HOESTI.
3. Lasiopyga buttikoferi.
5. Lasiopyga signata.
2. Lasiopyga erythrogaster
4. Lasiopyga ascanius.
6. Lasiopyga schmidti.
Volume II
Plate 4
Lasiopyga erythrogaster
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Genl. Char. Band on forehead extending around to back of head.
Color. Face black, white patch on end of nose; black brow band
extending around side of head above ears and across occiput, a branch
projecting forward at corner of eye over cheeks to upper lip; near the
corner of the eye, a white streak runs over temples and beneath ear to
side of neck, beneath which is a corresponding black streak ; top of
head speckled yellow and black ; entire rest of upper parts, shoulders,
arms and legs on outer side, speckled tawny ochraceous and black,
becoming paler on legs below the knees and less thickly speckled;
wrists, hands and feet black sparsely speckled with yellow ; beneath the
black on cheek the hairs are longer than the rest, and directed upwards
and backwards, and with the chin, throat, lower side of neck, chest,
entire under parts, and inner side of thighs are white; inner side of
forearms and legs gray; tail at base like back, the yellow speckling
becoming lighter as it goes towards the tip where it is almost lost in
the dominant black color, beneath yellowish white for basal half, then
speckled gray and black, and tip black.
Measurements. Total length, 1,035; tail, 655; foot, 110. Skull:
total length, 111.1 ; occipito-nasal length, 92; intertemporal width, 53.5 ;
Hensel, 87; zygomatic width, 71.9; width of braincase, 55; median
length of nasals, 19.4 ; palatal length, 42.6 ; length of upper molar
series, 26.1; length of upper canines, 21.7; length of mandible, 77.4;
length of lower molar series, 31.7.
This is a much lighter colored species than L. petaurista, show¬
ing much less black on the upper parts. The type in Berlin Museum is
a baby, not half grown. Herr Matschie has made this a subspecies of
L. petaurista Schreb., but as I have never seen any intermediate
between it and that species, it seems best, for the present at least, to
accord it specific rank.
Lasiopyga erythrogaster (Gray).
Cercopithecus erythrogaster Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1866,
p. 169, pi. XVI; 1868, p. 182; Murie, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond.,
1866, p. 380; Gray, Cat. Monkeys, Lemurs and Fruit-eating
Bats, Brit. Mus., 1870, p. 128; Schleg., Mus. Pays-Bas, Simke,
1876, p. 69; Sclat., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1893, p. 252; 1894,
p. 1 ; Forbes, Handb. Primates, II, 1894, p. 46 ; Pousarg., Ann.
Scien. Nat., Ill, 7me Ser., 1896, p. 178; Pocock, Proc. Zool.
Soc. Lond., II, 1907, p. 715, fig. 185.
RED-BELLIED GUENON.
Type locality. Lagos? West Africa. Type in British Museum.
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LASIOPYGA
Color. “Skin of face round eyes bluish gray, lips and chin pinkish
gray.” (Pocock). No signs of these colors on the type, the face being
black where bare. Nose black, cheeks speckled black and yellow ; black
band across forehead extending across sides of head over ears and
meeting at back of crown ; crown speckled black and yellow ; back of
head and hind neck, and space between shoulders speckled with black
and yellowish white; dorsal region to tail, and flanks speckled black
and ochraceous buff; long hairs of whiskers extending back of ears,
sides of neck, and throat white; shoulders and arms on outer side to
elbows black speckled with white, forearms black ; outer side of thighs
gray, speckled with black and ochraceous buff like back; legs below
knees to ankles gray; entire under parts of body ochraceous rufous;
inner side of arms above elbows, and legs to ankles gray; legs below
knees with a yellow tinge ; tail, at root above like back, rest brownish
black speckled with yellow, beneath greenish gray; hands black, feet
black speckled with grayish white. Ex type British Museum.
Measurements. Total length, 725 ; tail, 345 ; foot, 100. No skull.
The type is a young animal with a black nose, but some adults
have a white nose patch. This species is not nearly allied to L.
petaurista as some writers have believed, the only similarity in color¬
ing between them being the black frontal band going around the head.
It is nearer in coloring, so far as the dorsal region is concerned, to L.
FANTIENSIS.
Lasiopyga buttikoferi (Jentink).
Cercopithecus buttikoferi Jent., Notes Leyd. Mus., VIII, 1886, p.
56; Matschie, Sitzungsb. Gesell. Naturf. Freunde, Berlin,
1893, p. 99; Sclat., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1893, p. 244;
Forbes, Handb. Primates, II, 1894, p. 47 ; Pousarg., Ann
Scien. Nat., Ill, 7me Ser., 1896, pp. 179, 203.
Cercopithecus petaurista buttikoferi Pocock, Proc. Zool Soc
Lond., II, 1907, p. 718, pi. XL, fig. 6.
BUTTIKOFER’S GUENON.
Type locality. Liberia, West Africa. Type in Leyden Museum.
Ceogr. Distr. Only known from type locality.
Color Exactly like L. fantiensis except that the black band
from forehead does not cross over top of head, and there is no white
patch below eye. No skull. Ex type Leyden Museum.
Measurements. Skull : occipito-nasal length, 86.3 ; Hensel 68 5 •
wid,h 6°.7 ; intertemporal width. &2; median ,ength oi
sals, 17.7, length of upper molar series, 25.2; length of mandible,
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67 .4 ; length of lower molar series, 30. Ex British Museum specimen
91. 11. 3. 1. St. Paulo River, Liberia.
Lasiopyga ascanius ( Audebert) .
Simla ascanius Audeb., Hist. Nat. Singes, 1799, Fam. 4me, Sec. 2,
fig. 13.
L’Ascaigne G. Cuv., Regn. Anim., 1829, p. 93.
Cercopithecus melanogenys Gray, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., XVI, 1st
Ser., 1845, p. 212; Id. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1849, p. 7, pi.
IX, fig. 1 ; Id. Cat. Monkeys, Lemurs and Fruit-eating Bats,
Brit. Mus., 1870, p. 21 ; Monteiro, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond.,
1860, p. 112; Reichenb., Vollstand. Naturg. Aflen, 1862, p.
105, fig. 254; Sclat., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1893, p. 245;
Matschie, Sitzungsb. Gesell. Naturf. Freunde, Berlin, 1893,
pp. 99, 215 ; Forbes, Handb. Primates, II, 1894, p. 49.
Cercopithecus ascanius Reichenb., Vollstand. Naturg. Afifen, 1862,
p. 106, fig. 260 ; Schleg., Mus. Pays-Bas, Simiae, 1876, p. 87 ;
Pousarg., Ann. Scien. Paris, III, 7me Ser., 1896, pp. 183, 208 ;
Pocock, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., II, 1907, p. 719, fig. 186, pi.
XL, fig. 5.
Cercopithecus histrio Reichenb., Vollstand. Naturg. Affen, 1863,
p. 106, figs. 256-259.
Cercopithecus picturatus Santos, Journ. Scien. Lisb., XI, 1886,
p. 98; Matschie, Sitzungsb. Gesell. Naturf. Freunde, Berlin,
1893, pp. 99, 215.
Type locality. Unknown. *Type in Paris Museum.
Geogr. Distr. Congo to Angola; Oubangui, Alima, (Pou-
sargues) ; Encoge south of Bambe, (Monteiro) ; Quimpampala,
(Santos).
Color. Nose white ; sides of head from nose to ears white,
covered by a black bar from nose to side of neck ; band across forehead
black ; top of head, upper parts and sides of body black, thinly speckled
on head with yellow, and on body with ochraceous ; limbs black ; arms
above elbows and hind limbs sparsely speckled with ochraceous ; under
parts, inner side of arms above elbows, and of legs to ankles, grayish
white; tail above, black on dorsal half speckled with ochraceous,
maroon on apical half, beneath white on basal half, red on apical half.
Ex type Paris Museum. Space around eyes and upper lip blue; end
of nose white, ears and lower lip flesh color. (Audebert).
*This species is not mentioned by I. Geoffroy in his Catalogue, his “As-
caigne” (p. 19), being (C.) petaukista Schreber, ex Guinea.
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LASIOPY GA
Measurements. Total length, 1,068.4; tail, 606.2. Skull: presum¬
ably in the specimen.
The example above described and marked as the Type does not
altogether agree with Audebert’s figure and description, especially as
regards the tail which he says is “olivatre,” and figures this member
mainly as of a pale olive yellow without any red whatever. I saw no
examples in the Paris Museum like Audebert’s figure, nor in any other
collection, and if he has made no error in his colors, the above example
cannot be his type and we have yet to obtain the true ascanius.
The following is Audebert’s description of his “U Ascaigne” :
“L’Ascaigne a treize pouces depuis le museau jusqu’a l’origine de la
queue; sa face est bleu; on remarque sur les paupieres une legere
teinte de violet ; les yeux sont roux, et les sourcils, formes par de long
poils, sont noirs; ainsi que la partie superieure du nez, qui, a son
extremite est couvert de poils fins, tres-courts, et du blanc le plus
eclatant; les levres sont un peu pileuses, la superieure est bleuatre,
l’inferieure est presque de couleur de chair; le front, le tour de la face
et les joues sont couvertes de poils noirs. Audessous de chaque oreille
on remarque une grande touffe de poils blancs, qui divergent en partant
d un centre commun, et forment une espece de rosette. Les oreilles
sont nues, de couleur de chair, et depassent a peine le poil, qui, en
general, est tres long et tres touffu. Le sommet de la tete, le cou, le dos
et la queue de cet animal, sont olivatres ; la barbe, la poitrine, le ventre,
1’interieur des quatres membres sont d’un gris fonce, et la partie
exterieur des bras est noire.”
This description was taken from the living individual, then in the
menagerie in the Jardin des Plantes, Paris. I have never seen, as I
have said, any specimen like it, and if we reject the example marked
Type in the Pans Museum, “L’Ascaigne” of Audebert will have to take
its place among the unknown species yet to be received. Schlegel
(1. c.) in his description of L. ascanius states that in his example “Le
blanc du dessous de la queue change, des la deuxieme tiers de la longeur
de cette organe, au roux, rougeatre,” which is in accord with the color
°f * ,e tai1. m the ^Pe in the Paris Museum. It is possible that
the light m the cage may have betrayed Audebert and caused
him to mistake the color of the tail, as the animal would not re¬
main quiet to have its portrait painted. At all events the discrep¬
ancy exists, and the type and Audebert’s figure and description do
not agree. ^
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Lasiopyga ascanius whitesidei (Thomas).
Cercopithecus ascanius whitesidei Thos., Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist.,
8th Ser., IV, 1909, p. 542.
Type locality. Upper Lulange River, Central Congo. Type
in British Museum.
Genl. Char. Nose spot buff not white; cheek stripe less devel¬
oped ; black cheek patch of L. ascanius wanting.
Color. Above tawny olive, hairs ringed with black and ochra-
ceous ; frontal line to base of ears, black ; temporal whorl creamy white ;
cheek band darker ; under parts creamy white ; outer side of forearms
blackish; outer side of thighs like back, of legs slaty gray; inner side
of limbs whitish; hands blackish; feet black, buff speckled; tail like
back at base grading into rufous, and then to black at tip, beneath
white, then reddish, and black at tip.
Measurements. Total length, 1,410; tail, 880; foot, 120. Skull:
“breadth of braincase, 52 ; length of upper molar series, 22.”
Lasiopyga sign ata (Jentink).
Cercopithecus signatus Jent., Notes Leyd. Mus., VIII, 1886, p.
55 ; Sclat., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1893, p. 257 ; Matschie,
Sitzungsb. Gesell. Naturf. Freunde, Berlin, 1893, pp. 100,
215 ; Forbes, Handb. Primates, II, 1895, p. 45 ; Pousarg., Ann.
Scien. Nat., Ill, 7me Ser., 1896, p. 180; Pocock, Proc. Zool.
Soc. Lond., II, 1907, p. 721, pi. XL, fig. 3.
Cercopithecus martini Sclat., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1884, p„ 176,
pi. XIV ; 1893, p. 245, (nec Waterh.) ; Forbes, Handb. Pri¬
mates, II, 1894, p. 47, (nec Waterh.).
Cercopithecus nictitans Schleg., Mus. Pays-Bas, Simiae, 1876, p.
89, (Part).
JENT INK’S GUENON.
Type locality. Unknown. Type in Leyden Museum.
Geogr. Distr. West Africa. Banana? border of French Congo
and Angola. (Jentink).
Genl. Char. No black band on back of head.
Color. Band across forehead, and from eyes to ears black; top
of head and outer side of arms above elbow, dark buff, the hairs being
blackish and tips dark buff, giving the dominant color ; upper parts and
sides of body reddish speckled, the hairs being slate color and tips red ;
forearms, hands and feet black; legs black speckled with reddish;
sides of face and cheeks yellowish; nose black except a white spot
on tip; chin, under sides of head, throat, under parts, inner side of
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arms above elbow, and inner side of legs white ; tail above like back,
beneath yellowish. No skull. Ex type Leyden Museum.
Measurements. Size equal to L. fantiensis.
This form is not unlike L. fantiensis but it differs from that
species and L. petaurista by not having the black band passing from
eye to eye around the back of the head.
Lasiopyga schmidti (Matschie) .
Cercopithecus ascanius (nec Audeb.), Sclat., Proc. Zool. Soc.
Lond., 1887, p. 502 ; Matschie, Sitzungsb. Gesell. Naturf.
Freunde, Berlin, 1893, p. 100; Forbes, Handb. Primates, II,
1894, p. 49.
Cercopithecus schmidti Matschie, Zool. Anz., 1892, p. 161 ; Sclat.,
Proc. Zool. Soc. Fond., 1893, p. 245.
Cercopithecus ascanius schmidti Pocock, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond.,
1907, p. 720, pi. XI, fig. 4.
SCHMIDT’S GUENON.
Type locality. Manyema. Type in Berlin Museum.
Geogr. Distr. Uganda, Port Alice, Manyema, Bumba, Upper
Congo.
Genl. Char. Tail very long; ochraceous rufous, nose white.
Color. End of nose white; face, legs, forehead and band from
eye to ear, and one from corner of mouth to neck below and beyond
ear black, sides of face and head white; top of head and neck, and
entire upper parts, arms to elbows, and thighs tawny, the hairs being
ringed with black and tawny, the latter color predominating; fore¬
arms black, legs reddish black, speckled with buff; hands and feet
black; chin, throat, under parts and inner side of limbs, white; tail,
basal sixth like back, remainder ochraceous rufous; tuft of hair on
ears white. Ex type Berlin Museum.
Measurements. Total length, 1,275 ; tail, 810. Skull : total length,
length’ 79 ; intertemPoral width, 40; zygomatic
width, 48 ; median length of nasals, 13; length of upper molar series,
20 , length of mandible, 44 ; length of lower molar series, 17. Ex type
Berlin Museum.
Subgenus 3. Melanocebus.
Arms, hands and feet black ; under
grayish.
parts of body wholly black
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KEY TO THE SPECIES AND SUBSPECIES.
A. Under parts of body entirely black.
a. Top of head jet black.
a. Hairs of brow band speckled to base ...L. leucampyx.
b. Hairs of brow band white at base.
a. " Cheeks speckled . L. pluto.
b. Cheeks nearly uniform black . L. nigrigenis.
b. Top of head speckled.
a. ' Black band on upper back.
a. " Black band on upper back un¬
speckled . L. boutourlini.
b. " Black band on upper back speckled.. L. opisthosticta.
b. ' No band on upper back . L. aurora.
B. Under parts of body sooty, or iron gray, or
grayish white.
a. No white spot on nose.
a.' Head above to nape jet black,
a." No black band on chest.
a!" Tail speckled with cream
buff and black . L. stuhlmanni.
b."' Tail speckled with silvery
white . L. neumanni.
b." Black band on chest.
a. "' Rump tinged with reddish
brown . L. doggetti.
b. "' Rump without reddish brown
tinge.
a. "" Area between shoulders
jet black . L. princeps.
b. '”’ Area between shoulders
speckled with gray . L. carruthersi.
b. With white spot on nose.
a.' Head above speckled.
a. " Under part of body all speckled . L. nictitans.
b. " Color generally grayer . L. n. laglaizi.
c" Under parts speckled only on
lower half . ..L. sticticeps.
d." Under parts grayish white . L. martini.
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Lasiopyga leucampyx (Fischer) .
La Diane femelle F. Cuv., Hist. Mamm., Livr. XLII, 1824, pi.
XV a.
Simla leucampyx Fisch., Syn. Mamm., 1829, p. 20.
Cercopithecus diana F. Cuv., Hist. Mamm., 2nd ed., 1833, p. 47,
pi. XIV.
Cercopithecus diadematus I. Geoff., Belang., Voy., Zool., 1834, p.
51 ; Less., Spec. Mamm., 1840, p. 73.
Cercopithecus leucampyx Martin, Mammif. Anim., 1841, p. 529;
I. * Geoff., Archiv. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, II, 1843, p. 557 ; Id.
Cat. Primates, 1851, p. 20; Wagn., Schreb., Saugth. Suppl.,
V, 1855, p. 48; Dahlb., Stud. Zool. Fam. Reg. Anim. Natur.,
fasc. I, 1856, pp. 108, 185; Reichenb., Vollstand. Naturg.
Affen, 1862, p. 108, fig. 268 ; Schleg., Mus. Pays-Bas, Simise,
1876, p. 836; Anders., Cat. Mamm. Ind. Mus. Calc., 1881, p.
57; Giglioli, Zool. Anz., X, 1887, p. 510; Sclat., Proc. Zool.
Soc. Lond., 1893, p. 253, (Part.) ; Forbes, Handb. Primates,
II, 1894, p. 75; Thos., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1896, p. 789;
Pocock, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., II, 1907, p. 689.
DIADEM GUENON.
Type locality. Guinea.
Geogr. Distr. Guinea, Angola and the Congo; West Africa to
Nyassaland; British Central Africa.
Color. A band across forehead and spot on side of head near
eye white; top and back of head, neck, shoulders, limbs, hands and
feet, and entire under parts from chin, black; hairs on forepart of
head in center tipped with white ; top and side of body grizzled gray
becoming blackish on rump ; root of tail black, remainder grayish
black, tip black. No skull. Ex specimen in Paris Museum, died in the
Menagerie in 1899.
Lasiopyga pluto (Gray).
Cercopithecus pluto Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1848, p. 56,
(text fig. p. 57), pi. Ill; Wagn., Schreb., Saugth. Suppl., V,
1855, p. 48; Reichenb., Vollstand. Naturg. Affen, 1862, p.
108, figs. 269, 270; Sclat., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1870, p.
670; 1871, p. 36; 1872, p. 97; Scott Elliot, Proc. Zool. Soc.
Lond., 1895, p. 341 ; Pocock, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., II, 1907
p. 692.
Type locality. Angola. Type in British Museum.
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Genl Char • Like L- leucampyx, but top of head, shoulders, and
nape of neck speckled with gray.
Color. Brownish white band on forehead speckled with black;
top of head and temples black sparsely speckled with gray ; sides of
head black speckled with buff ; upper part of back black minutely
speckled with white ; rest of upper parts and sides profusely speckled
with cream buff; inner and outer sides of arms, and hands jet black;
legs and feet black, but tinged with brown and slightly speckled on
inner side of thighs near body ; chest and under parts, and inner side
of legs sooty gray ; hair of tail all gone except a little about midway
the length, which is black. Ex type British Museum.
Measurements. Skull of L. pluto in the British Museum No. 50.
7. 7.9. not the type; total length, 100.6; occipito-nasal length, 86.2;
intertemporal width, 44.4; Hensel, 72.1 ; zygomatic width, 69.6; median
length of nasals, 17.8; palatal length, 38.6; length of upper canines,
16.1; length of upper molar series, 26.9; length of mandible, 74.7;
length of lower molar series, 32.9.
The type does not seem to be a fully adult individual, the coloring
of the band on forehead, the under parts and legs are brownish black
and sooty instead of jet black, appearing to indicate immaturity. The
type came from Angola. Fortunately there is an adult Lasiopyga
from Dando, North Angola, which is doubtless the same species as
pluto, and which presents us with adult pelage. It may be described
as follows : band on forehead, narrow at ends and broad in the center,
white with a row of speckled black and white hairs at the base of the
band in front ; sides of head and throat black speckled with white ;
top of head and temples black; back of head and neck speckled black
and white, overlaid by long jet black hairs, these last extending down
to between the shoulders; upper part of body and flanks profusely
speckled black and white, the latter here greatly predominating; inner
and outer side of arms and legs, hands, feet, and entire under parts
below throat jet black; chin and upper part of throat sooty gray; tail,
basal half black speckled with white, apical half black.
Mr. Pocock in his review, (1. c.) gives the character to separate
L. pluto from L. stuhlmanni as the “speckling of the summit of the
head with the nape and shoulders,” but the specimen from Angola,
which I consider the adult pluto has the summit of the head jet black,
so it would seem that the speckling on the head was due to immaturity.
L. pluto’s claims for being a distinct species must therefore rest on
some other differences to separate it from L. stuhlmanni, and these
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appear to consist of a much whiter brow band, the hairs being white for
at least half the basal length, and not speckled to the base as in L.
stuhlmanni, and the under parts being uniformly black speckled with
white, and not speckled with gray.
Lasiopyga nigeigenis (Pocock).
Cercopithecus leucampyx Sclat., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1893, p.
253 (nec Fischer).
Cercopithecus stuhlmanni nigrigenis Pocock, Proc. Zool. Soc.
Lond., 1907, p. 692, pi. XXXIX, fig. 1.
Type locality. West Africa, locality unknown. Type in British
Museum.
Genl. Char. Sides of neck and cheeks, jet black.
Color. Brow band white, broadest in the center; the front line
mixed with long dark hairs; forepart of cheeks, and face beneath
eyes covered with hairs speckled white and black; rest of head, neck
behind, and on sides, space between shoulders, shoulders, arms, hands,
legs, feet and tail except at base, jet black ; body above and below shoul¬
ders, and flanks iron gray, the hairs being gray and banded on apical
half with black and white; chin and throat white; rest of under parts
jet black. Ex type British Museum.
Measurements. Total length, 1,110; tail, 680; foot, 130, (skin).
The unique type of this form in the British Museum is stated to
have come from West Africa, but no particulars are given. It seems in
its jet black legs and under parts to be more nearly allied to L. bou-
tourlini than to L. stuhlmanni and differs from it in having the
cheeks and sides of the neck jet black, and in the white brow band.
Lasiopyga boutourlini (Giglioli).
Cercopithecus boutourlini Gigl., Zool. Anz., X, 1887, p. 510; Sclat.,
Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1893, pp. 256, 441 ; Forbes, Handb!
Primates, II, 1894, p. 69; Pocock, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. II
1907, p. 693.
Cercopithecus albigularis Gigl., Ann. Mus. Civ. Genov., 2nd Ser.
VI, 1888, p. 8, (nec Sykes).
Cercopithecus omensis Thos., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond 1900 n 801
BOUTOURLINI’ S GUENON. ’ P* 0U1>
Type locality. Kaffa, East Africa. Type in Florence Museum.
Geogr Distr. Shoa, Abyssinia, North East Africa. Charada
forest Kaffa; Abugifas in Grimma; Province of Gojam (Sclater) ;
Omo River, Lake Rudolf. v
VOLUME II.
PLATE 2.
1. LASIOPYGA NIGRIGENIS.
6.
2. LASIOPYGA PRINCEPS.
4. LASIOPYGA CEPHUS.
6. LASIOPYGA CALLITRICH US.
7.
3. LASIOPYGA MARTINI.
5. LASIOPYGA ERYTHROTIS.
7. LASIOPYGA GRISEOVIRIDIS
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LASIOPYGA
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Genl. Char. Similar to L. albigularis but nose and upper lips
white; under surface and limbs black.
Color. Fore part and sides of head from beneath eyes, and sides
of neck thickly speckled with black and white; no defined band on
forehead ; top of head and nape black sparsely speckled with white ;
hind neck, band across back at base of neck, shoulders, outer and inner
sides of arms and legs, hands and feet jet black; upper parts, and
sides of body speckled black and white, the blue gray basal portion of
the hairs imparting a gray tinge over all; upper lip covered with short
white hairs; chin grayish white; throat yellowish white; entire under
parts jet black; tail at base black speckled with white, remainder jet
black.
Measurements. Total length, 1,300; tail, 700; foot, 145; ear, 30.
Skull: total length, 116.4; occipito-nasal length, 95.6; Hensel, 81.3;
intertemporal length, 41.4; zygomatic width, 75.6; palatal length, 81.9;
median length of nasals, 23.9 ; width of braincase, 58.3 ; length of upper
molar series, 46.4; length of mandible, 78.2; length of lower molar
series, 32.9; length of upper canines, 21.2. Ex specimen in British
Museum from Kaffa, 6. 11. 1. 1.
Unfortunately during my visit to the Florence Museum, the Di¬
rector, Signor Giglioli, was absent from the city and I was not able to
find the type of this species, but the specimen above described, obtained
at the same place as the type, is a co-type, and therefore is an accept¬
able representative of the species.
Lasiopyga opisthosticta (Sclater).
Cercopithecus opisthostictus Sclat., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1893,
p. 725; Forbes, Handb. Primates, II, 1894, p. 72; Pocock,
Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., II, 1907, p. 694.
RUMP-SPOTTED GUENON.
Type locality. Lake Mweru, British Central Africa. Type in
British Museum.
Color. Face dark brown; upper lip covered with short white
hairs; forehead, and sides of face and neck thickly speckled with
white and black; a bar across the forehead being nearly all white;
top, and back of head, nape, and back of neck black speckled with
white, but less profusely; band across upper back at base of neck jet
black, sparsely speckled with white on middle of back ; outer and inner
sides of arms, and hands jet black; upper part and sides of body gray
speckled with black and buff; upper edge of thighs, legs and feet jet
black ; rest of thighs and legs iron gray, grizzled, similar to the upper
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LASIOPYGA
parts of body, but much darker; chin and throat grayish white; rest
of under parts jet black; tail at base pale grizzled gray, remainder
jet black. Ex Arnot’s specimen in British Museum, from Kundilungo
Mountains west of Lake Mweru, Nyassaland.
Measurements. Total length, 1,420; tail, 820, (skin) ; no skull.
The type was a flat skin, in the British Museum, but not so good a
representation of the species as the one above described. The species
is easily distinguished in the group to which it belongs, by the pale
yellowish gray back ; and the greater amount of speckling on the head
and hind neck.
Lasiopyga aurora (Thomas and Wroughton).
Cercopithecus leucampyx aurora Thos. and Wrought., Trans.
Zool. Soc. Lond., XIX, 1910, p. 485.
Type locality. South end of Lake Kivu, south of Lake Albert
Edward, Africa. Type in British Museum.
Color. Head missing. Upper parts of body and flanks speckled
buff, yellow and black, hairs having three black rings ; hairs on upper
part of back white at base then gray, the apical portion banded with black
and yellow ; hairs on lower back yellowish white on basal half, then buff
yellow banded with black; these combinations give a grayish tinge to
the upper back, but a rich yellow to the sacral portion ; inner and
outer side of arms jet black; outer side of thighs speckled gray and
black, inner side jet black; hands and feet wanting; entire under parts
jet black, tail at root mixed gray, yellow and black, remainder above
and beneath mixed gray and black, the gray gradually disappearing
until near the end which becomes jet black with here and there a white
speck. Ex type British Museum.
Measurements. Tail, 700. No skull. Skin incomplete.
Lasiopyga stuhlmanni (Matschie).
Cercopithecus stuhlmanni Matschie, Sitzungsb. Ges. Naturf
Freunde, Berlin, 1893, p. 225.
Cercopithecus otoleucus Sclat., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond 1902 o
237, pi. XXL ’ ’ P'
STUHLMA NN’S GUENON.
Ty!e l°callty- North of Kingawanga, north west of Lake Albert
Museum AfnCa’ and Kividjvi Island in Lake Kivu. Type in Berlin
Geogr. Distr. Lake Albert Edward to the Mpanga forest, East
4
LASIOPYGA 3!3
Genl. Char. Size large, tail very long; ears tufted posteriorly.
. Color ■ Broad yellowish white band with numerous long black
hairs in front, some of them banded with cream buff ; top of head to
nape black; upper part and sides of body speckled cream buff and
black; between shoulders long black hairs overlie but do not obscure
the speckling, which is visible as far as the head; cheeks, and on sides
of head extending to shoulders, speckled cream buff and black; face
slaty black, lips covered with short white hairs ; shoulders, arms, hands
and feet jet black ; legs from hips to ankles speckled cream buff and
black, giving them a grayish tone ; chin and throat white ; under parts
of body grayish, speckled with cream buff ; tail like back for two thirds
the length, remainder black ; ears fringed on posterior side with buff
hairs. Ex type Berlin Museum.
Measurements. Total length, 1,500; tail, 990; foot, 185. Skull:
total length, 1 10.3 ; occipito-nasal length, 90.9 ; intertemporal width,
45-1 ; Hensel, 82; zygomatic width, 70.5; breadth of braincase, 62.2;
median length of nasals, 17.4; palatal length, 42.5; length of upper
molar series, 25.1 ; mandible wanting. Ex type Berlin Museum.
Mr. Scott Elliot says of this Monkey (1. c.) : 4<I brought home
a specimen of Cercopithecus pluto (a West African form), or of the
allied C. stuhlmanni. The Whkondja in the Nyamwamba valley, East
Ruwenzori, make a sort of pouch or pocket of the skin, which they
carry over the shoulder, so that the animal must be common. This
Monkey is extremely shy, and usually the only sign of its presence
is the noise of a tremendous crash amongst the branches a long
distance away. Once I saw very well a troop of another monkey,
probably a Cercopithecus also, I was alone, of course, without a gun,
and sitting down very quietly on a fallen tree. Four or five of the
older males came quite close after some hesitation. They had white
marks on the face, simulating eyebrows, moustache and imperial, and
their expression was melancholy and unhappy.”
Lasiopyga neumanni (Matschie).
Cercopithecus neumanni Matschie, Sitzungsb. Gesell. Naturf.
Freunde, Berlin, 1905, p. 260.
Type locality. Kwa Kitolo, North Kavirondo, German East
Africa. Type in Berlin Museum.
Genl. Char. Almost exactly like L. stuhlmanni but sides of
head yellowish, and under parts slightly darker ; nose violet brown.
Color. Long hairs on forehead, projecting upwards and outwards,
sides of face, and head, neck, entire body and legs speckled black and
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buff, the hairs being gray at base then banded with black and buff ; top
and back of head, arms, hands and feet uniform black ; tail black, hairs
banded with silvery white. The buff is most conspicuous on the back,
which may be said to be almost of that hue, the buff bands being so
numerous and close together, but are less numerous on legs and under
parts. Ex type Berlin Museum.
Measurements. Total length, 1,190; tail to end of hairs, 700.
Young. Skull: total length, 95; occipito-nasal length, 82; zygomatic
width, 62 ; intertemporal width, 37 ; median length of nasals, 19 ; length
of upper- molar series, 24 ; length of mandible, 64 ; length of lower
molar series, 28. Young animal. Ex type Berlin Museum.
Between the range of this species and L. stuhlmanni, L. prin-
ceps is met with.
LASIOPYGA DOGGETTI (PoCOCk),
Cercopithecus stuhlmanni doggetti Pocock, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond.,
1907, p. 691.
DOGGETT’S GUENON.
Type locality. S. W. Ankole, between Lakes Victoria and Albert
Edward. Type in British Museum.
Genl. Char. Tail speckled with rufous ; back yellowish, sides and
belly gray.
Color. Broad band on forehead, sides of face, head, and neck,
extending nearly to center of throat, gray speckled with black and
buff ; rest of head above, and on sides covering the ears, nape and back
of neck, jet black; jet black band slightly speckled across back at base
of neck; shoulders, inner and outer side of arms and hands jet black;
back and flanks gray thickly speckled with black and buff, tinged with
greenish on middle back, and reddish brown on lower back and rump ;
legs from hips blackish gray on outer side slightly ticketed with white,
inner side ash gray; feet black; chin and center of throat grayish
white ; dusky bar across breast at shoulders ; rest of under parts ash
gray ; tail speckled brownish red at base, remainder, except tip which
is black, thickly speckled with white. Female, juv. Ex type British
Museum.
Measurements. Total length, 1,142 ; tail, 645. Skull : total length,
95.6; occipito-nasal length, 70; Hensel, 29.2; zygomatic width, 65.2;
palatal length, 29.5 ; median length of nasals, 15 ; length of mandible,
62.3. Ex type British Museum.
The unique type is quite a young female, and the measurements
probably give a very imperfect idea of the dimensions of either body or
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skull. The last molar has not yet been produced in either jaw, so the
length of the tooth rows could not be given.
Lasiopyga princeps (Elliot).
Cercopithecus stuhlmanni (nec Matschie), Pocock, Proc. Zool.
Soc. Lond, 1907, p. 690, pi. XXXIX, fig. 2.
Cercopithecus princeps Elliot, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., IV, 8th Ser
1909, p. 304.
Type locality. Mpanga forest, west and south of Lake Albert,
East Africa. Type in British Museum.
Geogr. Distr. Mpanga forest, and Mount Ruwenzori, 5,000 feet
elevation, East Africa.
Color. Forehead, sides of face and head, (extending on to sides
of throat) , speckled black and white ; top of head, nape, hind neck,
space between shoulders, arms, hands and feet, jet black; upper parts
and sides of body speckled black and white ; legs black faintly speckled
with white on thighs, and very slightly so on legs beneath knees ; chin
and throat pure white; a conspicuous black band across breast below
throat, rest of under parts iron gray, the hairs being much less
speckled with white than on the upper parts, the general tone more
grayish; tail speckled black and gray on basal half, darker than the
back, remainder jet black to tip; ears with a few white hairs on top;
face slate color; upper lip covered with short white hairs. Ex type
British Museum.
Measurements. Total length, 1,530; tail, 915; foot, 165; ear, 50,
(Collector). Skull: total length, 113.5; occipito-nasal length, 88;
Hensel, 78.7 ; zygomatic width, 76.2 ; intertemporal width, 42.6 ; width
of braincase, 56.2; median length of nasals, 17.7; palatal length, 39.1;
length of upper molar series, 25.1 ; length of mandible, 77.2; length of
lower molar series, 31.1; length of upper canines, 25.9. Ex type
British Museum.
This species differs from L. stuhlmanni Matschie, in having a
black band across the breast, in the uniform black on upper back and
hind neck, and in the blacker legs ; and from L. carruthersi in having
the space between shoulders jet black, this part being speckled with
white in that species.
Lasiopyga carruthersi (Pocock).
Cercopithecus stuhlmanni carruthersi Pocock, Proc. Zool. Soc.
Lond., 1907, p. 691.
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CARRUTHERS’ GUENON.
Type locality. East side of Mt. Ruwenzori, elevation 10,000 feet.
Type in British Museum.
Color. This species is similar to L. princeps, (not L. stuhl-
manni, as compared by Mr. Pocock), which has no black bar across
chest, but differs in the absence of white on the hairs of the brow band,
and the area between shoulders is speckled with gray, this part in L.
princeps being jet black like the top of the head. The abdomen is
less speckled and darker. The species is represented in the British
Museum Collection by the type.
Measurements. Size about equal to L. princeps. No skull.
Lasiopyga nictitans (Linnaeus) .
Simla nictitans Linn., Syst. Nat., I, 1766, p. 40; Bodd., Elench.
Anim., 1784, p. 50.
Cercopithecus nictitans Erxl., Syst. Regn. Anim., 1777, p. 35 ; F.
Cuv., Hist. Nat. Mamm., 1833, 2me ed., p. 50, pi. XV ; Less.,
Spec. Mamm., 1840, p. 75 ; Martin, Mammif. Anim., 1841, p.
536; Wagn., Schreb., Saugth. Suppl., V, 1855, p. 50; Dahlb.,
Stud. Zool. Fam. Reg. Anim. Nat., fasc. I, 1856, pp. 100, 105 ;
Reichenb., Vollstand. Naturg. Affen, 1862, p. 106, figs. 258-
261 ; Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1868, p. 182 ; Id. Cat.
Monkeys, Lemurs and Fruit-eating Bats, Brit. Mus., 1870, p.
21 ; Schleg., Mus. Pays-Bas, Simise, 1876, p. 89; Sclat., Proc.
Zool. Soc. Lond., 1893, p. 246; Matschie, Sitzungsb. Gesell.
Naturf. Freunde, Berlin, 1893, p. 101; Forbes, Handb. Pri¬
mates, II, 1894, p. 51 ; Pousarg., Ann. Scien. Nat, II, 7me
Ser., 1896, pp. 198, 207 ; Bates, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1905,
p. 70; Elliot, Cat. Mamm. Field Columb. Mus., F. C. M. Pub.,
VIII, 1906, p. 569, Zool. Ser. ; Pocock, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond.,
II, 1907, p. 696.
Lasiopyga nictitans Illig., Prodr. Syst. Mamm. et Avium, 1811 p
68.
hochuer guenon. Native name Avem. (Bates).
Type locality. Guinea?
Geogr. Distr. West Africa, Cameroon to Sette Cama in French
Congo; Eupudu, Bulu country, Cameroon, (Bates); at San Benito,
Alima River, Magumba, Banqui and Sette Cama. (Pousargues).
Color. Head above and at sides, entire upper parts, and legs
black speckled with white, base of hairs gray ; over the nose and eyes on
forehead a band of white hairs banded with black ; arms from shoul-
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PLATE XXXII
Lasiopyga NICTITANS.
SIDE VIEW REVERSED.
No. 5.11.27.12. Brit Mus. Coll. % Nat. Size.
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ders, and hands black and unspeckled ; chin and throat brownish gray ;
black band across upper part of chest ; entire under parts grayish black
sparsely speckled with white ; tail black sparsely speckled with white
on basal third ; feet black slightly speckled ; eyelids flesh color ; face
black ; large white patch on end of nose.
Measurements. Total length, 1,320; tail, 805; foot, 148; ear, 28,
(Collector, Bates). Skull: total length, 102.4; occipito-nasal length,
87.4; intertemporal width, 72.9; Hensel, 66.1; zygomatic width, 63.6;
median length of nasals, 16.4 ; palatal length, 34.6 ; length of upper
molar series, 25.4; length of mandible, 65.6; length of lower molar
series, 31.5. Ex specimen from near Benito River, in British Museum.
Lasiopyga nictitans laglaizi (Pocock).
Cercopithecus nictitans laglaizi Pocock, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond.,
1907, p. 698.
Type locality. Gaboon.
Genl. Char. Similar to L. nictitans, but hair longer and grayer.
Color. General hue slightly grayer than L. nictitans, otherwise
no difference is perceptible. Ex type British Museum.
Measurements. Size about same as L. nictitans. The skull
attributed to this type specimen is that of a very young female, and
evidently never belonged to it.
The type has been in the British Museum Collection since 1880,
was mounted and has been made into a skin. It formerly belonged
to the La Glaize Collection and bears on the ticket the locality
“Gaboon.” This is so close to the Benito River, for I suppose
‘Gaboon’ River is intended, that it is not to be expected there could be
in the territory two distinct forms. The L. n. laglaizi is most doubt¬
fully separable from L. nictitans.
Lasiopyga sticticeps (Elliot).
Cercopithecus sticticeps Elliot, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., IV, 8th Ser.,
1909, p. 263.
Type locality. N’dongo-leti, on the Upper Oubangui River,
Central Africa.
Genl. Char. Top of head and hind neck speckled, not uniform
black.
Color. Band of rather stiff hairs standing upright over the eyes,
black banded with white ; top and sides of head, back and sides of neck,
upper parts of body and flanks, speckled buff and black ; a greenish tinge
on arms, hands and feet ; dorsal region jet black ; chin and throat grayish
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white; under parts smoke gray, apical half banded with black and
white ; tail at base speckled buff and black like back, then for rest of
basal half above, speckled black and white, beneath at base black faintly
speckled with white, rest of basal half paler, more a brownish hue,
apical half above and beneath jet black; large white spot on nose. Ex
type British Museum.
Measurements. Total length, 1,345 ; tail, 830; foot, 125. No skull.
Ex type British Museum.
A single specimen obtained by the Alexander-Goslin Expedition,
is in the British Museum, and differs markedly from L. nictitans in
having no plain black hairs on the head or neck, and in being speckled
with buff and black instead of white and black, and in certain lights a
greenish tinge is perceptible on the dorsal region. The sex is not
known, as the leaders of the expedition did not make any notes of
the sex of their specimens.
Lasiopyga martini (Waterhouse).
Cercopithecus martini Waterh., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1838, p.
58; 1841, p. 71; Reichenb., Vollstand. Naturg. Affen, 1862,
p. 110; Gray, Cat. Monkeys, Lemurs and Fruit-eating Bats,
Brit Mus., 1870, p. 21 ; Sclat., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1884,
p. 176, pi. XIV ; 1893, p. 245 ; Matschie, Sitzungsb. Gesell
Naturf. Freunde, Berlin, 1893, pp. 100, 215; Forbes, Handb.
Primates, II, 1895, p. 47, (Part.) ; Pousarg., Ann. Scien. Nat.
Pans, III, 7me Ser, 1896, pp. 199, 207; Pocock, Proc. Zool
Soc. Lond., II, 1907, p. 698, pi. XXXIX, fig. 5.
Cercopithecus ludio Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1844, p. 8, pi.
IX, fig. 2; Wagn., Schreb., Saugth. Suppl., V, 1855, p. 51 ;
Reichenb., Vollstand. Naturg. Affen, 1862, p. 105, fig. 255;
Gray, Cat. Monkeys, Lemurs and Fruit-eating Bats Brit'
Mus., 1870, p. 21 ; Sclat., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1893 p 245 •
Forbes, Handb. Primates, II, 1894, p. 48.
Cercopithecus temmincki I. Geoff., Diet. Hist. Nat III 1845 n
2Q2 *’ > p.
Cercopithecus nictitans Schleg., Mus. Pays-Bas, Simis, 1876 o
89, (Part.). ’
Cercopithecus ascanias Schleg., Mus. Pays-Bas, Simue, 1876 o
87, (Part.).
Cercopithecus melanogenys Schleg., Mus. Pays-Bas, Simiae, 1876
p. 90, (nec Gray). ’
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Lasiopyga CEPHUS.
No. 0351 Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil. Coll. % Nat. Size.
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Cercopithecus stampflii Jent., Notes Leyden Mus., X, 1888, p. 10;
Sclat., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1893, p. 257 ; Matschie,
Sitzungsb. Gesell. Naturf. Freunde, Berlin, 1893, pp. 101,
215; Forbes, Handb. Primates, II, 1894, p. 50.
MARTIN’S GUENON.
Type locality. “Fernando Po.”
Geogr. Distr. Guinea from the delta of the Niger, Asabe, River
Niger, (Rudkin) ; Liberia to Cameroon and Sette Cama, West Africa.
Genl. Char. Distinguished from L. nictitans by a whitish breast
and inner side of arms.
Color. Hairs on forehead speckled black and yellow ; crown of
head speckled buff and black; nape and hind neck covered with jet
black hairs, beneath which the hairs are speckled white and black, and
this speckling continues to below shoulders ; lower back and rump
speckled buff and black ; flanks grayer, hairs speckled white and black
on apical half; outer side of arms to elbows, and whole of forearms,
hands and feet, jet black; outer side of legs black speckled with white,
the speckling growing less below the knee ; chin, throat, upper part of
chest and inner side of arms to elbows, and legs to knees white ; rest of
under parts pale gray ; tail black speckled with white for four fifths
its length, remainder jet black; large white spot on nose. Ex type
British Museum.
Measurements. Total length, 1,080; tail, 420; foot, 115. No
skull. Ex type British Museum.
Subgenus 4. Neocebus.
Tail red or mostly red; nose spot usually present.
A. Pale blue transverse stripe on upper lip.
a. Without rufous brow band.
a. ' Tail coppery red, hairs on ears white . L. cephus.
b. r Tail above like back, not red, hairs on
ears yellowish . . . L. cephodes.
b. With rufous brow band . L. inobservata.
B. No blue stripe on upper lip.
a. Nose patch white . L. sclat eri.
b. Nose patch red . L. erythrotis.
Lasiopyga cephus (Linnseus).
Simla cephus Linn., Syst. Nat., I, 1758, p. 27 ; I, 1766, p. 39 ; Bodd.,
Elench. Anim., 1784, p. 159.
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LASIOPYGA
Moustache ( Cercopithecus cephus ) F. Cuv., Hist. Nat. Mamin., I,
1821, pi. XIX, 2me ed., 1833, p. 54, pi. XVII.
Cercopithecus cephus Less., Spec. Mamm., 1840, p. 77 ; Mart.,
Mammif. Anim., 1841, p. 532; Wagn., Schreb., Saugth.
Suppl., V, 1855, p. 49; Dahlb., Stud. Zool. Fam. Reg. Anim.
Nat., fasc. I, 1856, pp. 103, 107 ; Reichenb., Vollstand. Naturg.
Affen, 1862, p. 105, figs. 252, 253 ; Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc.
Lond., 1868, p. 182; Id. Cat. Monkeys, Lemurs and Fruit¬
eating Bats, Brit. Mus., 1870, p. 20 ; Schleg., Mus. Pays-Bas,
Simise, 1876, p. 91 ; Sclat., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1887, p
502; 1893, p. 246; Forbes, Handb. Primates, II, 1894, p. 53
Pousarg., Ann. Scien. Nat. Paris, III, 7me Ser., 1896, p. 140;
Bates, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1905, p. 70 ; Elliot, Cat. Mamm
Field Columb. Mus., F. C. M. Pub., VIII, 1906, p. 569, Zool
Ser. ; Pocock, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1907, pp. 722, 723, fig
187, pi. XLI, fig. 3 ; Thos., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1911, p. 127
moustached guenon. Native name Osok.
Type locality. “Guinea.”
Geogr. Distr. Gaboon to the Congo, West Africa.
Genl. Char. Tail coppery red above and below; hairs on ears
white.
Color. Face bluish slate gray; whitish blue stripe on upper lip
extending outwards from beneath nostrils, beneath which is a line of
black hairs forming a moustache, and merging with the black and
yellow speckled hairs on lower part of cheek ; black brow band extend¬
ing on sides of head to ear, speckled in front with yellow hairs standing
upright; crown of head speckled black and yellow; back of head, hind
neck, entire upper parts of body, flanks and outer side of thighs
speckled rich ochraceous rufous and black; outer side of arms black
finely speckled with ochraceous rufous; cheeks yellow, hairs near ears
ringed with black; hairs on lower parts of cheeks, above the black
moustache, annulated with black and yellow ; chin black ; sides of throat
reddish; beneath chin, center of throat, chest, entire under parts of
body, and inner side of arms to elbows, and legs to near ankles gray •
ands and feet black ; tail above like back at base grading into coppery
red, beneath gray at base becoming coppery red like upper part
Measurements. Total length, 1,360; tail, 780; foot, 135; ear, 28,
(Collector). Skull: total length, 113 ; occipito-nasal length, 93.5; inter-
empora width, 45.5 ; Hensel, 80.3 ; zygomatic width, 78 ; median length
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of nasals, 18.7; width of braincase, 58.2; palatal length, 37.8; length
of upper molar series, 25.8; length of upper canines, 19.2; length of
mandible, 82.3 ; length of lower molar series, 33.2.
Lasiopyga cephodes (Pocock).
Cercopithecus cephodes Pocock, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1907, o.
724.
Type locality. Gaboon. Type in British Museum.
Genl. Char. Basal portion of tail above like body, beneath gray¬
ish ; hairs on ears yellowish.
Color. Resembles L. cephus in general style of coloration, but
differs in having the entire upper part of head black, speckled with
yellow, and the ears covered heavily with yellowish white hairs ; the
hairs on upper part of cheeks paler, a uniform straw color; the
speckling on upper parts paler and lighter, more of an orange shade ;
forearms with but little speckling above, and tail entirely different,
being like back above at base, and gradually merging into brownish
black at tip speckled with golden red, beneath gray on basal portion
merging into a darkish cinnamon ; nose white, the color extending up¬
ward to between the eyes; hands and feet black. Ex type British
Museum.
Measurements. Total length, 1,110; tail, 640; foot, 120. Skull:
total length, 90.5 ; occipito-nasal length, 77.5 ; intertemporal width,
40.2; Hensel, 56.5; zygomatic width, 59.1; width of braincase, 52.2;
median length of nasals, 16.1; palatal length, 31.6; length of upper
molar series, 23.1; length of upper canines, 15.6; length of mandible,
62.2 ; length of lower molar series, 29.2. Ex type British Museum.
While resembling L. cephus in the general tone of the upper parts,
this style can be readily distinguished by its black head and totally
differently colored tail. The upper parts are brighter, more orange
hued, and the yellowish white hair on the ears is very conspicuous, as
is also the yellow hair on the cheeks. The status of this Monkey,
however, as a form distinct from L. cephus cannot as yet be regarded
as satisfactorily established. The majority of specimens with tails
colored like the type are thus far females, and cephus may be as
regards this member, dimorphic, at least in a restricted form, for
while females mostly possess such tails, some adult males also have
them. More specimens are required to show whether this peculiar
coloration is restricted to a certain locality, or obtained generally
wherever cephus is found, in which case it would simply be dimorphic.
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LaSIOPYGA INOBSERYATA (Elliot).
Cercopithecus inobservatus Elliot, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., V, 8th
Ser., 1910, p. 81.
Type locality. West Africa, exact locality unknown. Type in
British Museum.
Genl. Char. Allied to L. cephus, but body very differently
colored, and with a conspicuous rufous band on brow behind the
yellow and black superciliary line. When the two species are placed
side by side L. cephus appears a reddish monkey, and L. inobservata
a yellowish animal.
Color. A rufous colored brow band, having a superciliary line in
front, and top of head behind yellowish, the hairs being banded with
orange ochraceous and black, the tips being black, but the ochraceous
bands give the dominant hue; remainder of head on top black, hairs
tipped with yellow, entire rest of upper parts, shoulders and thighs
ochraceous, much paler and less red than the same parts of L. cephus,
the hairs being pale gray at base and then banded with black and
ochraceous and tipped with black. Black band from eye to ear ; sides
of face beneath, black and yellow ; cheeks, and a broad line down sides
of face black, hairs banded with yellowish white; hairs on lips and
chin black ; throat grayish white ; entire under parts, inner side of arms
to elbows, and legs to ankles, dark smoke gray, much darker than L.
cephus ; forearms, hands and feet blackish, sparsely speckled with pale
yellow; tail above with basal portion like back, then blackish maroon
grading into pale bright red, beneath gray at base grading into pale red.
Ex type British Museum.
Measurements. Total length, 1,330; tail, 750; foot, 145. Skull:
total length, 119.6; occipito-nasal length, 90.7; intertemporal width,
40.9 ; breadth of braincase, 56.8 ; Hensel, 79 ; zygomatic width, 73.2 ;
palatal length, 41.5 ; length of upper canines, 20 ; length of upper molar
series, 25.5; length of mandible, 78.3; length of lower molar series,
32.2. Ex type British Museum.
In the description of this species the following comments were
made:
The skull when compared with the skull of a male L. cephus of
a corresponding age, is seen to have a considerably greater total length,
longer and more protruding rostrum, and longer and broader braincase
posteriorly. The orbits are quite a different shape, more circular than
oblong, and the extreme width greater. The teeth are much larger,
and the upper molar series longer by nearly the width of the first pre-
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molar; the palate is longer and wider, and the basioccipital much
shorter and narrower. The difference in the size of this bone in the
two skulls compared is remarkable.
‘This is a rather extraordinary example. It has been in the
British Museum for a long time, was obtained from Mr. Bartlett and
is stated to have come from West Africa, no particular locality given.
Besides the many differences in the coloring of the pelage between this
specimen and examples of L. cephus, the rufous brow band at once
removes it from that species, and, seems to point to an affinity to L.
neglecta and L. Brazzas the only other species possessing this peculiar
mark, excepting the curious animal I have named L. insolita. It is
neither so broad as the brow bands of those species, and it is the only
character these animals have in common, so far as their style of
coloring is concerned. If there is any relationship between the present
species and either of the two mentioned it would of course naturally
be with L. brazzas, from the Congo, as L. neglecta, the relative of
L. Brazzas, comes from the White Nile region.”
LASIOPYGA SCLATERI (Pocock).
Cercopithecus sclateri Pocock, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1904, p.
433, fig. 87; 1907, p. 725.
SCLATER’S WHITE-NOSED GUENON. \
Type locality. Benin, Nigeria, West Africa. Type in British
Museum.
Genl. Char. Similar to L. erythrotis, but less red on the nose,
ears and tail ; no black superciliary band ; occipital band present, hairs
on nose and ears whitish ; and the forearm grizzled.
Color. Space around eyes, end of nose and lips flesh color, rest
of face black ; white patch on nose tinged with red on upper part ;
whitish superciliary band tinged with red ; cheeks yellow, hairs extend¬
ing in a narrow line below and behind ears ; black band from upper lip
composed of long hairs turned upward, and reaching to a line on upper
edge of orbit; black band from above each eye extending backward
over ears, and covering most of occiput; top of head to superciliary
line black, tips of hairs yellow ; hind neck, upper back and shoulders,
and outer side of arms to elbows, with the hairs sooty gray tipped with
yellow ; upper parts of body and flanks speckled red and black ; outer
side of forearms blackish speckled with yellow ; outer side of legs from
hips gray speckled with yellow; inner side of arms sooty gray; tail
above on basal half, dark brown speckled with red, grading into paler
brown to the black tips, beneath red on basal half, yellow for the
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remainder; hands black; feet brownish black, speckled with white.
Ex type Collection Zoological Gardens, London. ( Skin) .
Measurements. Total length, 1,200; tail, 800; foot, 90. Skull:
total length, 90; occipito-nasal length, 77.8; intertemporal width, 43.1 ;
Hensel, 58.5; zygomatic width, 58.6; median length of nasals, 11.8;
palatal length, 30 ; length of upper molar series, incomplete ; length of
mandible, 54.5 ; length of lower molar series, incomplete. An immature
animal the last molar wanting. Ex type Zoological Gardens, London.
Lasiopyga erythrotis (Waterhouse).
Cercopithecus erythrotis Waterh., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1838, p.
59; Martin, Mammif. Anim., 1841, p. 535; Fraser, Zool.
Typica, 1848, pi. IV ; Wagn., Schreb., Saugth. Suppl., V, 1855,
p. 49; Reichenb., Vollstand. Naturg. Affen, 1862, p. Ill, fig.
278 ; Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1868, p. 182 ; Id. Cat. Mon¬
keys, Lemurs and Fruit-eating Bats, Brit. Mus., 1870, p. 21 ;
Schleg., Mus. Pays-Bas, Simise, 1876, p. 70 ; Sclat., Proc. Zool.
Soc. Lond., 1884, p. 176; 1893, p. 246; Forbes, Handb. Pri¬
mates, II, 1894, p. 52; Pousarg., Ann. Scien. Nat., Ill, 7me
Ser., 1896, p. 194; Thos., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1904, p. 186;
Pocock, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1907, p. 725, pi. XLI, fig. 5.
RED-EARED GUENON.
Type locality. Island of Fernando Po. Type in British Museum.
Geogr. Distr. The Island of Fernando Po, (Waterhouse) ; Cam¬
eroon, (Matschie).
Color. Nose patch and ear fringe red ; black brow band extending
backward on sides of head to ears ; cheeks yellowish white, overlaid by
the straw tipped black hairs from the cheeks and side of nose ; top of
head, neck, and upper part of back black, finely speckled with yellowish
white; rest of upper parts to tail black speckled with buff, becoming
ochraceous buff on rump ; flanks black speckled with white ; outer side
of arms and legs slate black, ticketed with white above elbows and
knees; sides of neck, chin, and throat grayish white; chest and inner
side of limbs pale gray ; under parts of body dark gray ; hands and feet
black; tail above at base like back, merging into dark maroon speckled
with coppery red, beneath coppery red. Ex type British Museum, the
head missing.
Measurements. Total length, 1,030; tail, 578; foot, 92; ear, 33,
(Collector) . Skull : total length, 90.8 ; occipito-nasal length, 76.5 ; inter¬
temporal width, 38.2 ; zygomatic width, 58.2 ; width of braincase, 50.3 ;
median length of nasals, 13 ; palatal length, 29.3 ; length of upper molar
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series, 22.7; length of upper canines, 15; length of mandible, 28.2;
length of lower molar series, 31.
The type is a flat skin without head or skull, so the measurements
are taken from another example in the British Museum, as is also the
description of the head.
Subgenus 5. Chlorocebus.
General color with a greenish tinge ; color of hairs being a mingling
of gray, black and tawny, or yellow.
KEY TO THE SPECIES AND SUBSPECIES.
A. No rufous patch at root of tail beneath ; end of tail
not black.
a. White band across forehead.
a. ' General hue tawny, black speckled . L. matschie.
b. ' General hue paler, size smaller . L. hilgerti.
c. ' General hue tawny ochraceous, fur long,
thick . L. djamdjamensis.
d Whiskers buffy white.
a. " General hue greenish yellow and black.. .L. tantalus.
b. " General hue buff yellow and black.
a. "' Hands and feet brownish black. ,L. t. budgetti.
b. '" Hands and feet gray, black and
white speckled . L. t. griseisticta.
e .' Whiskers all white . L. t. alexandri.
b. No white brow band.
a. ' Whiskers radiating from ear in semicircle.
a. " Hairs gray at base . L. callitrichus.
b. " Hairs blackish brown at base . L. werneri.
b . ' Whiskers not radiating from ear in semi¬
circle.
a. " Whiskers not blending in color with
top of head . . . L. griseoviridis.
b. " Whiskers blending in color with top
of head . L. cynosura.
B. Rufous patch at root of tail beneath ; end of tail
black.
a. Upper parts speckled gray and cream color. . .L. pygerythra.
b. Upper parts reddish and ochraceous . L. rufoviridis.
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c. Upper parts tawny and black . L. rubella.
d. Upper parts buff, yellow, or ochraceous and
black.
a .' Chin black.
a." Legs unspeckled.
a. "' Legs mixed gray and black . L. callida.
b. "' Legs bluish gray, hairs tipped
with white . L. centralis.
b" Legs speckled.
a!" Under parts grayish white . L. c. whytei.
b!" Under parts buff . . . L. c.lutea.
b! Chin white . . ,L. c. johnstoni.
e. Upper parts speckled buff yellow and black.
a.' Legs gray speckled with cream color . L. silacea.
b! Legs yellow, unspeckled . L. nigriviridis.
Lasiopyga matschie (Neumann).
Cercopithecus matschie Neum., Sitzungsb. Ges. Naturf. Freund.,
Berlin, 1894, p. 15; 1902, p. 51; Id. Proc. Zool. Lond., II,
1902, p. 143 ; Pocock, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1907, p. 730.
MATSCHIE’ S GUENON.
Type locality. Malo, Omo River, north of Lake Rudolf. Type
in Berlin Museum.
Geogr. Distr. Dark forests of the Omo and Sobat rivers.
Genl. Char. Upper parts tawny instead of green.
Color. Top of head, neck and entire upper parts of body tawny,
the hairs grayish at base then ringed with black and tawny ; narrow line
on forehead, sides of head, throat, entire under parts and inner side of
limbs white ; nose, lips and chin black ; shoulders and upper part of
thighs with the hairs ringed with black and ochraceous, paler than the
back; hairs on forearms gray at base, then black and tips white; legs
gray; hands and feet black; tail above black, hairs tipped with buff,
beneath at base white. Ex type Berlin Museum.
Measurements. Total length, 1,260; tail, 590. Skull: occipito-
nasal length, 93; Hensel, 76; intertemporal width, 42; zygomatic width,
70; median length of nasals, 22; length of upper molar series, 26;
length of mandible, 75 ; length of lower molar series, 35. Ex tvoe in
Berlin Museum. yP
This is the only reddish back species in the green group of this
genus. It dwells in dark forests which accounts for the intensity
of its coloring. J
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Lasiopyga hilgerti (Neumann).
Cercopithecus hilgerti Neum., Sitzungsb. Ges. Naturf. Freund.,
Berlin, 1902, p. 50; Id. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., II, 1902, p.
143.
Cercopithecus ellenbecki Neum., Sitzungsb. Ges. Naturf. Freund.,
Berlin, 1902, p. 50.
Cercopithecus ellenbecki hilgerti Pocock, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond.,
1907, p. 730.
Type locality. Sources of the Schebeli River, Galla country, East
Africa. Type in Berlin Museum.
Geogr. Distr. Galla country, East Africa.
Genl. Char. Smaller than L. matschie, and paler on upper parts.
Color. Nose and lips black ; narrow line on forehead white ; top of
head, neck, and entire upper parts of body orange buff, the hairs being
purplish gray at base then ringed with black and orange buff, the tips
being the latter color and giving the dominant hue to the upper parts ;
arms and legs iron gray ; chin brownish black ; sides of head with the
long hairs covering ears ; sides of neck, throat, entire under parts, and
inner side of limbs, white ; hands and feet black ; tail black, tips of hairs
white. Ex type British Museum.
Measurements. Total length, 1,280; tail, 690. Skull: total length,
96; occipito-nasal length, 82; Hensel, 65; intertemporal width, 40;
zygomatic width, 66; median length of nasals, 14; length of upper
molar series, 22 ; length of mandible, 68 ; length of lower molar series,
27. Ex type Berlin Museum.
While having much similarity in color and markings to L.
matschie, the present species is paler. It varies also, and some
examples exhibit a considerable shade of yellow on the upper parts,
but it never becomes as dark as L. matschie. The type of L. ellen¬
becki which is a young animal, has been examined and compared with
specimens of L. hilgerti in the Berlin Museum and found to agree
with some of them in every particular. L. ellenbecki will therefore
become a synonym of the present species.
Mr. Pocock (1. c.) makes this a subspecies of ellenbecki, but
unfortunately he had no personal knowledge of the animal described
by Neumann under that name.
Lasiopyga djamdjamensis (Neumann).
Cercopithecus djamdjamensis Neum., Sitzungsb. Ges. Naturf.
Freund., Berlin, 1902, p. 51 ; Id. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., II,
1902, p. 143 ; Pocock, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1907, p. 730.
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DJ AMD JAM GUENON.
Type locality. Forests of Djamdjam, east of Lake Abaya, Abys¬
sinia, East Africa. Altitude 10,000 to 12,000 feet. Type in Berlin
Museum.
Geogr. Distr. Bamboo forests of Djamdjam, east of Lake Abaya,
East Africa ; range unknown.
Genl. Char. Fur very thick and long on neck almost forming a
mane ; tail short. Similar to L. matschie in color, but not so red.
Color. Top of head and entire upper parts of body, tawny ochra-
ceous, the hairs being ringed with that color and black ; white line on
forehead barely perceptible ; nose and face beneath eyes covered with
short black hairs, with a narrow edging of white on lip ; sides of head,
and throat to chest white; chin blackish; arms brownish, black hairs
tipped with white ; thighs with dark brown hairs tipped with buff ; legs
pale gray ; under parts and inner side of limbs white ; hands and feet
brownish black ; tail blackish brown, hairs tipped with white. Ex type
Berlin Museum.
Measurements. Total length, 900; tail, 490. No skull. Ex
unique type in Berlin Museum.
The species is nearest to L. matschie, but differs in several impor¬
tant particulars ; the back is more yellowish ; the tail much darker and
the legs grayer ; but the hair is much longer and thicker on back than in
any other species of the genus, especially about the shoulders, where it
almost forms a mane. A single specimen was obtained by Herr Neu¬
mann at a high elevation.
Lasiopyga tantalus (Ogilby).
Cercopithecus tantalus Ogilby, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1841, p. 33,
pi. XVI; Schleg., Mus. Pays-Bas, Simke, 1876, p.’72, (syn. C.’
callitrichus) ; Sclat., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1893, p. 258 •
Matschie, Gesell. Naturf. Freunde, Berlin, 1893, p. 216-
Forbes, Handb. Primates, II, 1894, p. 62; Pocock, Proc. Zool!
Soc. Lond., II, 1907, p. 731, fig. 189.
Chlorocebus tantalus var. F. Gray, Cat. Monkeys, Lemurs and
Fruit-eatmg Bats, Brit. Mus., 1870, p. 26
TANTALUS GUENON. V
Type locality. Unknown. No type
Be„„6Ze^Poco^fa ‘° ^ ^ ^
Co/or. Face and chin black; hairs on cheeks and lips black, nose
white, distinct white brow band, succeeded at bottom in front by a
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narrow black line, composed mainly of long stiff black hairs, projecting
far outward and upward on the sides ; black band from eyes separating
whiskers from hairs of head ; whiskers very long directed upward and
backward hiding the ears, yellowish white, becoming more yellowish
towards the end, the uppermost hairs speckled and tipped with black ;
top of head speckled with ochraceous, the hairs being black from the
root ; hind neck and upper parts, hairs gray banded on apical half with
black and cream color, darkest on dorsal line and rump, where the
color is cream buff ; outer side of arms and legs, hands and feet gray
speckled with black and white ; entire under parts from chin to tail, and
inner side of limbs grayish white ; hairs around scrotum yellowish
gray ; scrotum slate blue ; callosities pink ; tail above speckled yellowish
gray and black, becoming yellowish and black mixed, towards the end
it is tufted, the hairs yellow tipped with black, beneath gray grading
into yellowish on basal half and deepest on tuft; whiskers buff yellow.
Measurements. Total length, 1,295 ; tail, 730; foot, 135. Skull:
total length, 111.8; occipito-nasal length, 91.2; intertemporal width,
42.3; Hensel, 76.2; zygomatic width, 73.1; breadth of braincase, 55.3;
median length of nasals, 16.7 ; palatal length, 40; length of upper molar
series, 24.7 ; length of mandible, 27.8 ; length of lower molar series,
33.6.
Ogilby’s Cercopithecus, (Lasiopyga), tantalus was obtained at
“Liverpool, but its previous origin was unknown.” His description
shows he had a specimen of the green group of the present genus, and
answers fairly well for the present species, yet, at the same time, it
cannot be stated with certainty that it was the animal that has been
called L. tantalus by Authors. However, as his name has been applied
to this animal from Nigeria and accepted by writers, it seems better to
continue this practice than to give a new name to the species, as
causing less confusion probably than if that course were adopted.
Lasiopyga tantalus budgetti (Pocock).
Cercopithecus tantalus budgetti Pocock, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond.,
1907, p. 733.
Type locality. Bathyaba, east shore of Lake Albert, Uganda.
Type in British Museum.
Genl. Char. Whiskers speckled and annulated; black hairs on
hands and feet, and below elbows and knees speckled.
Color. White band on forehead divided in the middle by a bunch
of black hairs, and with a narrow black line at bottom, the hairs of
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which at corners of eyes are long and turn upwards. Top of head
covered with black hairs with ochraceous tips, these last giving
the hue to this part; hind neck, upper back and shoulders, pale
buff yellow and black; dorsal line from neck, expanding over
upper parts from middle back to rump darker, speckled black
and buff; flanks uniform pale buff yellow; upper side of arms and
legs clear gray, speckled on upper arms and thighs with cream buff,
and on forearms and legs below knees with white ; face brownish black,
eyelids whitish; lips, nose and chin covered with short jet black hairs;
whiskers long, directed backwards and upwards covering ears, buffy
white unspeckled; sides of neck, throat, inner side of arms and legs,
and under parts of body yellowish white; anal region ochraceous
rufous ; hands brown and gray mixed ; fingers brownish black to middle
joint, then grayish to nails; feet speckled gray and brownish black; tail
above speckled cream color and black for basal half, then buff and
black for apical half, the buff growing darker when approaching the
tip which is ochraceous buff, beneath at base buffy gray grading into
buff, and then to ochraceous buff at tip ; hairs on ears white. Ex type
British Museum.
Measurements. Total length, 1,330; tail, 750; foot, 145. Skull:
total length, 116.4; occipito-nasal length, 99.5; intertemporal width,
43.5 ; breadth of braincase, 57.5 ; Hensel, 81 ; zygomatic width, 76.4 ;
median length of nasals, 20.6; palatal length, 42.9; length of upper
molar series, 26.2 ; length of upper canines, 21.7 ; length of mandible,
82.7 ; length of lower molar series, 33.2. Ex type skull from skeleton,
Museum Cambridge University, England.
The “black streak behind the corner of the orbit” mentioned by
Pocock (1. c.) is not in reality a ‘streak’ in the usual acceptance of that
term, but the long black hairs of the narrow line beneath the white band
on the forehead turn backwards and upwards at the corner of the eyes
and produce a black line. If these hairs should be shorter in any speci¬
men, as they most likely would be in certain seasons or age, there would
be no black mark at this point, as there are no black hairs growing
upwards from the corner of the eyes to form a streak. I emphasize
this point, because Mr. Pocock makes it one of his characters separat-
ing this race from L. tantalus, and might possibly mislead an inves¬
tigator with a specimen having shorter brow hairs.
I am not aware that any intermediates between the two following
forms and L. tantalus have been obtained, and it might be criticized
that they should have been reduced to races, but they are all so
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intimately connected, that the differences they exhibit would seem to
indicate, that, in the unexplored stretches of country lying between
their present known habitats, such intermediates would eventually be
procured.
Lasiopyga tantalus griseisticta (Elliot).
Cercopithecus tantalus griseistictus Elliot, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist.,
IV, 8th Ser., 1909, p. 259.
Type locality. Bambara, Welle River.
Geogr. Distr. Mountains west of Lake Albert Edward to the
Welle River. Type in British Museum.
Genl. Char. Like L. t. budgetti on upper parts, but hands and feet
grizzled gray, fingers and toes silvery gray.
Color. Face and chin black, paler around eyes ; nose, foreparts
of cheeks, lips and chin covered with short black hairs; broad white
brow band of stiff erect hairs, with a narrow line in front between eyes
of black stiff hairs ; some long stiff black hairs from corner of eye
directed backward and lying between whiskers and hair of head ; top
of head, hairs black from root and tipped with ochraceous this being
the dominant color on head ; back of neck and upper back the hairs
gray speckled with yellow and black ; dorsal line and lower back and
rump darker, speckled with black and buff ; shoulders like upper back ;
outer side of arms and hands, legs and feet, gray speckled with black
and white; the arms near shoulders, and thighs near hips, speckled
with yellow and black ; whiskers very long extending beyond and hiding
the ears, yellowish white, some of the upper hairs banded with black
on apical part; sides of neck, throat, entire under parts of body and
inner side of limbs grayish white; rufous hair about scrotum; flanks
paler than upper parts; hairs speckled with yellow and black; tail
above, speckled yellow and black for half the length, rest broccoli
brown, beneath with a tuft of white hairs on each side at root, gray
for a third of the length, remainder broccoli brown. No tuft. Iris
brown. Ex type British Museum.
Measurements. Total length, 1,200; tail, 720; foot, 135. Skull:
total length, 113.2; occipito-nasal length, 95.5; intertemporal width,
44.7; Hensel, 40.5; zygomatic width, 77.5; breadth of braincase, 56.4;
median length of nasals, 21.2; palatal length, 40.3; length of upper
molar series, 27.8; length of upper canines, 21.3; length of mandible,
82.1 ; length of lower molar series, 34.6. Ex type British Museum.
This race resembles L. t. budgetti in the coloring of the upper
parts, but differs in having the gray hands and feet of L. tantalus,
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and the tail has no tuft like that of L. t. budgetti. From L. tantalus
it differs in cranial characters ; when two old male skulls are compared,
that of the present race is seen to be much larger in every way ; wider
orbits and braincase, but narrower rostrum ; intertemporal width
greater; nasals much longer; zygomatic width greater; palate longer;
tooth rows of both jaws longer by the width of first premolar; and
bullae very much longer and more elevated. In fact the cranial char¬
acters are so different it is hardly worth while to compare the skulls.
The upper parts like those of L. t. budgetti are much darker than L.
TANTALUS.
The unique type in the British Museum, an old male, was procured
by Mr. Boyd Alexander at Bambara on the Welle River, Central
Africa.
A specimen in the Berlin Museum from the mountains west of
Lake Albert Edward agrees with the type above described.
Lasiopyga tantalus alexandri (Pocock).
Cercopithecus tantalus alexandri Pocock, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond.,
1909, p. 545.
Type locality. Lake Chad, Central Africa. Type in British Mu¬
seum.
Genl. Char. Whiskers very long, almost wholly white.
Color. Face and chin covered with short black hairs; superciliary
stripe black with numerous long, stiff, erect hairs ; succeeded by a band
of white across the width of forehead, turning upward at corners of
eyes and passing on to sides of head, but not meeting on occiput ; rest
of head, hind neck, shoulders and upper parts of body speckled black
and yellow, giving a greenish tinge over the whole upper parts; flanks
gray, hairs barred with yellow and black; arms and hands gray, hairs
tipped with white; outer side of thighs gray, hairs buff barred with
black and yellow, grading into pure gray on legs below knees, the hairs
white tipped; whiskers very long, and with the sides of neck, throat
and upper part of chest white ; rest of under parts of body and inner
side of limbs grayish white ; tail above grizzled black and white, sides
and beneath white. Ex type Zoological Gardens, London.
Measurements. Total length, 1,130; tail, 590; foot, 90. Skull:
total length, 102.5; occipito-nasal length, 88.5; intertemporal width,
45.3; Hensel, 67.5; zygomatic width, 65.7; median length of nasals!
16.7; palatal length, 35.9; length of mandible, 71; length of upper
molar series, 25.5 ; length of lower molar series, 31.2. Ex type Zoolog¬
ical Gardens, London. s
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VOLUME II
PLATE XXXIV
Lasiopyga CALLITRICHUS.
No. 5590 Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil. Coll. % Nat. Size.
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Lasiopyga callitrichus (I. Geoffroy).
Simla sabceus (nec Linn., sed Auct.).
Le Callitriche F. Cuv., Hist. Nat. Mamm, Livr. IV, 1819, pi. XX.
Cercopithecus callitrichus I. Geoffroy, Cat. Primates, 1851, p. 23;
Dahlb., Stud. Zool. Fam. Reg. Natur., fasc. I, 1856, pp. 104-
108, var. b; Reichenb., Vollstand. Naturg. Affen, 1862, p. 115,
fig. 288; Schleg., Mus. Pays-Bas, Simise, 1876, p. 73; Sclat.,
Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1893, p. 248; Forbes, Handb. Pri¬
mates, II, 1894, p. 58.
Cercopithecus sabceus (nec Linn.), Pousarg., Ann. Scien., I, 1896,
7me Ser., p. 224; Pocock, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., II, 1907, p.
726, pi. XLII, fig. 1.
GREEN GUENON.
Type locality. Unknown. Type in Paris Museum?
Geogr. Distr. Senegambia to the Niger, Yabanda, Congo, (Dy-
bowski) ; West Africa. Island of St. Kitts, West Indies. (Introduced).
Specimen in Paris Museum.
Genl. Char. No white brow band; hairs on cheeks radiating from
a point.
Color. Face and ears black; top of head, upper parts of body,
flanks, and limbs to elbows and knees yellowish green, the hairs gray at
base and ringed with black and yellow ; forearms and legs from
knees gray, hairs ringed with white, or yellowish white and black;
cheeks, sides of neck in front of ears, chin, throat, under parts and
inner side of limbs white ; hands and feet blackish gray ; tail grayish
green for two thirds the length, the hairs brownish black ringed with
yellow and tipped with yellowish, remainder yellow.
From Geoffroy’s supposed type of L. callitrichus in Paris Mu¬
seum.
Measurements. Total length, 1,308.1; tail, 762; foot, 152.4.
Skull: total length, 117; occipito-nasal length, 92; Hensel, 88; zygo¬
matic width, 79 ; intertemporal width, 42 ; palatal length, 52 ; breadth of
braincase, 54; median length of nasals, 17 ; length of upper molar series,
29 ; length of mandible, 80 ; length of lower molar series, 37.
There is a specimen in the Paris Museum collected by Dybowski,
at Yabanda, on the Congo, which differs from the typical L. calli¬
trichus by having the top of head, upper parts of body, flanks and
limbs to elbows and knees greenish gray, with a yellow tinge instead of
yellowish green, and the hands and feet are brownish gray instead of
blackish gray. If this is a slightly varied example of L. callitrichus,
its range to the southward must be considerably extended.
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LASIOPYGA
Simia sabcea Linnaeus is a composite species, its Author, as was not
infrequently the case in his diagnosis, confounding two species together.
The cauda cinerea removes it at once from Le Callitriche F. Cuv., with
its grayish green tail and yellow tip, and in the longer description, Le
callitriche and Le Grivet (L. griseoviridis Desm.), seem to be mixed
up together. Under these circumstances it does not appear to be
judicious to employ Linnaeus’ name, for it might not only continue but
increase the confusion already created, and another name should be
substituted for it, and the one available is callitrichus I. Geoffroy
(1. c.).
This is one of the most common monkeys seen in captivity, and
has been introduced into one or more of the West Indian Islands, and
also, according to Schlegel, into St. Iago of the Cape Verde Islands.
Lasiopyga werneri (I. Geoffroy) .
Cercopithecus werneri I. Geoff., Compt. Rend., XXXI, 1850, p.
874; Id. Archiv. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, V, 1851, p. 539, pi.
XXVII; Wagn., Schreb., Saugth. Suppl., 1855, p. 42;
Reichenb., Vollstand. Naturg. Affen, 1862, p. 113, fig. 280;
Sclat., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1893, p. 258; Matschie, Sit-
zungsb. Gesell. Naturf. Freunde, Berlin, 1893, p. 216; Forbes,
Handb. Primates, II, 1894, p. 58.
WERNER’S GUENON.
Type locality. Unknown. “Un des types” in Paris Museum,
purchased, when living, for the menagerie in the Jardin des Plantes.
Geogr. Distr. Unknown.
Genl. Char. Very like L. callitrichus in general, but the hairs on
back are blackish brown at base instead of gray.
Color. A narrow white line above eyes ; top of head, upper parts
and sides of body, limbs to knees and elbows yellowish green inclined
to blackish on lower back and rump, the hairs dark brown at base and
ringed with black and yellow ; forearms and legs from knees gray ;
hands and feet blackish gray; sides of face and whiskers, chin, and
throat white; under parts and inner side of limbs grayish white; tail
dark gray above, white beneath, apical portion yellow (tuft). Ex speci¬
men marked “un des types” in Paris Museum, and which died in the
Menagerie. The actual type cannot be found, or if it is in the collection
it has no distinguishing mark. The skull is in the specimen.
Measurements. Total length, 1,143; tail, 584.20; foot, 139.7. Ex
Paris Museum specimen labelled L. zverneri, “un des types,” but not
the type of L. werneri I. Geoffroy.
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The above describes the species called werneri by I. Geoffroy as
represented in the Paris Museum at the present time. Unfortunately
it does not agree with the colored figure in the Archives which has the
hands and feet of the same hue as the limbs, while the Museum example
has these blackish gray, quite a different color. The top of the head is
also quite different from that shown in the figure, but regarding this
Geoffroy states, a second specimen of werneri (which may be the one
in the Museum), was in this respect, not like the type, “ne l’a jamais
presentee. The Museum specimen differs from L. callitrichus in
having the hairs on the back brownish black at the base instead of gray,
and in this respect is more like L. werneri. Geoffroy’s description is
as follows : Les parties superieures de la tete et du corps sont, dans
cette espece, couvertes de poils gris a leur racine, noiratres dans le reste
de leur premiere moitie, noirs a leur extremite, et intermediarement
dun fauve-jaune assez vif tirant un peu sur l’olivatre; d’ou resulte
une teinte generale d’un fauve-roux tantot tiquete de noir, tantot plutot
varie de noir que tiquete, par ce que la zone foncee terminale est assez
etendue pour donner par places une teinte noir tres marquee. La face
superieure de la queue presente, a la base de cet appendice, la meme
couleur que le dessus du corps, mais presque aussitot la zone jaune des
poils diminuant, la zone noire augmentant proportionellement, la queue
devient noiratre. Vers les deux cinquiemes de la queue la jaune
redevient au contraire predominant, et l’extremite tout entiere de la
queue, aussi bien qu’une grande partie de sa face inferieure, est d’un
jaune ou d’un roux dore assez vif.”
“La face exterieure des membres, sauf les epaules et les cuisses,
est d’un gris un peu olivatre et tres tiquete, de meme que les mains.
“Les parties inferieures du corps, et internes des membres sont au
contraire blanches, de meme que la gorge; les joues, garnies de longs
poils diriges en haut, sont d’un jaunatre clair. Entre les organes
genitaux et l’anus, il existe assez longs poils roux. II n’y a point, au
contraire* de poils de cette couleur a la base de la queue, comme dans
plusieurs autres Cercopitheques plus ou moins voisins de l’espece que
je viens de decrire.
“La face est noire ; entre elle et les poils roux de la tete existe une
ligne de longs poils noirs, et au-dessus un petit bandeau blanc.”
It will be readily seen from the above description that Geoffroy’s
werneri does not agree with L. callitrichus (I. Geoff.), L. sabcea
(Auct. nec Linn.), nor with the “type” specimen in the Museum, and
unless his real type was an extreme example, or his description was
taken from more than one specimen, of which there is no proof, it
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would seem best to permit the name werneri to stand, until, happily,
the proper status of the supposed species can be established. Certainly
I have not seen an example which would altogether answer to the
description and figure of L. werneri Geoff.
Lasiopyga griseoyibidis (Desmarest).
Le grivet F. Cuvier, Hist. Nat. Mamm., Livr. VII, 1819, p. 38,
pi. XXXIX.
Cercopithecus griseoviridis Desm., Mamm., 1820, p. 61 ; E.
Geoff., Cours Hist. Nat. Mamm., 1828, p. 19, 8me Legon;
Rupp., Neue Wirbelth. Saugth., 1835, p. 8; Reichenb., Voll-
stand. Naturg. Affen, 1862, p. 115, figs. 191, 289; Blanf.,
Zool. Abyssin., 1870, p. 224; Heugl., Reise Nord. Afr., II,
1877, p. 5; Sclat., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1893, p. 249;
Anders., Zool. Egypt., Mamm., 1902, p. 19.
Cercopithecus sabceus (nec Linn.), E. Geoff., Cours Hist. Nat.
Mamm., 1828, p. 18, 8me Legon ; I. Geoff., Compt. Rend.,
XXI, 1850, p. 874; Id. Cat. Primates, 1851, p. 22; Schleg.,
Mus. Pays-Bas, Simize, 1876, p. 74 ; Anders., Cat. Mamm. Ind.
Mus. Calc., 1881, p. 56.
Cercopithecus griseus Less., Spec. Mamm., 1840, p. 81.
Chlorocebus engythithea Gray, Cat. Monkeys, Lemurs and Fruit¬
eating Bats, Brit. Mus., 1870, p. 26.
Cercopithecus cethiops (nec Linn.), Anders., Zool. Egypt*,
Mamm., 1902, p. 13; Pocock, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1907,
p. 728, fig. 188, pi. XLII, fig. II.
THE GRIVET.
Type locality. “Egypt.”
Geogr. Distr. Sennaar and Mt. Renk, Soudan, (R. Hawkes) ;
Gor Abu Guma, White Nile, Abyssinia; Kordofan to an elevation of
4,000 feet.
Color. Narrow white line on forehead joining the long white
hairs on sides of face; top of head pale buff yellow, the hairs being
black ringed with buff ; rump dark gray, hairs ringed with white ; outer
side of arms and legs dark gray, hairs annulated with whitish; sides
of head, neck, chin, throat, entire under parts, and inner side of limbs
yellowish white ; tail above grayish brown, hairs ringed white, beneath
white, tip white ; hands and feet dark maroon.
Measurements. Skin. Total length, 1,160; tail, 620. The above
description was taken from a specimen in the Berlin Museum, obtained
at Gor Abu Guma on the White Nile.
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The Simia cethiops Linn., has been a stumbling block, as it were,
to Mammalogists always, and by most writers has been considered to
belong to the genus Cercocebus, and has usually been bestowed upon
the species named by Buffon, “Mangabey a collier blanc,” Latinized by
Gray as Cercocebus collaris. Mr. de Winton in Anderson’s Zoology
of Egypt, decided that all previous determinations were wrong, that
Linnaeus’ species was a Lasiopyga and gave the name of cethiops Linn.,
to the species afterwards named by Desmarest (L.) griseoviridis.
In deciding that the Simia cethiops Linn., was a Lasiopyga and not a
Cercocebus Mr. de Winton may possibly be right, but there is more
than a considerable doubt that the species was the griseoviridis of
Desmarest, for I am not prepared to follow Mr. de Winton when he
says that, “every word” of Linnaeus’ description “agrees perfectly with
the Monkey under notice,” L. griseoviridis (Desm.), for we find the
unanswerable statement to the contrary, when in his diagnosis Lin¬
naeus gives “cauda tecta, subtus ferrugineus,” which certainly does not
agree with that member of L. griseoviridis (Desm.), which has
no red anywhere on the tail above or beneath. It is most probable as in
many other instances Linnaeus never saw the animal he named cethiops,
and he merely copied Hasselquist’s description in an abbreviated form,
and knew nothing of the animal itself. Hasselquist says he saw the
animal alive brought into ^Ethiopia, (Egypt), by the negroes, but what
the species was it is impossible now to determine, for there is no
species of Lasiopyga with any red on the under parts of its tail, to
be found near enough to have probably been brought by natives to
Cairo 150 years ago. The nearest known to-day are members of the
pygerythra style in Uganda and farther south. The species found
in the Soudan is L. griseoviridis and it would be natural to suppose
that natives might carry individuals of that form down the Nile to
Cairo, but unfortunately it does not agree with either Hasselquist’s
or Linnaeus’ descriptions, and as there is no known species that does,
the wisest course is to reject cethiops Linn., as undeterminable, and
thus save all future Mammalogists, from the vain attempt to solve
a problem that is now beyond human effort, and from the use of a
name that can only produce confusion and futile argument.
Lasiopyga cynosura (Scopoli).
Simia cynosurus Scop., Delic. Faun. Flor. Insubr., I, 1786, p. 44,
pi. XIX.
Malbrouck F. Cuv., Hist. Nat. Mamm., Livr. lime, 1819, pi.
Cercopithecus cynosurus Desm., Mamm., 1820, p. 60; Less.,
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Spec. Mamm, 1840, p. 81; Martin, Mammif. Anim., 1841,
p. 515; I. Geoff., Diet. Hist. Nat., Ill, 1849, p. 306; Wagn.,
Schreb., Saugth. Suppl., V, 1855, p. 38; Dahlb., Stud. Zool.
Fam. Reg. Anim. Nat., fasc. I, 1856, pp. 105-109; Reichenb.,
Vollstand. Naturg. Affen, 1862, p. 119, figs. 295, 301 ; Schleg.,
Mus. Pays-Bas, Simiae, 1876, p. 72; Sclat., Proc. Zool. Soc.
Lond., 1893, p. 247; Forbes, Handb. Primates, II, 1894, p.
55 ; Pousarg., Ann. Scien. Nat., Ill, 1896, p. 223 ; Pocock,
Proc. Zool Soc. Lond., 1907, p. 734, fig. 190, pi. XLII, fig. 3.
Cercopithecus tephrops Bennett, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1833, p.
109; Reichenb., Vollstand. Naturg. Affen, 1862, p. 120, figs.
296-300.
Chlorocebus cynosurus Gray, Cat. Monkeys, Lemurs and Fruit¬
eating Bats, Brit. Mus., 1870, p. 26.
MALBROUCK GUENON.
Type locality. Unknown.
Geogr. Distr. Congo, Cahama, Mossamedes, on the Kakulovar,
tributary of the Cunene; Brazzaville (Pousargues) ; West Africa.
Color. Face pallid and blotched with black; short white hairs on
lips and chin; whitish brow band and whiskers, the latter short not
covering the ears ; sides of throat and neck in front of ears white ;
superciliary line of stiff black, erect hairs; head above, back of neck,
shoulders and upper part of body speckled yellow and black, the yel¬
low predominating; outer side of limbs, hands and feet gray, hairs
white tipped ; chin, throat, chest, under side of body and inner side of
limbs grayish white; tail above speckled black and gray, beneath
grayish white ; scrotum slate blue ; no rufous hairs at root of tail
beneath.
Measurements. Total length, 915; tail, 435; foot, 130, (skin).
Skull: total length, 116.5; occipito-nasal length, 95.5; intertemporal
width, 43.8 ; width of braincase, 58.4; Hensel, 83.9; zygomatic width,
76.2; median length of nasals, 18.4; palatal length, 45.1; length of
upper canines, 21.9; length of upper molar series, 28.7 ; length of man¬
dible, 81.5 ; length of lower molar series, 36.
Lasiopyga pygerythra (F. Cuvier).
Cercopithecus pygerythrus F. Cuv., Hist. Nat. Mamm., 1821,
pi. CXXXIX, Livr. XXIV, p. 2, “Le Vervet”; Desm.,
Mamm., Suppl., 1820, p. 524; E. Geoff., Cours Hist. Nat.
Mamm., 1828, p. 19, 8me Leqon ; Less., Spec. Mamm., 1840,
p. 83; Martin, Mammif. Anim., 1841, p. 52; I. Geoff., Archiv.
VOLUME I!
PLATE 11
Lasiopyga PYGERYTHRUS.
Lasiopyga ROLOWAY
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Mus. Hist. Nat., Paris, II, 1843, p. 563 ; Id. Diet. Hist. Nat.,
Ill, 1849, p. 305 ; Id. Cat. Primates, 1851, p. 21 ; Peters,
Reis. Mossamb., Saugth., 1852-82, p. 4; Wagn., Schreb.,
Saugth. Suppl., V, 1855, p. 39; Dahlb., Stud. Zool. Fam. Reg.
Anim. Natur., fasc. I, 1856, pp. 104, 108; Pucher., Rev. Zool.,
1857, p. 197 ; Reichenb., Vollstand. Naturg. Affen, 1862, p.
118, figs. 292-294; Kirk, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1864, p. 649;
Schleg., Mus. Pays-Bas, Simise, 1876, p. 76; Anders., Cat.
Mamm. Ind. Mus. Calc., 1881, p. 55; Thos., Proc. Zool. Soc.
Lond., 1885, p. 219; Johnst., Kilimanj. Exped., 1886, p. 352;
Sclat., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1893, p. 249; Forbes, Handb.
Primates, II, 1894, p. 60; Thos. and Schwann., Proc. Zool.
Soc. Lond., 1905, p. 255; 1906, p. 160; Pocock, Proc. Zool.
Soc. Lond., II, 1907, pp. 735, 736, fig. 191, pi. XLII, fig. 4;
Cabrera, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., VI, 1910, 8th Ser., p. 619.
Cercopithecus pusillus Desm., Diet. Class. Hist. Nat., VII, 1825,
p. 568; Cabrera, Ann. Mag. Natur. Hist., VI, 1910, 8th Ser.,
p. 619.
Cercopithecus erythropyga G. Cuv., Regn. Anim., 1829, p. 92.
Cercopithecus lalandi I. Geoff., Compt. Rend., XV, 1842, p. 1038 ;
Id. Archiv. Mus. Hist. Nat., Paris, II, 1843, p. 561 ; Id. Diet.
Hist. Nat., Ill, 1849, p. 305; Wagn., Schreb., Saugth. Suppl.,
V, 1855, p. 39 ; Dahlb., Stud. Zool. Fam. Reg. Anim. Natur.,
fasc. I, 1856, pp. 103, 108; Reichenb., Vollstand. Naturg.
Affen, 1862, p. 114, fig. 283; Sclat., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond.,
1893, pp. 248, 615; Thos. and Schwann, Proc. Zool. Soc.
Lond., 1906, p. 778; Pocock, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1907,
p. 735; Thos. and Wrought., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1907,
p. 776.
Chlorocebus pygerythrus Gray, Cat. Monkeys, Lemurs and Fruit¬
eating Bats, Brit. Mus., 1870, p. 25.
vervet guenon. Native name Pusi, Nkau, Zulu.
Type locality. Unknown. Type in Paris Museum.
Geogr. Distr. Southern and eastern Africa, from Cape Colony,
through the coast of Natal and Zambesia to Mombassa and Mount Kili¬
manjaro. Legogot, eastern Transvaal, (Grant), Brit. Mus. spec.;
Knysna, Cape Colony, (Grant) ; Hluhluwe Stream, Zululand, (Grant) ;
Umfalosi Station, Zululand (Grant) ; Cogumo, Inhambane District,
Portuguese East Africa (Grant) ; Legago, Bubaton District, (Grant) ;
Bena Port, E. Afr., (Grant).
Color. A white line across forehead in front of which is a narrow
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LASIOPYGA
black line with numerous long black hairs ; whiskers and sides of head
white ; top of head, upper part of body to rump, shoulders and flanks,
ochraceous on some examples, yellowish green in others, the hairs
being dark brown at base and ringed with ochraceous and black, or
yellow and black ; rump and limbs dark gray tipped with black ; entire
under parts, and inner side of limbs white ; hands brownish black, feet
reddish; tail iron gray, ochraceous rufous on sides at root, apical
portion black. Skull in the specimen. Ex type Paris Museum.
The specimen figured by F. Cuvier is now in the Paris Museum
and has lost a portion of the blackish end of the tail. It is yellowish
green in color on the upper parts of the body and in this respect differs
from a more recent specimen in the Museum brought from the French
Congo in 1902. The difference of tint shown by these examples is
probably only an individual variation of hue, for Cuvier’s specimen
does not seem to be faded to any perceptible degree on the upper
parts. The gray portions on the body of the Congo specimen as well
as the tail are much darker than on the other. The form described
under the name of L. lalandi Geoff., is all dark gray above with a
slight wash of olive. The type is not in the Paris Museum, nor any
specimen even marked “un des types,” and it cannot be determined
whether the examples in the collection are those which Geoffroy had in
his possession or not, but it is presumable that they are. Grant states
that this species is “common in the Dukudukuthorn forest, eight miles
south of the station, Hlatwa District, Zululand.
Generally seen in parties from six to twelve. In the early morn-
ing they sit on the tops of the trees and ant-heaps enjoying the sun.
The natives living in the bush eat the ‘Nkau,’ while those of the open
country will not touch it.” In Knysna, Cape Colony, the same collector
says this monkey is “common, frequents the forest country, and visits
the land and gardens near houses doing considerable damage. Gener¬
ally in parties of six or more, although occasionally I have observed a
pair with their young only.”
There is considerable variation in the shades of color from light
to dark among individuals, and this is well exemplified in the series in
the British Museum procured by Mr. C. H. B. Grant, from various
localities. As these differences in intensity of color occur among
examples from the same place, it can only be regarded as individual
variation, and one of no importance in a scientific sense, and it is
observable in quite young specimens as well as in those fully adult.
As will be noticed from the localities given above, the species has
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quite an extensive distribution in the southern part of the continent.
Dr. Cabrera (1. c.) has endeavored to separate De Lalande’s animal
from Cuvier s species under the name of Cercopithecus pusillus Des¬
moulins, on the ground that L. pygerythra is a green animal and L.
pusillus a gray one. It is quite evident that Dr. Cabrera is not aware
of the great variability in shades of color that examples of L.
p yger yt h ra exhibit, even, as I have already stated, from the same
locality. I have examined many specimens of this species from
numerous localities in southern Africa, and have been quite unable to
find any line of demarcation among them by which more than one
form could be recognized. We know what the L. pygerythra Cuvier
is, for the type is in the Paris Museum, but we only know Desmoulins’
and E. Geoffroy’s species by their descriptions, the types having disap¬
peared. The specimens named “lalandi” in the Paris Museum, and
which we have every reason to suppose were those recognized by the
earlier French writers as representing, at least, the animal described
as L. pusillus and L. lalandi, cannot be separated from Cuvier’s
species. It would seem then to be most unwise to attempt to recognize
two species of this Guenon, for the evidence at present available is
against it. If the Paris specimens marked lalandi are really that form
then certainly they may not be separated from Cuvier’s species. Un¬
fortunately we cannot be absolutely sure that this is so and never will
be, for De Lalande’s type has disappeared, but we are sure of L.
pygerythra, and as examples of this species exhibit a varied coloring,
and the different hues are not confined to examples from any especial
locality or range, any attempt to separate them into two distinct forms
would result only in increased confusion. My investigation of these
specimens does not permit me to accept Dr. Cabrera’s conclusions.
Lasiopyga rufoviridis (I. Geoff roy).
Cercopithecus rufoviridis I. Geoff., Archiv. Mus. Hist. Nat., Paris,
II, 1841, p. 504, pi. XXXII; Id. Compt. Rend., XV, 1842, p.
1038; Id. Cat. Primates, 1851, p. 23 ; Dahlb., Stud. Zool. Fam.
Reg. Anim. Natur., fasc. I, 1856, pp. 104, 108; Sclat., Proc.
Zool. Soc. Lond., 1860, p. 420; 1893, p. 258; Reichenb., Voll-
stand. Naturg. Affen, 1862, p. 113, fig. 281; Schleg., Mus.
Pays-Bas, Simise, 1876, p. 78; Forbes, Handb. Primates, II,
1894, p. 65 ; Matschie, Sitzungsb. Ges. Naturf. Freunde, Ber¬
lin, 1895, p. 216; Pocock, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., II, 1907, p.
737.
Cercopithecus davidus Peters, Reis. Mossamb., Saugth., 1852, p.
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3, pi. I b; Reichenb., Vollstand. Naturg. Affen, 1862, p. 121,
fig. 303 ; Sclat., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1893, p. 256 ; Matschie,
Sitzungsb. Gesell. Naturf. Freunde, Berlin, 1893, p. 213, juv.
Chlorocebus rufoviridis Gray, Cat. Monkeys, Lemurs and Fruit¬
eating Bats, Brit. Mus., 1870, p. 25.
Cercopithecus pygerythrus rufoviridis Thos. and Wrought., Proc.
Zool. Soc. Lond., 1908, pp. 165, 537.
RED DISH -GREEN GUENON.
Type locality. Unknown. No type in Paris Museum.
Geogr. Distr. Mozambique; Pungwe River District, (Grant);
Tete, Zambesi, (Grant) ; East Africa.
Color. Rather broad white band across forehead; top of head
dark brown, speckled with ochraceous; upper part of botiy reddish
speckled with ochraceous; flanks pale reddish unspeckled; limbs pale
gray; hands blackish brown; feet yellowish gray and brown mixed;
sides of head and throat, entire under parts and inner side of limbs
yellowish white ; tail dark gray above, black at tip, beneath red at base,
rest white. Type not found. Ex specimen in Paris Museum from
Bagamogo.
Measurements. Total length, 1,212.8; tail, 679.4; foot, 127. Skull :
total length, 100; occipito-nasal length, 86; Hensel, 70; zygomatic
width, 67 ; intertemporal width, 42 ; breadth of braincase, 56 ; palatal
length, 41; median length of nasals, 18; length of upper molar series,
25; length of mandible, 70; length of lower molar series, 31.
Grant, who met with this species in the Pungwe River District,
states while not so common as L. a. b eirensis, it was “very plentiful and
often observed in large troops. When the native crops are ripe, they
visit the lands and do considerable damage. ” At Tete only two troops
were seen and they were exceedingly wild. Generally frequenting the
trees along the river banks, and observed drinking in the middle of the
afternoon.
Lasiopyga rubella (Elliot).
Cercopithecus rubellus Elliot, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist IV 8th Ser
1909, p. 260.
Type locality. Fort Hall, forest around Mt. Kenia, British East
Africa, (Hinde). Type in British Museum.
Genl. Char. General color reddish ; no white on under parts.
Color. Brow buffy white, black on lower edge; face brownish
black ; hairs on upper lip to below eyes and chin black ; top and back of
ead speckled black and ochraceous, latter color most prominent ; entire
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rest of upper parts of body tawny, with rather indistinct black speck¬
ling, tawny being the prevailing hue; flanks paler, a rather bright
ochraceous of uniform hue, no annulations ; arms on outer side above
elbow mixed gray and cream buff, forearms pale gray with black annu¬
lations ; outer side of legs gray, with tawny hairs mixed near hips and
with black annulations; sides of head and whiskers, (which are
directed backwards covering ears), throat, inner side of arms and legs
pinkish buff ; abdomen and anal region cream buff ; tail above tawny
and black like back, growing darker and merging into black on apical
portion ; beneath, a rufous patch at root, then ochraceous grading into
tawny at tip ; hands and feet black. Ex type British Museum.
Measurements. Skull : total length, 92.2 ; occipito-nasal length,
81.8; intertemporal width, 44.7; Hensel, 65; zygomatic width, 67.6;
breadth of braincase, 53.8; median length of nasals, 16.4; palatal length,
30.9; length of upper molar series, 22.6; length of upper canines, 16;
length of mandible, 68.2 ; length of lower molar series, 30. Ex type
British Museum.
The general appearance of this species is that of a reddish monkey
quite different in coloring from its paler relatives of the L. centralis
style. It is nearer to the animal from Portuguese East Africa, which
has been accepted as representing L. rufoviridis, but differs from that
species in its pinkish buff whiskers, throat and general color of the
under parts, and in its jet black hands and feet. A number of speci¬
mens from Fort Hall are in the British Museum.
Unfortunately there are no skulls of the L. c. johnstoni specimens,
so I can make no comparison with them and that of the present species.
Lasiopyga callida (Hollister).
Lasiopyga pygerythra callida Hollister, Smiths. Misc. Coll., LIX,
1812, p. 1.
Type locality. South side of Lake Naivasha, British East Africa.
Genl. Char. Chin black ; sides of body ochraceous buff, hairs with¬
out annulations ; allied to L. rubella, and L. centralis ; more ochra¬
ceous than L. pygerythra.
Color. Face and chin jet black; narrow indistinct black line on
forehead, broadest above nose, above which is a rather broad white
line, extending to side of head, the hairs tipped with black ; hairs on
top of head long, annulated with buff and black ; whiskers long extend¬
ing beyond ears white tipped with black ; nape and upper parts to rump,
the hairs drab gray at base then annulated with buff and black on nape,
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LASIOPYGA
gradually becoming darker on lower back as the buff is more ochra-
ceous, and the black becomes more dominant; flanks ochraceous buff
without annulations ; outer side of arms from wrists dark gray grading
into buff and black on the shoulders; legs gray paler than arms and
grading into the darker hues of the back; throat, entire under parts
and inner side of limbs white; hands and feet jet black; tail above dark
gray with an interrupted central line of black terminating in the jet
black apical portion ; beneath a dark bay spot at root, remainder gray¬
ish white grading into jet black at tip, this color being less extensive
beneath than above. Ex type United States National Museum.
Measurements. Total length, 1,135; tail, 610; foot, 140; ear, 27.
Skull: total length, 109.4; occipito-nasal length, 85.4; Hensel, 73;
intertemporal width, 42.8 ; zygomatic width, 64.8 ; breadth of braincase,
55.2 ; median length of nasals, 15.3 ; palatal length, 44.1 ; length of upper
molar series, 25.4; length of mandible, 74.6; length of lower molar
series, 31.4.
Mr. Hollister made this animal a subspecies of L ,. pygerythra, but
it would seem that its coloring and the black chin would give it more
properly a place between L. rubella and L. centralis. The general
hue of the pelage, especially on the dorsal region, is much too dark
for L. pygerythra, in fact it is not of the same character, but is much
nearer the more tawny hue of L. rubella; and its black hands and feet
are quite unlike those of L. pygerythra. Its distinctive characters
prohibit it from being regarded as a subspecies of any described form.
Lasiopyga centralis (Neumann).
Cercopithecus centralis Neum., Zool. Jahrb., XIII, 1900, p. 533.
Cercopithecus aethiops centralis Thos., Proc. Zool. Soc Lond
1904, p. 459.
Cercopithecus cynosurus centralis Pocock, Proc. Zool Soc Lond
II, 1907, p. 729.
Type locality. Bukoba, west shore of Victoria Nyanza. Type in
Berlin Museum.
Tuhp' Gm9r' U§,anda’ Bukoba’ Barumba, Ankole, (Thomas) ;
Juba River S. E. boundary of Abyssinia, (Donaldson Smith).
cTlnf kr' S/rlaJ*L- Rufoviridis> but paler, no reddish tints.
black and buff^0 ^ ! ^ haiFS br°Wn at base and rinSed with
ttan the ton n’f r greCnish ydlow' SOmewhat P^r
than the top of head; flanks paler, unspeckled; arms and legs pale
gray; line on forehead, sides of head, throat, inner side of limbs and
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under parts yellowish white ; chin black ; hands and feet black ; tail dark
brown speckled with buff, apical portion black, beneath at root rufous ;
iris russet. Ex type Berlin Museum.
Measurements. Total length, 1,170; tail, 650. Skull: total length,
100; occipito-nasal length, 83; Hensel, 70; intertemporal width, 40;
zygomatic width, 70; median length of nasals, 15; length of upper
molar series, 26.5 ; length of mandible, 75 ; length of lower molar
series, 31. Ex type Berlin Museum.
The present form is like L. rufoviridis, but is generally paler
throughout without any red tints whatever.
' A specimen in the British Museum collected by Dr. Donaldson
Smith on the Juba River cannot be separated from the Ankole
examples, west of Victoria Nyanza.
Lasiopyga centralis whytei (Pocock).
Cercopithecus cynosurus whytei Pocock, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond.,
1907, p. 738.
Type locality. Mt. Chiradgula, Nyassaland. Type in British
Museum.
Geogr. Distr. Nyassaland to Mozambique. Tambarara, (Grant).
Genl. Char. Similar to L. centralis, but under fur sooty;
whiskers annulated toward tip.
Color. Broad white brow band, joining the whiskers which are
the same color, extends over and beyond the ears, and the hairs are
annulated near tip with yellow and black, and tips black ; narrow black
line at base of brow band ; top of head, dorsal line between shoulders,
lower back and rump rather finely speckled black and yellow, with a
slight greenish tinge; shoulders and flanks paler, speckled black and
cream buff, with under fur grayish white; under fur on back sooty;
outer side of arms and legs speckled gray and white ; hands and feet
brownish black ; chin, under side of jaw, upper lip and face black; sides
of neck and throat buffy white ; rest of under parts, inner side of arms
to wrists, and of legs to ankles grayish white ; tail above speckled gray
and buff for basal half, grading into jet black towards tip, beneath gray
for basal half, then buff and black at tip. Ex type British Museum.
Measurements. Total length, 1,320; tail, 780; foot, 130.
This race is very like L. c. johnstoni, but differs in the speckling on
the upper parts, which is not so coarse, and the fur is softer and finer.
When specimens are placed side by side the difference is quite percep¬
tible, but is difficult to express in a description.
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Lasiopyga centralis johnstoni (Pocock).
Cercopithecus cynosurus johnstoni Pocock, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond.,
1907, p. 738.
Type locality. Moshi, south side of Mt. Kilimanjaro; elevation
5,000 feet. Type in British Museum.
Genl. Char. Differs from L. centralis in having the legs and
arms speckled.
Color. Brow band yellowish white extending on to the long hairs
of the whiskers, which are the same color, and are directed backward
and upward, and banded near tip with black ; top of head speckled buff
and black, with a reddish hue on forehead ; upper part of back, shoul¬
ders and flanks, with the hair quite long, pinkish gray at base, and
speckled with cream buff and brownish black, the latter not showing
prominently; lower back and rump darker, the brownish black bands
becoming more prominent especially on lower rump near tail ; chin
white ; sides of neck and throat yellowish white ; under parts and inner
side of limbs grayish white ; hands and feet black ; outer side of limbs
speckled gray and white; tail, above speckled buff and black, tip
black, beneath, deep red patch at base, remainder buff and gray to tip.
Ex type British Museum.
Measurements. Total length, 1,150; tail, 750.
The lower back of this race is more coarsely speckled than is the
same part in L. c. whytei, and the black is more conspicuous than any
other color.
Lasiopyga centralis lutea (Elliot).
Cercopithecus centralis luteus Elliot.
Type locality. Wanbugu, S. W. Mt. Kenia, British East Africa.
Type in United States National Museum.
C olor. Black line formed of long hairs over eyes, succeeded by a
cream buff broader band; rest of upper parts ochraceous buff, the hairs
being gray at base, then banded with black and ochraceous buff and
tipped with black, but the light color predominates ; flanks paler ; outer
side of arms and thighs dark gray, hairs with white tips ; outer side of
legs to ankles smoke gray, hairs white tipped; chin black; cheeks,
throat, and entire under parts, and inner side of limbs buff; hands
black; feet iron gray; tail at root above like back, then gray with
whitish tips to hairs, rusty brown on lateral third above and below, and
tip black, rest of parts beneath whitish. Ex type United States Na¬
tional Museum.
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Measurements. Total length, 990; tail, 570; foot, 120; ear, 28.
Skull : total length, 90.7 ; occipito-nasal length, 79.4 ; Hensel, 60.3 ;
zygomatic width, 61.1; intertemporal width, 43.6; palatal length, 31;
median length of nasals, .94; length of upper molar series, 23.8; length
of mandible, 67 ; length of lower molar series, 29.9. Ex type United
States National Museum.
Similar to L. c. johnstoni, but under parts buff. Two specimens,
both females, immature, in United States National Museum. The
under parts, and inner side of limbs of these examples are conspicu¬
ously buff, strongly contrasted with the yellowish white of L. cen¬
tralis, or grayish white of L. c. johnstoni.
Lasiopyga silacea (Elliot).
Cercopithecus silaceus Elliot, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., IV, 8th Ser.,
1909, p. 263.
Type locality. East bank of the Loangwa River, Angoniland,
Northwest Rhodesia. Type in British Museum.
Geogr. Distr. Loangwa River to Angola, West Africa.
Genl. Char. General hue yellowish green, speckled with yellow
on the flanks and with no distinct black speckling.
Color. Grayish white brow band over eyes, mixed with black on
hairs over nose, and at each end of band ; hairs on head standing up¬
right on front, speckled with black and tawny, the latter being the
prevailing color; dorsal region from nape to tail speckled black and
buff yellow, the back being equally prominent with the lighter color,
especially on dorsal line from between shoulders and on lower back
and rump, making these parts darker ; back below shoulders on either
side of the dorsal line, and flanks, buff yellow, annulated and tipped
with brownish black, the lighter color, however, predominating to the
extent of giving all these parts a yellowish appearance; shoulders
darker than flanks, but not so dark as dorsal line, the hairs speckled
ochraceous and black; outer side of arms and legs gray, speckled on
arms above elbows, and on thighs with cream color and black, and on
forearms and legs below knees, with black and white ; wrists and hands
black speckled with white; feet gray and black speckled, toes brown¬
ish black, with some white hairs intermingled ; whiskers long, directed
backwards hiding the ears, cream color annulated with black; face,
lips and chin covered with short brownish black hairs; sides of neck,
throat, inner side of limbs, and entire under parts white; tail above
for three fourths the length speckled cream color and black, rest jet
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black ; beneath with a rufous patch at root, rest whitish gray, becoming
buff on apical part, the extreme tip only being black. Ex type British
Museum.
Measurements. Total length, 1,190; tail, 730; foot, 125. Skull:
total length, 103.2 ; occipito-nasal length, 87 ; intertemporal width, 42.9 ;
Hensel, 72 ; zygomatic width, 72.9 ; width of braincase, 57.5 ; median
length of nasals, 16.1; palatal length, 38.3; length of upper molar
series, 25; length of upper canines, 15.5; length of mandible, 74.7;
length of lower molar series, 30.8. Ex type British Museum.
There are three specimens of this species in the British Museum
from the east bank of the Loangwa River, collected by S. A. Neave at
an altitude of 2,200 feet, one from Limondi on the boundary between
the English and Portuguese territories, and one from North Basi-
hindo, Chiyaka District, Angola, West Africa, collected by Dr. F. C.
Wellman. They closely resemble each other, giving the impression
of a yellow monkey speckled on head, middle of back and rump with
black, but the rings rather indistinct on flanks. By having the red
patch beneath the tail at the root, the species shows its relationship to
L. pygerythra, but it bears no resemblance whatever to that animal
in its general coloration, and in fact is far too much of a yellowish
hue to be compared with any other species of the genus. It doubtless
is a dweller of the forests on the watershed from the Loangwa River
westward to Angola. It is a large thick-set animal with rather short
limbs and long tail.
LASIOPYGA NIGRIYIRIDIS (PoCOck).
Cercopithecus nigroviridis Pocock, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1907,
p. 739, pi. XLII, fig. 5 ; 1908, p. 160, pi. X, fig. 1.
Type locality. Upper Congo? Type in British Museum.
Genl. Char. Type immature ; upper parts dark, under parts pale,
uniform.
Color. Face brownish, eyelids flesh color; hairs on cheeks and
upper lip black; superciliary line black, extending from corners of the
eyes across temples to ears; black hairs of cheeks with subterminal
yellow bands ; head, neck, shoulders and upper parts of body and flanks
speckled with black and golden yellow, there being two bands of the
atter on each hair, base of hairs gray; outer side of arms grayish
speckled with yellow; hands black; legs to ankles mostly yellow on
outer side ; feet black, hairs with yellow tips ; chin, throat, sides of
neck, inner side of limbs and under parts of body yellowish white;
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349
tail above black speckled with yellow, beneath yellow. The hair is
worn away on a great part of the tail. Ex type British Museum.
Measurements. Total length, 540; tail, 230; foot, 83. Ex type
British Museum.
The type has been in captivity, as Mr. Pocock states (1. c.) and
lived in the gardens of the Zoological Society for about twenty months.
It has no definite locality, but is supposed to be a native of the Upper
Congo. More specimens are necessary before its definite specific status
can be established.
Subgenus 6. Mona.
Ears tufted, white or cream color; brow band usually extending
upwards on to the crown, or backwards to ears, sometimes both ;
stripes or bars on head present in some species. Hairs of body
speckled on various parts of body with different colors.
KEY TO THE SPECIES AND SUBSPECIES.
A. No bars on head.
a. Lower back speckled.
a. ' Upper parts speckled rusty red and black . L. mona.
b. ’ Upper parts speckled burnt sienna and
black . L. denti.
c. ' Upper parts speckled black and white,
dorsal line chestnut and black speckled . L. zvold.
b. Lower back not speckled.
a. ’ Lower back slate black . L. campbelli.
b. ' Lower back jet black . L. burnetti.
c. ’ Dorsal area from below shoulder to tail
jet black . L. pogonias.
B. Bars on head.
o. Lower back not speckled.
a.' Dorsal region from middle of back jet
black . L. nigripes.
b.' Rump only black . L. grayi.
b. Lower back speckled . L. g. pallida.
c. Entire back speckled . L. petronellce.
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LASIOPYGA
Lasiopyga mona ( Schreber) .
Simla mono Schreb., Saugth., I, 1775, p. 97, pi. XV ; Bodd.,
Elench. Anim., 1784, p. 59.
Cercopithecus mona Erxl., Syst. Regn. Anim., 1777, p. 30 ; E. Geoff.,
Cours Hist. Nat. Mamm., 1828, p. 19, 8me Legon; Less.,
Spec. Mamm., 1840, p. 71 ; Martin, Mammif. Anim., 1841,
p. 527; I. Geoff., Diet. Hist. Nat., 1849, p. 304; Id. Cat. Pri¬
mates, 1851, p. 20; Wagn., Schreb., Saugth. Suppl., V, 1855,
p. 47; Dahlb., Stud. Zool. Fam. Reg. Anim. Nat., fasc. I,
1856, pp. 103, 107; Reichenb., Vollstand. Naturg. Affen, 1862,
p. 109, figs. 271-275 ; Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1868, p.
182; Id. Cat. Monkeys, Lemurs and Fruit-eating Bats, Brit.
Mus., 1870, p. 22; Schleg., Mus. Pays-Bas, Simise, 1876, p.
80; Anders., Cat. Mamm. Ind. Mus. Calc., 1881, p. 57; Sclat.,
Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1893, p. 250; Forbes, Handb. Pri¬
mates, II, 1894, p. 66; Pocock, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., II,
1907, p. 709, fig. 184; N. Hollist., Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash.,
XXV, 1912, p. 93.
MONA GUENON.
Type locality. ‘Barbary.’
Geogr. Distr. Jebba, River Niger, (C. F. Abadie) ; Bankana,
Southern Nigeria, (Ansorge) ; Gold Coast to Cameroon, West Africa;
islands of St. Kitts, and Grenada, West Indies, (introduced).
Color. Long, upright white hairs across forehead forming a band
extending upward on head; at its base a narrow' line of black; top
of head speckled yellow and black, this coloring extending downward
on to hind neck ; entire upper part and sides of body speckled rusty
red and black, darkest on lower back ; cheeks and sides of head, hairs
gray, ringed on apical portion with yellow and black ; outer side
of arms and hands black; outer side of legs black speckled with
minute red spots; feet black; chin, throat, entire under parts, and
inner side of limbs grayish white; conspicuous patch beneath tail to
hip snow white; tail above, basal third speckled red and black, yel¬
lowish gray beneath, remainder black; ear tufts long, speckled ’ with
greenish yellow.
Measurements. Total length, 1,295 ; tail, 785 ; foot, 145. Skull-
£ngth; I3/'’ oc«pito-nasal length, 77.9; intertemporal width,
39.1; Hensel 60.5; zygomatic width, 59.7; breadth of braincase, 52.7;
median length of nasals, 13.6; palatal length, 32.2; length of upper
mo ar series 23.2; length of mandible, 59.2; length of lower molar
series, 30. One of the commonest species of the genus.
Volume ii.
plate xxxv.
L.ASIOPYGA MONA.
No. 21132 U. S. Nat. Mus. Coll. % Nat. Size.
LASIOPYGA
351
Lasiopyga denti (Thomas).
Cercopithecus denti Thos., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1907, p. 2,
pi. I; Pocock, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., II, 1907, p. 711.
Type locality. Ituri forest between Mawambi and Avakubi, Upper
Congo, (R. E. Dent). Type in British Museum.
Color. Similar to L. mona, but darker above ; brow band white
annulated with black ; top and sides of head in front of ears, shoulders
and hind neck speckled greenish yellow and black ; cheeks pale buff
yellow ; entire upper parts and flanks speckled burnt sienna and black ;
outer side of legs similar but lighter ; outer side of arms black,
speckled with yellowish to elbows ; hands and feet black ; sides of
neck grayish white speckled with yellow and black; tufts of black
hairs at corner of eyes ; entire under parts, and inner side of limbs
yellowish white; no white patch on side of callosities; tail, at base
black speckled with burnt sienna, then greenish gray grading into black
on apical portion, beneath yellowish gray to apical portion which is
black above and below; ears with white tufts. Ex type British
Museum.
Measurements. Total length, 1,351; tail, 850; foot, 155; ear, 40,
(Collector). Skull: total length, 105.2; occipito-nasal length, 87.5;
intertemporal width, 42.9; Hensel, 72.8; zygomatic width, 70.5; width
of braincase, 55; median length of nasals, 16.9; palatal length, 34.4;
length of upper molar series, 22.1 ; length of uppei^ canines, 21.5 ;
length of mandible, 68.5; length of lower molar series, 38.1. Ex type
British Museum.
While resembling L. mona in general pattern of coloring, the
present species is much darker ; the space between shoulders is not like
the back, but more like the head though much darker, and the tail
between the base and tip is much lighter and grayer.
Lasiopyga wolfi (Meyer).
Cercopithecus wold Meyer, Notes Leyd. Mus., XIII, 1891, p. 63;
Id. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1894, p. 83, pi. VII; Sclat., Proc.
Zool. Soc. Lond., 1893, p. 258; Matschie, Sitzungsb. Gesell.
Naturf. Freunde, Berlin, 1893, p. 216; Forbes, Handb. Pri¬
mates, II, 1894, p. 79; Pocock, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., II,
1907, p. 711.
WOLF’S GUENON.
Type locality. Unknown.
Geogr. Distr. French Congo, Brazzaville, (Hamlyn) ; Batempas,
Sunkuru, Congo, West Africa.
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LASIOPY GA
Color. Mixed white and black band on center of forehead over
eyes, the white hairs very long and extending to ears ; sides of fore¬
head and band extending backwards to ear, jet black; top of head,
hind neck, shoulders and upper parts except dorsal line, black, hairs
tipped with white ; dorsal line from middle of back to rump speckled
chestnut and black ; cheeks mixed buff yellow and black, the buff yel¬
low predominating; whiskers cream color grading into white of neck
and throat ; outer side of arms black, the hairs to elbows tipped with
white, the black on lower side edged with orange yellow ; stripe along
flanks below back orange yellow ; thighs tawny ochraceous on outer
side uniform, but black speckled towards hinder edge ; below knees
tawny, becoming speckled like thighs towards hinder part; chin,
throat, inner side of limbs white ; under parts of body yellowish white ;
hands and feet black; tail, above black and gray speckled, gradually
passing into black, which color embraces over half the length of the
tail, beneath at base yellowish gray ; ear tufts orange.
Measurements. Total length, 1,270; tail, 790, (skin). Ex speci¬
men from Batempas, Sunkuru, Congo. Skull : total length, 95 ; occip-
lto-nasal length, 82.9; intertemporal width, 43.4; Hensel, 68.1 ; zygo¬
matic width, 62.2 ; median length of nasals, 13.5 ; palatal length, 34.4.
A living example of this beautiful species was in the Menagerie
°f !iLR°yal Z°0l0gical Society at Antwerp, Belgium, where I saw it
in 1909.
Lasiopyga campbelli (Waterhouse).
Cercopithecus campbelli Waterh., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1838,
P- 61 ;1^rtin’ Mammif- Anim., 1841, p. 544; Fras.’ Zool!
lyp., 1848, pi. Ill; Peters, Reis. Mossamb., Saugth, 1852
p. 4; Wagn., Schreb., Saugth. Suppl., V, 1855, p. 44*
Reichenb., Vollstand. Naturg. Affen, 1862, p. 109, fig. 270*
Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond, 1868, p. 182; Id. Cat.Monkeys!
Lemurs and Fruit-eating Bats, Brit. Mus, 1870, p 24-
fchl?g-’ Mus- pays-Bas, Simiae, 1876, p. 79; Jent, Notes
1893d' MUor’i \18k8’ P' 9j Sdat’ Pr0C- Zo°l Soc- Lond,
1&93, p. 251; Forbes, Handb. Primates, II, 1894 o 70-
Pousarg, Ann Scien Nat, I, 1896, p. 265; Pocock Proc!
otctot Lond-’ n' 1907' P- 71°. Pi- XL. fig. 1.
Type locality. Sierra Leone.
Geogr. Distr. Sierra Leone, West Africa.
Color. A broad silver gray band separated in the middle, and
LASIOPYGA
353
extending towards ears; cheeks yellowish gray, black and speckled;
top of head, hind neck speckled yellow and black; upper back and
shoulders speckled russet and black, the speckling gradually disap¬
pearing on lower back which becomes a nearly uniform slate black;
throat and chest grayish white; under parts slate gray; outer side
of arms black ; outer side of legs and feet black speckled with grayish
white; inner side of limbs white; hands black; tail above at base
black speckled with reddish, then dark gray and yellow speckled, the
remaining third of the length to the tip jet black, beneath gray and
yellow, the latter the dominant color for nearly two thirds the length,
rest black; hairs on ears speckled black and yellow.
Measurements. Total length, 1,447.8; tail, 1,018.7; foot, 114.3.
No skull obtainable.
Lasiopyga burnetti (Gray).
Cercopithecus burnetti Gray, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 1st Ser., X,
1842, p. 256; Reichenb., Vollstand. Naturg. Affen, 1862, p.
110; Pocock, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., II, 1907, p. 710 pi.
XL, fig. 2.
Type locality. Fernando Po. Type in British Museum.
Geogr. Distr. Ashantee, Accra, Gold Coast, Cameroon, (Burton) ;
Island of Fernando Po.
Genl. Char. Forehead yellowish; cheeks and sides of neck olive
gray ; ear fringe red.
Color. Forehead with some yellowish gray hairs between eyes ;
black band from corners of eyes to head ; head above, hairs black from
roots ringed with tawny ; those on upper parts of body gray, annulated
with tawny and black, this forming a band on dorsal line nearly to
tail ; flanks, sides of rump, outer side of limbs, hands and feet black ;
whiskers radiating from corner of the eye olive gray speckled with
tawny and yellow ; chin, throat, under parts of body, inner side of
arms to elbows, and thighs grayish white; arms from elbows, and
legs from knees sooty gray ; tail above black speckled with tawny for
over half the basal length, beneath paler, tip black; ear fringe reddish.
Ex type British Museum.
Measurements. Total length, 750; tail, not perfect, 440; foot, 120.
The type was presented to the British Museum in 1844, by Mr.
Thomas Thompson, but no locality is given. It differs from L. camp-
belli in the yellow patch on forehead, and in the olive gray cheeks,
and darker lower back. No skull. The type is numbered 44. 11. 2. 3.
354
LASIOPYGA
Lasiopyga pogonias (Bennett).
Cercopithecus pogonias Benn., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1833, p.
67; Less., Spec. Mamm., 1840, p. 74; Martin, Mammif.
Anim., 1841, p. 543; Reichenb., Vollstand. Naturg. Affen,
1862, p. 109; Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1868, p. 182; Id.
Cat. Monkeys, Lemurs and Fruit-eating Bats, Brit. Mus.,
1870, p. 23; Schleg., Mus. Pays-Bas, Simiae, 1876, p. 82,
(Part.) ; Sclat., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1893, p. 254; Forbes,
Handb. Primates, 1894, p. 78; Pousarg., Ann. Scien. Nat.,
Ill, 7me Ser., 1896, p. 212; Pocock, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond.,
II, 1907, p. 713.
BEARDED GUENON.
Type locality. Fernando Po, West Africa.
Geogr. Distr. Fernando Po, Gaboon, Ogowe and Oubangui
rivers; forests of Mayumbe, Sette Cama, French Congo; West
Africa.
Genl. Char. Forehead yellow, only a few black hairs on the
middle ; black dorsal stripe present from center of back to tail.
Color. Forehead between eyes, hairs buff, some tipped with
black; black stripe from eyes over temples to ear; top and back of
head, upper back, sides of body, outer side of arms speckled black
and buff or gray; the hairs being gray and the grayish white speckle
most apparent on shoulders, arms and flanks; from center of back
to tail runs a broad jet black band ; thighs yellowish brown tinged with
red; sides of face and neck sooty gray, sparsely speckled with yel¬
lowish or grayish white; chin and throat sooty; under parts of body
and inner side of limbs rusty red; tail black at root above, then mixed
black and ochraceous, rest jet black, beneath tawny ochraceous, apical
half black; hands and feet black.
Measurements. Total length, 1,397; tail, 889; foot, 152.4. Skull:
total length, 100 ; occipito-nasal length, 86 ; Hensel, 67 ; intertemporal
width, 43, palatal length, 36; zygomatic width, 73; breadth of brain-
case, 57 ; median length of nasals, 16 ; length of upper molar series,
23 ; length of mandible, 62 ; length of lower molar series, 29.
Lasiopyga pogonias nigripes (Du Chaillu).
Cercopithecus nigripes Du Chaillu, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist.,
VII, 1860, p. 360; Gray, Proc.. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1861, p.
274; 1868, p. 182; Reichenb., Vollstand. Naturg. Affen, 1862,
p. 110; Sclat., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1893, p. 254; Forbes,
Handb. Primates, II, 1894, p. 78.
LASIOPYGA
355
Cercopithecus erxlebeni var. nigripes Gray, Cat. Monkeys, Lemurs
and Fruit-eating Bats, Brit. Mus., 1870, p. 23.
Cercopithecus pogonias Schleg., Mus. Pays-Bas, Simias, 1876, p.
82, (Part.).
Cercopithecus grayi nigripes Pocock, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., II,
1907, p. 713.
BLACK-FOOTED GUENON.
Type locality. Gaboon, West Africa.
Color. Yellowish white band on forehead between eyes extending
backward on sides of crown nearly to occiput ; sides of head between
eyes and ears, and middle of crown jet black; a few yellow speckles on
crown ; occiput, hind neck, and between shoulders speckled black and
yellow ; middle of back tawny ochraceous and black speckled, rest of
back to tail jet black; flanks gray, speckled on apical portion of hairs
with black and white; outer side of arms and hands black speckled
near shoulder with white; legs gray annulated towards tip with black
and white ; feet black ; cheeks and whiskers buff yellow ; entire under
parts and inner side of limbs orange buff; tail above black, beneath
ochraceous rufous for two thirds the length where it grades into black ;
above black for the entire length ; ear tufts ochraceous buff.
Measurements. Total length, 1,160; tail, 710; foot, 125. Skull:
total length, 85; occipito-nasal length, 74; intertemporal width, 42.5;
Hensel, 57.6; zygomatic width, 60; width of braincase, 53.6; median
length of nasals, 16; palatal length, 30.3 ; length of upper molar series,
23.5 ; length of mandible, 54.2 ; length of lower molar series, 27.6.
Similar to L. pogonias, but dorsal stripe broader and not so dark.
Lasiopyga grayi (Fraser).
Cercopithecus grayi Fras., Cat. Knowsl. Coll., 1850, p. 8 ;
Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1868, p. 182; Id. Cat.
Monkeys, Lemurs and Fruit-eating Bats, Brit. Mus., 1870, p.
22, (Part.) ; Sclat., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1893, p. 256; 1896,
p. 484; Matschie, Sitzungsb. Gesell. Naturf. Freunde, Berlin,
1893, p. 214; Forbes, Handb. Primates, II, 1894, p. 77, pi.
XXIII ; Pocock, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., II, 1907, p. 712.
Cercopithecus erxlebeni Dahlb. et Pucher., Rev. Mag. Zool., 1856,
p. 96; 1857, p. 196; Dahlb., Stud. Zool. Fam. Reg. Anim.
Natur., fasc. I, 1856, pp. 102, 106 ; Reichenb., Vollstand.
Naturg. Affen, 1862, p. 110; Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond.,
1868, p. 182; Id. Cat. Monkeys, Lemurs and Fruit-eating
Bats, Brit. Mus., 1870, p. 23 ; Sclat., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond.,
356
LASIOPYGA
1905, p. 70; Elliot, Cat. Mamm. Field Columb. Mus., F. C. M.
Pub., VIII, 1906, p. 569, Zool. Ser.
Cercopithecus pogonias Schleg., Mus. Pays-Bas, Simias, 1876, p.
82, (Part.).
GRAY’S GUENON.
Type locality. Unknown.
Geogr. Distr. River Congo, Southern Cameroon, (Bates) ; West
Africa.
Genl. Char. Head yellow with three black stripes ; no black on
back.
Color. Male. Brow band exceedingly broad extending to crown
cream color, divided in the middle by a narrow black line ; black bands
from eye across temples to ears ; top of head, occiput, hind neck, and
space between shoulders black, hairs tipped with yellow ; dorsal region
speckled rufous and black, becoming jet black at root of tail, the rump
but sparsely speckled nearly black ; flanks towards arms speckled yellow
and black, the posterior half towards thighs gray, speckled with black
and white ; sides of face and whiskers yellow, speckled with black ;
outer side of arms, hands and feet black, speckled with white above
elbows ; legs on outer side like thighs grizzled iron gray ; entire under
parts, and inner side of limbs orange buff, the hairs being yellowish
white at base; tail above jet black, beneath buff yellow, apical portion
orange buff ; ear tufts ochraceous buff.
Measurements. Total length, 1,417; tail, 870; foot, 142; ear, 28,
(Collector). Skull : total length, 100; occipito-nasal length, 86.3 ; inter¬
temporal width, 44.5 ; Hensel, 68.3 ; zygomatic width, 68.4 ; width of
braincase, 55.4; median length of nasals, 14; palatal length, 31.3 ; length
of upper molar series, 24.7; length of upper canines, 20.1 ; length of
mandible, 69.7 ; length of lower molar series, 28.2.
Lasiopyga grayi pallida (Elliot).
Cercopithecus pogonias pallidus Elliot, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., IV,
8th Ser., 1909, p. 261.
Type locality. Gaboon. Type in British Museum, ex Laglaize
Collection.
Geogr. Distr. Gaboon.
Genl. Char. Similar to L. grayi, but paler beneath, no uniform
black on rump, hairs speckled like back to root of tail.
Color. Female. Forehead like L. grayi ; upper part of head, hind
neck and between shoulders redder, speckled with buff yellow and
black, the buff yellow being the dominant color and giving the tone
LASIOPYGA
357
to all this part ; upper parts of body to tail much redder, speckled
ochraceous rufous and black, becoming darker towards root of tail
where the speckling is less; flanks gray, speckled on apical half of hairs
with yellow and black; outer side of arms and hands black, speckled
to elbows with cream color ; legs pale gray, speckled with white ; feet,
posterior half speckled gray and white, anterior half and toes black;
whiskers yellowish gray annulated at tip with black and yellow; entire
under parts and inner side of limbs whitish yellow; tail above black,
beneath yellowish with black mixed, and grading into black towards
the tip ; ear tufts buff. Ex type British Museum.
Measurements. Total length, 1,295; tail, 705; foot, 115, (skin).
Skull : total length, 90 ; occipito-nasal length, 78.3 ; intertemporal width,
37.6; Hensel, 54.8; zygomatic width, 56.2; width of braincase, 51.1;
median length of nasals, 16.5; palatal length, 31; length of upper
molar series, 23 ; length of mandible, 56.3 ; length of lower molar
series, 26.7. Ex type British Museum.
The specimens from Gaboon are much paler than those from the
Benito River even when examples of the same sex are compared.
The head, upper part of back, legs and under parts of body are much
paler in their different colors, and the dorsal region is paler and
brighter, appearing more red, and there is an absence of clear black
at root of tail, the speckling of the back continuing to the tail. There
exist several points of difference in cranial characters, which, if
sustained by a number of individuals, would be sufficient to give to this
form specific rank. On comparing the skull of the type with that of
a female from the Benito River, the great difference in the superior
outline is seen. In the Gaboon skull there is an abrupt rise of the
frontal from the posterior base of the orbital ridge, with a gradual
curve to the fronto-parietal suture, which then drops more than a 45°
angle to the occipital. The skull of this female from the Benito River
has a flat frontal on a line with the orbital ridge, and descends much
more rapidly from the fronto-parietal suture to the occipital; the
anterior portion of the nasals in the type is nearly at a right angle to
the posterior portion, the projecting forward occurring at about mid¬
way their length, causing the narial opening to be horizontal save for
its anterior third; the rostrum of the Gaboon specimen is narrower;
the palate is narrower and deeper, and the molar series are longer by
the width of a molar tooth ; the zygomatic arches are different in shape,
that of the type curving rapidly inward anteriorly, while those of the
San Benito River examples are straight for nearly their whole length.
358
LASIOPYGA
Even comparing the skull of the male from the Benito River with the
type of L. g. pallida, the much higher elevation of the frontal bone in
the skull of the latter is clearly perceptible, and the more prominent
anterior portion of the nasals is also easily noticed. These differences
in colors and cranial characters seem to warrant the separation of the
Gaboon Monkeys, as a race at least, from L. grayi.
Lasiopyga petronellas (Buttikofer) .
Cercopithecus petronellce Buttikofer, Notes from Leyden Museum,
XXXIV, 1911, p. 1.
WHITE-CROWNED GUENON.
Type locality. Upper Congo, exact locality unknown. Type in
Leyden Museum.
Color. “A narrow, but rather high median crest, beginning near
the front and ending on the center of the crown, entire hinder crown,
occiput and hind neck down to the shoulders olive-green, speckled with
black, each hair being black with commonly two broad yellowish rings,
of which the outer one is subterminal, leaving a long black tip to each
hair. Whole back from the shoulders to the root of the tail, and even
extending upon the latter, rich chestnut-brown, with black specklings,
produced by the black tips to each hair. No black on the arms, their
outer surface being olive-green like crown and hind neck ; outer surface
of legs olive yellow, faintly speckled with black; no white patches on
crupper, hands and feet grayish, scarcely tinged with olive. Front
and sides of anterior crown white, faintly speckled with black, the
white crown patches separated by the narrow olive-green crest, and
bordered on the outside by a broad, pure black band, running from the
orbits to and even below the ears. Long, bushy whiskers below this
black stripe, and a long tuft of hairs in the ears, proceeding far behind
the top of the hinder edge of the ear, yellowish white. Chin, throat,
breast and inner surface of arms white, with a yellowish tinge, belly
and inner surface of legs uniform ochraceous yellow. Tail olive' green
on its basal half, passing into black on the terminal half and becoming
pure black at the tip. Skin of face blue, upper and lower lip flesh-
color, covered with very short white hairs, intermixed with sparsely-
set long, bristly hairs which, like the long hairs of the eyebrows, are
black. Skin of the whole body underneath the fur, light blue ' Iris
light chestnut-brown.”
Measurements. “Total length, 1,020; tail, 640; fore-arm from
eloow to tip of fingers, 170; leg from knee to heel, 140; foot from heel
to tip of toes, 120.”
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This remarkable monkey has been lately described by Dr. But-
tikofer (1. c.). It differs from all the Guenons in the peculiar colora¬
tion of the head and the narrow central hairy crest. The type, and
two living individuals, one in the Royal Zoological Gardens at Antwerp,
and one in the possession of Mr. L. Ruhe at Alfeld, are the only
examples known.
Submenus 7. Insignicebus.
A conspicuous white collar about neck, sometimes present.
KEY TO THE SPECIES AND SUBSPECIES.
A. With white collar.
a. Without ear tufts ; inner side of limbs white. . .L. albitorquata.
b. With ear tufts.
a.' Lower back dark ochraceous rufous and
black speckled . L. kolbi.
b! Lower back yellowish brown . L. k. nubila.
c.' Lower back burnt sienna and black speckled. L. k. hinder.
B. No white collar.
a. Aural region not red or reddish.
a.' Tail not white on one third of length
beneath.
a. " Lower back speckled with ochra¬
ceous and black, no red at root of
tail . L. albigularis.
b. " Lower back speckled cream buff and
black . L. a. beirensis.
c. " Lower back speckled with reddish
yellow, red at root of tail . *L. a. kinobotensis.
d Lower back speckled with reddish
orange and black . L. rufilata.
e." Lower back speckled with reddish
chestnut and black . L. moloneyi.
Lower back speckled with ochra¬
ceous buff and black . L. f ranee sees.
g." Lower back speckled with reddish
cinnamon and black . L. preussi.
*1 cannot be certain that this is the proper place for this form.
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LASIOPYGA
h." Lower back speckled with black and
buff . L. p. insularis.
i. " Lower back speckled with tawny
ochraceous, and black . L. thomasi.
j. " Lower back speckled with black and
buff yellow . L. kandti.
k. " Lower back dark orange un¬
speckled . L. insignis.
A. Aural region red or reddish.
a. Tail beneath silvery white.
a. ' Legs not grizzled iron gray . L. stairsi.
b. ' Legs grizzled iron gray
a. Crown of head not reddish . L. s. mossambicus .
b. Crown of head reddish . Z#. rufitincta.
b. Tail yellowish white beneath for one third
its length from root . L. labiata.
Lasiopyga albitorquata (Pousargues) .
Cercopithecus albitorquatus Pousarg., Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris
III, 7me Ser., 1896, p. 55 ; Neum., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., II.
1902, p. 144; Pocock, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1907 p 702
pi. XXXIX, fig. 4.
Type locality. Unknown. Type in Paris Museum.
Geogr. Distr. Unknown.
Color. Top of head and sides to bottom of ears ochraceous, the
hairs black with ochraceous tips; lower part of side of head and neck
to near middle of hind neck, top of shoulders, chin, throat, under parts
and inner side of limbs, white ; narrow line on center of hind neck, and
back between shoulders ochraceous and black like top of head; arms
ack, speckled with white above elbows; hind limbs iron gray, nearly
black on front edge of thighs, and legs nearly to ankles, where it
be!w * f rf WhltC hke a PatGh.; Upper part of back ochraceous,
mg re dish on rump ; anal portion, and inner edge of thighs the
hairs forming a fringe, the long ones at this part having whfte bars
and w,th apical half red. and standing out from the thifhs to bebw
knees hands, feet and ears black; tail red at root, remainder has the
t^eSparfseMrseumWhlte’ giVi"S 2 appearance in Pla«s. Ex
Sk„,H~:lenT0,a' ,ength’ 1’447'8: tai1' 9398 ; 139'7'
VOLUME II
PLATE 4.
3.
i. Lasiopyga albitorquata.
3. Lasiopyga kolbi hindei.
4. Miopithecus talapoin.
2. Lasiopyga diana.
5. Erythrocebus patas.
VOLUME II.
PLATE XXXVII.
9;t%m
Lasiopyga kolbi.
mIG Amer, Mus. Nat. Hist. Coll,
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361
The white on side of head and neck of the type is very extensive
and forms a broad collar nearly around the neck, only divided by the
narrow line on hind neck. The specimen appears to have no history
beyond the fact that it was given by M. Portier-Prohou, that it died
in the Menagerie on May 5th, 1887, and that it may have come from
West Africa.
Lasiopyga kolbi (Neumann).
Cercopithecus kolbi Neum., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., II, 1902, p.
144; Pocock, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., II, 1907, p. 703.
KOLB’S GUENON.
Type locality. Kedong Escarpment, east side of Mt. Kenia,
British East Africa. Type in Berlin Museum.
Geogr. Distr. Restricted apparently to Mount Kenia, British
East Africa.
Genl. Char. Similar to L. albitorquata, but white of throat
extends as half collar around the neck.
Color. Male. Forehead, top of head and nape ochraceous and
black, darkest on crown; side of head and cheeks speckled yellow and
black; narrow line between shoulders widening out behind shoulders,
speckled black and white, gradually changing on lower back and
rump to dark ochraceous rufous and black; cheeks, and broad white
collar on sides of neck reaching on to the back, but separated by the
speckled black and white portion of the hind neck and upper back;
chin and throat white; outer side of arms black speckled with white,
inner side black; hands black; under parts and legs dark gray banded
with black; tail at root like back, mixed black and ochraceous rufous
for about one third the total length, remainder jet black; feet black;
ears with long white tufts ; end of nose and lips covered with white
hairs. Ex type British Museum.
Measurements. Total length, 1,370; tail, 790; foot, 110, (skin).
Skull: total length, 115.2; occipito-nasal length, 96.5; intertemporal
width, 42.1 ; Hensel, 42.6; zygomatic width, 76.2; width of braincase,
55.3; median length of nasals, 23.5; palatal length, 43.1; length of
upper canines, 24; length of upper molar series, 27.2; length of man¬
dible, 83.6; length of lower molar series, 33.3. Ex type British
Museum.
While having a general resemblance to L. albitorquata Pou-
sargues, it will be seen, by comparing the above with the description of
the type of the allied species, that there are several important differ¬
ences between them in coloration ; such as the color of the inner side
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LASIOPYGA
of limbs, white in one, and black and gray speckled in the other : the
long white and red hairs on inner side of thighs, absent in L. kolbi,
and the long white tufts on ears of present species. The skull of
L. albitorquata being in the specimen, no comparison could be made
between it and that of the present species.
Lasiopyga kolbi nubila (Dollman).
Cercopithecus kolbi nubilus Dollman, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 8th
Ser., V, 1910, p. 202.
Type locality. Nairobi forest, British East Africa. Type in
British Museum.
Genl. Char. Like L. kolbi, but smaller and duller in color on
upper parts, and under parts grayish white.
Color. Between shoulders black speckled with greenish buff;
lower back and rump yellowish brown; cheeks and sides of head
grayish black with a buff tinge; ear tufts white; white collar about
neck ; under parts gray speckled with silver gray ; indistinct white band
across chest; outer surface of limbs brownish black, gray speckled;
hands and feet brownish black. Tail like that of L. kolbi, but the
buff color extends on basal portion a few inches only.
Measurements. Total length, 1,270; tail, 650; foot, 121 ; ear, 27.
Skull: greatest length, 70; Hensel, 63.4; zygomatic width, 64; width
across orbits, (fronto-jugal suture), 53; width of orbit, 24; width of
braincase, 54; median length of nasals, 12; palatal length, 30; length
of upper molar series, 25.
The type of this species is one of the few I have not seen, the
animal having been described after I had left England.
Lasiopyga kolbi hindei (Pocock).
Cercopithecus kolbi hindei Pocock, Proc. Zool. Soc Lond 1907
p. 703, pi. XXXIX, fig. 3.
Type locality. Tutla, Kenia district. Altitude 8,000 feet Tvoe
in British Museum.
Geogr. Distr. Tutla, Kenia district, and Lake Naivasha, British
East Africa.
Genl Char. Head and cheeks tinged with reddish yellow; ear
tufts yellowish, annulated; lumbar and sacral regions rusty red; sides
ot body yellow speckled.
Color. Fore part of head, hairs banded with black and ochra-
ceous, ong, stiff, black hairs standing upward and outward from
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363
edge of forehead ; back of head and hind neck blacker, the hairs banded
with black and ochraceous, the black predominating, just as the ochra-
ceous predominates on fore part of head ; sides of head, hairs long,
banded with black and buff, paler than head ; broad white collar on
both sides of neck not meeting on back and gradually lost in white of
chest , fur below collar on upper back, much worn in places, purplish
black, hairs banded with black, white and ochraceous ; rest of upper
parts speckled with burnt sienna and black, this color extending over
the flanks ; arms and hands black, above elbows speckled with white ;
legs blackish gray white speckled ; chin, throat and upper part of the
breast buffy white; chest to lower part of abdomen gray faintly
speckled with white, as are also the hairs on the chest; hairs across
pubic region buff ; inner side of thighs, and upper parts buffy white ;
pubic spot ferruginous ; feet black ; tail at base burnt sienna and black
like back, remaining part black ticketed with white, except on a few
inches from tip; ear tufts on fore part of ear yellowish white, on
hinder part buff not banded. Mr. Pocock states that the tufts are
banded, but it did not appear to me that they were. The tufts exist
only on one ear, and there is a break on the one remaining, the two
parts being of different colors, and all the hairs composing them were
unicolor. Ex type British Museum.
Measurements. Total length, 1,250; tail, 690; foot, 120, (skin).
Skull : total length, 105.2 ; occipito-nasal length, 92.6 ; intertemporal
width, 43.4; Hensel, 67.7; zygomatic width, 70.1; width of braincase,
58.6; median length of nasals, 19.3; palatal length, 33.8; length of
upper molar series, 28; length of upper canines, 20, not fully cut;
length of mandible, 72 ; length of lower molar series, 33.6. Ex type
British Museum.
The specimen is a young adult, and the lower canines have a pro¬
nounced cusp posteriorly at their base.
A specimen of this form of L. kolbi was procured by the Smith¬
sonian African Expedition from Lake Naivasha, British East Africa,
elevation, 8,000 feet.
Lasiopyga ajlbigularis (Sykes).
Semnopithecus albogularis Sykes, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1831,
p. 106.
Cercopithecus albigularis Sykes, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1832, p.
18; Martin, Mammif. Anim., 1841, p. 512 ; Fras., Zool. Typ.,
1848, pi. II ; Wagn., Schreb., Saugth. Suppl., V, 1855, p. 45 ;
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LASIOPYGA
Reichenb., Vollstand. Naturg. Affen, 1862, p. 112, fig. 279;
Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1868, p. 182; Id. Cat. Monkeys,
Lemurs and Fruit-eating Bats, Brit. Mus., 1870, p. 24;
Schleg., Mus. Pays-Bas, Simise, 1876, p. 79; Anders., Cat.
Mamm. Ind. Mus. Calc., 1881, p. 57; True., Proc. U. S. Nat.
Mus., XV, 1893, p. 448; Sclat., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1893,
pp. 251, 506, 691; Matschie, Sitzungsb. Natur. Freunde,
Berlin, 1893, p. 215; Thos., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1894,
p. 137 ; 1896, p. 789; 1900, p. 179; Forbes, Handb. Primates,
II, 1894, p. 67 ; W. L. Sclat., Mamm. S. Africa, 1900, I, p.
12; Major, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1901, p. 149, pi. XI,
fig. 5 ; Thos. and Schw., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1906, p. 586 ;
Pocock, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., II, 1907, p. 700.
Semnopithecus albigularis Less., Spec. Mamm., 1840, p. 64.
Cercopithecus monoides I. Geoff., Archiv. Mus. Hist. Nat., Paris,
II, 1843, p. 558, pi. XXXI ; Id, Diet. Hist. Nat., Ill, 1849, p!
303; Id. Cat. Primates, 1851, p. 19; Dahlb., Stud. Zool. Fam.
Reg. Anim. Nat., fasc. I, 1856, pp. 103, 107; Reichenb.,
Vollstand. Naturg. Affen, 1862, p. 112, fig. 282; Sclat., Proc.
Zool. Soc. Lond., 1893, p. 256; Matschie, Sitzungsb. Gesell.
Naturg. Freunde, Berlin, 1893, p. 214.
Cercopithecus erythrarchus Peters, Reis. Mossamb., Saugth.,
1852, p. 1, pi. I, juv. ; Reichenb., Vollstand. Naturg. Affen,
1862, p. 3, fig. 277 ; Kirk, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1864 p*
649; Reuvens, Zool. Gart, XXX, 1889, p. 207; Noack, Zool.
Jahrb., II, 1889, p. 289; Oudem., Zool. Gart., XXXI, 1890,
p. 267 ; Sclat., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1893, p 249
WHITE-THROATED GUENON. *
Type locality. Madagascar ? Specimen purchased alive in Bom¬
bay, India.
tv f*ogfj Dtstr- East and West Africa ; Quilimane, Luabo, Zambesi,
(Kirk); Blantyre, Shire Highlands, (Johnston); Mombassa, (Rem-
PLi°n ’ ^nnarZUla MtS'’ Nair°bi f°rest’ (°- Thomas) ; Milanji
ateau 3>500 feet and Fort Lister, Milanji, 6,000 feet, (Pocock);
Nyassaland, (O. Thomas) ; Mashonaland, (W. L. Sclater) ; northeast
PiTT* ^°°,dbUsh’ Drakenherg Range, 30 miles north-east of
Lake /fT and Schwann)i Umtalie, main east shore of
ake Shirwa, (A. Sharpe) ; east coast to the Gold Coast, (Pel)
buff blck Zde' TuP u Head and back °f neck sPeckled black a*d
buff, back between shoulders speckled black and white- cheeks and
s,des of neck cream buff speckled with black, back o^ad’ darker than
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365
the other parts ; the white and black speckling of the upper back grades
into ochraceous and black on middle of back, and continues to tail and
flanks; arms and hands black; the inner side of arms from shoulders
to elbow gray, speckled with black; on the arms near shoulders, and
fore arms near elbow there is a little white speckling; chin and throat
buffy white; under parts of body gray, black speckled; anal region and
inner side of thighs, whitish; rest of thighs and legs below knees very
dark gray, speckled with white; feet jet black; tail iron gray at base,
remainder jet black. Ex specimen from Fort Lister, Milanji, 6,000
feet, British Museum.
Female. Resembles the male in most particulars, but has the root
of the tail and sides of the callosities rusty red. The young also ex¬
hibit the rusty red at root of tail, and a tinge of the same color on
thighs, and the under parts of body grayish white without speckling,
thus differing considerably from the adults.
Measurements. Total length, 1,500; tail, 830; foot, 150. Skull:
total length, 126 ; occipito-nasal length, 98.6 ; intertemporal width, 44.7 ;
Hensel, 88.8; zygomatic width, 80.8; width of braincase, 62; median
length of nasals, 2; palatal length, 46.8; length of upper molar series,
29.5 ; length of mandible, 87 ; length of lower molar series, 37.8; length
of upper canines, 27.5.
Specimens of the true L. albigularis from a number of places
are in the Collection of the British Museum varying but little from the
typical style. The type was purchased alive in Bombay, and was said
to have come from Madagascar, and probably did come from some
part of East Africa, and if this supposition is correct, the monkeys
of this species from the East African coast would represent the typical
style. The species is found across the continent from the east coast
to the Gold Coast, on the west (Pel) and from Nyassaland to the
Transvaal.
The type of L. erythrarchus Peters, is in the Berlin Museum. It
came from Inhambane, south of the Zambesi, and is a young animal
not separable from L. albigularis. The type of L. monoides I. Geoff.,
is in the Paris Museum and exactly resembles L. albigularis, in fact
there is no difference whatever in their appearance. Unfortunately
the skull is in the specimen, so no comparison could be made.
According to Grant, as quoted by Thomas and Schwann (1. c.)
in the Drakenberg Range, north east Transvaal, this monkey is “com¬
mon, but difficult to obtain on account of its wariness. It inhabits the
deep kloofs in the depths of the forest, seldom visiting the open parts.”
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LASIOPYGA
Lasiopyga albigularis beirensis (Pocock).
Cercopithecus albogularis beirensis Pocock, Proc. Zool. Soc.
Lond., 1907, p. 701 ; Thos. and Wrought., Proc. Zool. Soc.
Lond., 1907, p. 776 ; 1908, p. 165.
beira guenon. Native name Naimbo.
Type locality. Beira, Southeast Africa. Type in British Museum.
Genl. Char. Rump and root of tail reddish bronze; no red on
head, under parts whitish.
Color. Similar to L. albigularis, but top of head paler, speckled
yellow and black; lower back also lighter, a speckled cream buff and
black; a tinge of reddish orange on rump, the rest of the tail above
and beneath, and the parts adjacent are reddish orange; under side
of arms to elbows, and of thighs to ankles, and entire under parts
whitish, unspeckled. Ex type British Museum.
Measurements. Total length, 1,162; tail, 601; foot, 172; ear, 40,
(Collector). Skull: total length, 117.6; occipito-nasal length, 96.2;
intertemporal width, 44; Hensel, 82.1; zygomatic width, 75.7; width
of braincase, 56.5 ; median length of nasals, 18.6 ; palatal length, 40.2 ;
length of upper molar series, 26.6 ; length of upper canines, 23.7; length
of mandible, 79.8; length of lower molar series, 31.7. Ex type British
Museum.
This race, while closely resembling L. albigularis in its general
style of coloration, is readily distinguished from that species by the
reddish orange hairs on root of tail and adjacent parts, as well as by
the unspeckled whitish under parts, and inner side of limbs.
According to Grant as quoted by Thomas (1. c.) this species was
“very common in the forest of the Pungwe River District, to which
they are confined, and often observed in very large troops. At first
they were tame, and specimens were easily obtainable, but they soon
became wild, and after a few weeks were seldom seen. They live on
wild fruits, young shoots of trees, etc., and seldom damage the native
crops.”
Lasiopyga albigularis kibonotensis (Lonnberg).
Cercopithecus albogularis kibonotensis Lonnb., Exped. Kiliman-
jaro-Mweru, Mamm.
Type locality. Kibonoto, Mt. Kilimanjaro.
i A0l0l' <In a11 the sPecimens from Kilimandjaro the hairs of the
lead and nape are black and ringed with yellow. In some larger and
stronger specimens this yellow might be termed reddish yellow, and in
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367
all it is decidedly yellow not 'gray.’ On the hind neck the rings are
paler (than albigularis, with which it is compared), more whitish.
Shoulders and arms are wholly black in the Kilimandjaro monkeys,
except that the inner side of the upper arm is more or less ashy gray,
but the fore arm is intensely black, not specklel as in the typical
albigularis according to Pocock. The legs are black, speckled with
ash gray. Red hairs at the root of the tail, and in the ischiopubic
region, are found in all ages and both sexes, but less in the adult male
than in others. Chin and throat white, (in younger specimens with
soft wavy hairs) ; on the sides of the neck this white area passes into
a broad iron gray speckled collar, which, however, leaves a broad
dark band on the hind neck free, and with its black hairs sparingly
ringed with whitish or pale yellow, contrasting against the iron gray
collar. The white of the throat does not extend to the inside of the
upper arm as in the typical form, according to Pocock, and it is
rather sharply defined from the gray ventral surface. On the back
the reddish yellow is quite dominating on the lumbar and sacral
regions, and from there extending more or less forward, and on the
tail, flanks, etc.”
“The differences, although slight, appear to indicate a separate
geographic race or subspecies, which I name after the type locality
Kibonoto.”
The above is the description given by the Author. From his
quoting Pocock’s description of L. albigularis and comparing his
specimen with that only, it is to be inferred that he has no personal
knowledge of that species and therefore is not able to speak with any
certainty as to whether his examples are really different or not. L.
albigularis has a very wide range and although it may not have been
stated before to be a resident of Kilimanjaro, it has been taken in
rather close proximity, such as the Nairobi forest, etc. It is difficult
to ascertain, from the rather unsatisfactory description, whether this
Kilimanjaro monkey is even subspecifically distinct from L. albigu¬
laris, but, not having seen it, I leave it with the rank its describer
gave it. Unfortunately no mention was made of the measurements,
or characters of skull or teeth. Herr Lonnberg gives the following
short account of the animal: “This monkey is, according to Sjostedt,
very common even in the rain forest. It lived in greater or small
bands in dense forests in groups of trees and in the farms, and similar
localities. When caught they remain wild for a long time and are
difficult to tame, as they keep their angry disposition and are unre-
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LASIOPYGA
liable. They are caught by the Wadshaggas in a kind of basket
densely made of twigs and put in traps by sticks. These were placed
on the ground in the farms where the monkeys lived and made heavy
by stones put on them.”
Lasiopyga albigularis rufilata (Pocock).
Cercopithecus albigularis ruhlatus Pocock, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond.,
1907, p. 702.
Type locality. Rufiji River, south of Zanzibar. Type in British
Museum.
Genl. Char. Like L. albigularis, but back and behind shoulders
reddish orange yellow; no distinct white collar.
Color. Head and face to nose speckled cream buff and black;
dorsal area between shoulders speckled black and white ; rest of upper
parts reddish orange and black speckled; flanks slightly paler; outer
side of arms black speckled with white above elbow; hands black;
outer side of legs dark gray speckled with white ; chin and throat buffy
white ; under parts of body smoky gray speckled with white ; inner
side of thighs buffy, unspeckled; feet black; tail like back at root,
remainder jet black. Ex type British Museum.
Measurements. Total length, 1,870; tail 770. Skull: total length,
101.8; occipito-nasal length, 80.8; intertemporal width, 38; Hensel,
70.3; zygomatic width, 67.5; width of braincase, 54; median length of
nasals, 19.1; palatal length, 25.7; length of upper molar series, 24.2;
length of upper canines, 16.5 ; length of mandible, 75.5 ; length of lower
molar series, 30.7. Ex type British Museum.
This race is very close to the Nyassaland example, the only differ¬
ence to be seen between them is that the Rufiji River specimens are
a little darker on the back, more reddish.
Lasiopyga moloneyi (Sclater).
Cercopithecus moloneyi Sclat., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1893, p.
252, pi. XVII; Forbes, Handb. Primates, II, 1895, p. 74;
Thos., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1896, p. 789; 1897, p. 927-
Pocock, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., II, 1907, p 704
East Kar°nga’ north end of Lake Nyassa, Portuguese
PI *Ge09rn ^a?TkU Plat6aU’ (A< Whyte) ; Nyassa-Tanganyika
Plateau, (J. B. Yule) ; Nyassaland, Portuguese East Africa
Color. White band on the forehead over eyes mixed with black
Volume II
Plate 6
Lasiopyga moloneyi
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hairs; top of head black speckled with buff; cheeks and sides of head
speckled with white and black; upper part of back grayish white
speckled black and white, darker than cheeks ; rest of upper parts
reddish chestnut, the edges towards thighs lighter, a pale ochraceous
rufous; flanks paler than upper back speckled with gray and black;
shoulders and outer side of arms above elbow, and entire forearms
and hands, black; inner side of arms above elbows, gray; chin and
throat soiled white; entire under parts and inner side of thighs gray,
speckled with black ; legs gray, white speckled ; feet black ; tail iron
gray at base, some reddish hairs at root, remainder jet black; ears
with yellowish white tufts.
Measurements. Total length, 1,520; tail, 770; foot, 160. Skull:
total length, 120; occipito-nasal length,, 98.6; intertemporal width,
43.2; Hensel, 82.5; zygomatic width, 79.5; width of braincase, 58.9;
median length of nasals, 19.6; palatal length, 43.5; length of upper
molar series, 27.1; length of upper canines, 16.5; length of mandible,
86.5; length of lower molar series, 31.6.
Lasiopyga francesc2E (Thomas).
Cercopithecus francescce Thos., Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., X, 1902,
7th Ser., p. 243; Pocock, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., II, 1907,
p. 706.
Type locality. Near Mt. Waller, western side of Lake Nyassa,
high plateau. Type in British Museum.
Genl. Char. Similar to L. preussi; color of body darker and
grayer.
Color. Head, nape, shoulders, flanks and hips, dark blackish gray
finely grizzled with whitish ; hairs along back dark slaty gray at base,
then narrowly ringed with yellow, and banded with black and white;
inner border of ears bright reddish; neck patch white, illy defined;
elbows and knees black above ; under parts dark gray with a few white
rings; tail like back at base, remainder dull black, speckled a short
distance from root with white. Ex type British Museum.
Measurements. Type. Total length, 1,070; tail, 620. No skull.
The type is an imperfect skin without skull or limbs below elbows
and knees. It resembles somewhat L. preussi, but is blacker on head,
neck and shoulders, much paler on under parts, and lower back inclin¬
ing more to yellow than red, quite a different coloring from L. preussi.
The habitats of the two species are widely separated by the extent of a
continent, Lake Nyassa, and Cameroon.
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LASIOPYGA
Lasiopyga preussi (Matschie) .
Cercopithecus preussi Matschie, Sitzungsb. Gesell. Naturf.
Freunde, 1898, p. 76; Thos., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1904, p.
186; Pocock, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., II, 1907, p. 706.
Cercopithecus crossi Forbes, Nature, LXXII, 1905, p. 630.
Type locality. Buea, Cameroon, West Africa. Type in Berlin
Museum.
Genl. Char. Back very dark; shoulders and thighs speckled; nose
black.
Color. Top and sides of head, neck, shoulders and thighs black,
hairs tipped with white; back and sides grizzled cinnamon and black
speckled; forearms, legs, hands and feet black; chin and throat white;
under parts black, hairs tipped with white ; tail at root like back, rest of
upper parts black, all but apical portion speckled with white, beneath
for two thirds the length iron gray, remainder black ; face below eyes
whitish, nose black. Ex type Berlin Museum.
Measurements. Total length, 1,040; tail, 535. Skull: total length,
97; occipito-nasal length, 83; intertemporal width, 40; Hensel, 63;
zygomatic width, 64; median length of nasals, 18; length of upper
molar series, 23 ; length of mandible, 64 ; length of lower molar series,
27. Ex type Berlin Museum.
This is a dark handsome species of subdued coloring, the con¬
spicuous part being the grizzled cinnamon back.
Lasiopyga preussi insularis (Thomas).
Cercopithecus preussi insularis Thos., Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist 8th
Ser., V, 1910, p. 191.
Type locality. N. Bantabiri, Island of Fernando Po, West Africa.
Genl. Char. Like L. preussi but darker.
Color. Hairs on upper parts blackish slate at their bases for over
half their length, then ringed with dull buffy and tipped broadly with
black. Tail at root chestnut. Young female. No dimensions given.
It can hardy be considered that the subspecific distinctness of a
Fernando Po race, has as yet been well established, the material, one
immature female, being hardly sufficient. An examination of additional
adult examples is desirable.
Lasiopyga thomasi (Matschie).
Cercopithecus thomasi Matschie, Sitzungsb. Ges. Naturf Freunde
Berlin, 1905, p. 262.
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Cercopithecus I’hoesti thomasi Pocock, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., II,
1907, p. 715.
Type locality. Lake Kivu, between Lakes Albert Edward, and
Tanganyika. Type in Berlin Museum.
Genl. Char. Root of tail gray ; no speckling on limbs, nose black.
Color. 1 op of head, neck, shoulders and flanks black, hairs ringed
with white ; dorsal region tawny ochraceous to burnt sienna, the hairs
being purplish gray on basal half, then ringed with black and tawny
ochraceous, or burnt sienna tipped with the latter hue; shoulders,
limbs, hands, feet, and under parts jet black; chin black; sides of head,
neck, and throat to upper part of chest, white ; face below eyes covered
with whitish hairs ; nose black. Ex type in Berlin Museum.
Measurements. Total length, 1,000 ; tail, 480. Skull : total length,
90; occipito-nasal length, 82; Hensel, 50; intertemporal width, 40;
zygomatic width, 60 ; median length of nasals, 13 ; length of upper molar
series, 16; length of mandible, 55; length of lower molar series, 25.
Ex type Berlin Museum.
The skull is that of quite a young animal, the adult’s would of
course be of larger dimensions.
Very like L. preussi, but the back is lighter and the shoulders and
limbs are uniformly black, and the tail a lighter gray.
Lasiopyga kandti (Matschie).
Cercopithecus kandti Matschie, Sitzungsb. Gesell. Naturf.
Freunde, 1905, p. 264; Pocock, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., II,
1907, p. 695.
Type locality. Lake Kivu, between Lakes Tanganyika and Albert
Edward. Type in Berlin Museum.
Color. Top of head, and back of neck to between shoulders black;
hairs between shoulders tipped with ochraceous buff ; sides of head,
neck and throat, with the hairs purplish gray at base then ringed with
black and buff, giving a speckled appearance; band across shoulders,
chest, and arms black; body from shoulders to hips speckled buff
yellow, the hairs being buff at base, then ringed with black and buff
yellow; front edge of thighs reddish; thighs black, hairs tipped with
buff, a spot above knee only, clear black; hinder edge of thighs ochra¬
ceous rufous, becoming purplish red beneath tail ; under parts darker
than upper parts, with a reddish tinge ; tail at base like back, remainder
black, hairs tipped with white, these becoming fewer towards tip which
is nearly pure black. Ex type Berlin Museum.
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Measurements. Body and head about 680; tail to end of hairs,
845. No skull. Ex type Berlin Museum.
The type is a mutilated skin with the fore part of head and lower
part of arms and legs absent. It is an exceedingly handsome animal ;
distinct from all others of the genus.
Lasiopyga insignis (Elliot) .
Cercopithecus insignis Elliot, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., IV, 1909, 8th
Ser., p. 274.
ORANGE-COLORED GUENON.
Type locality. Congo forest, Central Africa. Type in Garden
Royal Zool. Society, Antwerp, Belgium.
Genl. Char. Fur long, loose, rather fluffy; tail long; colors bright.
Color. Broad brow band, cheeks and whiskers, the latter bushy
and reaching behind ears, yellow ; face blackish ; nose bluish white ; lips
covered with white hairs ; chin and upper part of throat white ; top of
head to nape, band across back to base of neck, shoulders, arms, hands,
front of thighs from hips over knees and feet black; entire upper parts
from black back band to tail, flanks and under parts from throat to
vent, and inner side of thighs dark orange ; tail at base reddish brown
grading into black on apical half.
Unique type living in the Royal Zoological Gardens at Antwerp,
Belgium, 1909.
Lasiopyga stairsi (Sclater).
Cercopithecus stairsi Sclat., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1892, p. 580,
pi. XL, 1893, pp. 252, 443, 612; Forbes, Handb. Primates, II,
1894, p. 73; Pocock, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., II, 1907 p 706
STAIRS’ GUENON. ’ F'
Type locality. Delta of the Zambesi.
Geogr. Distr. Zambesi Delta, Mozambique, East Africa.
Genl. Char. Auricular region chestnut.
Color.. Eyelids white, face black about eyes where it is bare, lips
covered with short white hairs ; cheeks and side of head, hairs long,
inclined backwards, speckled yellowish green ; top of head speckled
u yellow and black; hairs on forehead long, upright, speckled Naples
yellow and black, some stiff black hairs mixed with the rest and usually
much the longest ; sides of head in front of and over ears chestnut
unicolor ; occipital region, hairs chestnut banded with ochraceous buff ;
ower hind neck, and upper back and shoulders speckled yellow and
lack, the entire surface with a greenish tinge ; dorsal line ochraceous
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fading into ochraceous buff on lower rump, where there is a strong
orange buff tinge ; all hairs below upper back without annulations ;
sides of body buff yellow; outer side of arms and hands speckled black
and white ; outer side of thighs ashy gray, with a faint reddish tinge ;
feet silver gray ; chin, throat, inner side of limbs, and entire under parts
yellowish white ; tail at base above, and beneath like rump ; remainder
dark gray with a brownish tinge or silvery according to the light ;
beneath silvery white. Ear apparently flesh color in the center, black
on outer edge. Ex type British Museum.
Measurements. Head and body, 440; tail, imperfect, 330; foot,
100, (skin). Skull: total length, 114.5; occipito-nasal length, 75.9;
Hensel, 87 .3 ; intertemporal width, 43.2 ; zygomatic width, 77.8 ; width
of braincase, 55; median length of nasals, 18.4; palatal length, 44.6;
length of upper tooth row, 26; length of mandible, 85 ; length of lower
molar series, 33.5. Skull of an apparently adult male. Ex type British
Museum.
The type specimen is a young female, with the last two molars
in each jaw not having yet made their appearance. The coloring of the
fur and its distribution is the same in both adult and young, as may be
gathered from the few specimens of different ages obtained thus far,
but I have not seen an old individual. It is a handsome monkey and
a very distinct species.
Lasiopyga stairsi mossambicus (Pocock).
Cercopithecus stairsi Sclat., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1893, p. 612;
Forbes, Handb. Primates, II, 1894, (Part.).
Cercopithecus stairsi mossambicus Pocock, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond
1907, p. 705.
Type locality. Mozambique. Type in British Museum.
Genl. Char. Like L. stairsi, but red on head, a patch above and
in front of ear only ; hairs on thighs and back speckled.
Color. Very like L. stairsi, but the red on the head is confined to
a patch above and in front of the ear; upper parts and flanks are
speckled with black and yellow ; unicolor hairs only appearing with the
red ones at the root of the tail, where this color extends quite across
the rump, and on to the base of the tail ; the arms are black, speckled
with white on outer side, inner side grayish white only on forearms
to just below elbows; hands black; legs grizzled iron gray, thus
differing from the unicolor thighs of L. stairsi. Under parts of body
and thighs grayish white; tail, (only about nine inches remaining
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beyond the red at base), is speckled black and buff; forehead covered
with long hairs banded with black and white, or black and buff ; top of
head speckled yellow and black, yellow predominating. Ex type
British Museum.
Measurements. Head and body, 610; tail imperfect; foot, 125,
(skin).
Compared with L. stairsi, the type of L. s. mossambicus is a very
much older animal, and a male. It is an open question whether L.
stairsi male, equally adult, would not change the coloring as regards
the speckling on back, and color of the speckling of thighs, which
comprise the principal differences.
The type of L. stairsi is a baby, and some of its hair, like that on
the tail, is little better than down. It will be necessary to have old
adults of both forms to compare, before it can be definitely determined
that they are distinct.
v
LASIOPYGA RUFITINCTA (Pocock).
Cercopithecus rufotinctus Pocock, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1907, p.
706.
Cercopithecus stairsi Sclat., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1907, p. 706.
Type locality. British East Africa. (Mombassa?).
Genl. Char. Top of head reddish, and cheeks washed with same.
Color. Forehead, and top and sides of head before ears, speckled
tawny ochraceous and black, giving to this part of the head a reddish
appearance ; cheeks, and sides of head to beneath ears gray tinged with
red; hind neck and upper part of back, speckled black and yellow,
grading on to dorsal region into ochraceous rufous banded with black,
the annulations disappearing at root of tail, where the color deepens
to burnt sienna; shoulders black speckled with white, and extending
on arms nearly to elbows ; forearms also black with a slight sprinkling
of white along the inner edge ; outer side of legs iron gray, grizzled ;
lips covered with short white hairs ; chin, throat, chest, under parts and
inner side of limbs, grayish white; flanks speckled pale yellow and
black; hands jet black; feet black, speckled with white; tail at base
burnt sienna like lower rump, grading into grizzled buff and black, and
then to black speckled with white. The tail is imperfect, 330 mm. long,
probably half of the length gone. Ex type British Museum.
Measurements. Head and body, 410; foot, 100, (skin).
This monkey is next to L. s. mossambicus, but is redder on head
and dorsal region. Its locality is farther from that form than is that
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375
of L. stairsi, indeed the habitats of that species, and of L. s. mos-
sambicus are rather too near together to admit of two closely allied
forms as distinct. L. rufitincta is the handsomest of the three, and an
adult male must be a fine animal. The type is about half grown.
Lasiopyga labiata (I. Geoffroy) .
Cercopithecus labiatus I. Geoff., Compt. Rend., XV, 1842, p. 1038 ;
Id. Archiv. Mus. Hist. Nat., Paris, II, 1843, p. 555 ; Id. Diet.
Hist. Nat., Ill, 1849, p. 302; Id. Cat. Primates, 1851, p. 20;
Sclat., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1893, p. 256; Matschie, Sit-
zungsb. Gesell. Naturf. Freunde, Berlin, 1893, p. 214; Forbes,
Handb. Primates, II, 1894, p. 72 ; Pocock, Proc. Zool. Soc.
Lond., 1907, p. 707.
Cercopithecus samango Sundev., Ofv. K. Vet. Akad. Forh.
Stockh., I, 1844, p. 160; Peters, Reis. Mossamb., Saugth.,
1852, p. 4; Wagn., Schreb., Saugth. Suppl., V, 1855, p. 44;
Dahlb., Stud. Zool. Fam. Reg. Anim. Nat., fasc., I, 1856, pp.
103, 107; Reichenb., Vollstand. Naturg. Affen, 1862, p. 110;
Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1868, p. 182 ; Id. Cat. Monkeys,
Lemurs and Fruit-eating Bats, Brit. Mus., 1870, p. 24;
Schleg., Mus. Pays-Bas, Simise, 1876, p. 79 ; Sclat., Proc. Zool.
Soc. Lond., 1893, p. 256; Forbes, Handb. Primates, II, 1894,
p. 71 ; W. L. Sclat., Mamm. S. Afr., I, 1900, pp. 7, 11.
SAMANGO GUENON.
Type locality. South Africa. Type in Paris Museum.
Geogr. Distr. Eastern part of Cape Colony, King Williamstown
District, ranging along east coast through Natal and Zululand to In-
hambane; also Port St. John in Pongoland, (W. L. Sclater) ; Angola,
(Peters).
Color. Forehead and top of head black speckled with buff ; sides
of face and neck dark gray speckled with yellowish white ; shoulders
and upper back black and white speckled ; rest of upper parts and flanks
pale gray, banded with cream color and black ; outer side of forearms,
hands and feet, black ; outer side of legs grizzled gray and black ; chin,
throat, under parts, and inner side of limbs grayish white ; tail above
on basal third gray, a slight tinge of red on hairs at root above and
below, beneath on basal third yellowish white, remainder jet black all
around. Ex type Paris Museum.
Measurements. Total length, 1,244.6; tail, 685.8; foot, 127.
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LASI 0 PYGA
Subgenus 8. Pogonocebus.
The members of this group are brightly colored, and noted for
having a white and buff diagonal stripe across the thighs from the root
of the tail.
KEY TO THE SPECIES.
A. Stripe across thighs.
a. Ochraceous rufous band across forehead.
a. ' Upper parts speckled tawny ochraceous and
black . L. neglecta.
b. ' Upper parts speckled white and black, tail
black . L. brazzce.
b. Black band across forehead succeeded by a white
one.
a.' Inner side of thighs and anal region bright
bay . L. diana.
b! Inner side of thighs and anal region white
or pale orange . L. roloway.
Lasiopyga neglecta (Schlegel).
Cercopithecus leucampyx (nec Fischer), Gray, Cat. Monkeys,
Lemurs and Fruit-eating Bats, Brit. Mus., 1870, p. 22: ex
White Nile.
Cercopithecus neglectus Schleg., Mus. Pays-Bas, Simise, 1876, p.
70; Giglioli, Zool. Anz, X, 1887, p. 510; Sclat., Proc. Zool.
Soc. Lond., 1893, pp. 253, 443, (in text of C. brazza) ;
Forbes, Handb. Primates, II, 1894, p. 75 ; Thos., Proc. Zool.
Soc. Lond., 1900, p. 801.
SCHLEGEL’ S GUENON.
Type locality. White Nile. Locality unknown. Type in British
Museum.
Geogr. Distr. White Nile, Africa.
Color. Head and feet lacking. A black front band at end of the
flat skin, presumably hind portion of head; neck, shoulders and space
between, tawny, ochraceous and black, basal portion of hairs ochra-
ceous ; rest of upper parts, hairs brown and black, base of hairs gray •
skin of throat wanting ; under parts ochraceous buff and black, growing
darker to middle of abdomen, which is brownish black; arms apparently
black, only a small portion remaining; thighs seal brown on outer
LASIOPYGA
377
edge, remaining portion speckled buff and tawny ochraceous, with a
bright buff band crossing at base of tail ; inner side of thighs buff ; tail at
root speckled, hair brown and black, remainder jet black. Ex specimen
from the White Nile, (Petherick) ; Schlegel’s type of L. neglecta,
British Museum.
In coloration this type is as different from what is ordinarily con¬
sidered to be L. neglecta as can be conceived. It has none of the
gray color about it, and the general tint is more brown than any shade
of gray. Dr. Gray described it as gray brown, but the gray on basal
part of the hairs does not show through, and affects in no appreciable
degree the general hue of the pelage. There are examples of so-called
L. neglecta in the British Museum from the Omo River, the Charada
forest and Kaffa, north of Lake Rudolf in the east, to the French
Congo, and the Ja River in Cameroon, but none of them agree in
color with the type, although they do with each other. Unless a gray
Lasiopyga is obtained on the White Nile, to prove that the type of L.
neglecta represents a stage of pelage unknown in so-called neglecta
from other parts of Africa, it would seem that the only proper way
will be, in the future, to restrict the name neglecta to this White Nile
form, and the name for the gray animal would be L. brazz^e, conferred
by A. Milne-Edwards upon the gray monkey from the Upper Congo,
for it is impossible to recognize that form from a correct description of
the type of L. neglecta. Mr. Pocock in his paper on Cercopithecus,
(Lasiopyga), speaks of this type of Schlegel’s among other examples
from the Omo River and Kaffa, as the “typical form,” but nowhere
refers to it as The type of the species, and by uniting it to the examples
from other localities, brings together individuals as different in coloring
as can be imagined.
I have not been able to find any skull belonging to the type. There
is a young specimen of Lasiopyga in the British Museum, presumably
from the Welle River, procured by the Alexander and Gosling Expedi¬
tion, which differs in color from all others and may be described as
follows :
Over each eye is a short black line composed of stiff hairs, and
between these and over the nose is a cream buff line of short hairs;
across the forehead is a band, broadest in the middle, ochraceous
rufous ; rest of head above speckled black and cream buff, base of hairs
purplish gray; sides of head and face speckled gray and yellow, the
latter predominating; upper parts of body gray, speckled with brown
and pale yellow ; rump purplish gray ; outer side of thighs purplish gray
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LASIOPYGA
like the rump, with a narrow cinnamon rufous, or hazel band covering
the upper part to root of tail ; outer side of arms black to wrists ; hands
sooty; feet yellowish gray; entire under parts, and inner side of limbs
white ; upper edge of thigh from above knee, black speckled with buff ;
tail at base cinnamon rufous like band on thighs, remainder brownish
black. It will be readily seen that in many ways this example differs
from both neglecta and brazz^:. There is no black line on head
behind the ochraceous rufous one, there is no clear gray and black on
the upper parts ; the band across thigh is cinnamon rufous, not white
nor buff; and the back of the tail is like the thigh band, not like the
upper parts, and the entire under parts are white. The animal has been
kept in captivity, the hair about the loins being worn by the chain or
rope which held it.
It is desirable to obtain adults from this district when the proper
specific standing of the animal could be accurately ascertained, but
there have been already too many names given to half grown captive
specimens, a practice more fruitful in creating confusion than pro¬
ducing valid species, therefore I merely desire to draw attention to this
example.
Lasiopyga brazz2e (A. Milne-Edwards) .
Cercopithecus brazzce A. Milne-Edwards, Rev. Scient., XII, 1886,
p. 15 ; Sclat., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1893, pp. 255, 443, pi!
XXXII , Forbes, Handb. Primates, II, 1895, p. 81 ; Pousarg.,
Ann. Scien. Nat. Paris, III, 1896, 7me Ser., p. 216.
Cercopithecus neglectus (nec Schleg.), Elliot, Cat. Mamm. Field
Columb. Mus., F. C. M. Pub., VIII, 1906, p. 569, Zool. Ser.
Cercopithecus neglectus brazziformis Pocock, Proc Zool Soc
Lond., 1907, p. 687.
Cercopithecus neglectus (nec Schleg.), Pocock, Proc. Zool Soc
Lond., II, 1907, pp. 685, 686, figs. 180, 181.
Cercopithecus ezrce Pocock, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1908, p. 158,
pi. X, fig. 2, juv.
ut. tlKAZZAS GUENON.
Type locality. French Congo, West Africa. Type in Paris Mu¬
seum.
Geogr. Distr. French Congo to Cameroon, West Africa.
Color. Ochraceous rufous band across forehead broadest in
the center succeeded by a broad black band which extends to the
ears on sides of head ; rest of head above and on sides, neck, shoulders
upper part and sides of body, and upper part of thighs, with the hairs
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LASIOPYGA BRAZZA-
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379
ringed with black and white, giving a gray appearance speckled with
white ; a narrow white stripe across thigh from knee ; black patch over
knee; thigh below white line, and hind part of leg, blackish gray; front
part of leg grizzled gray ; a black line bordered outwardly by a yellow¬
ish white line from shoulders to below elbows; forearms from just
above elbows, hands and feet above ankles, black; space around eyes,
and upper part of nose black; tip of nose, lips, sides of under jaw, chin,
beard and throat, white; chest and abdomen black; tail like back at
root, rest black. Ex type in Paris Museum.
Measurements. Total length, 1,295.4; tail, 685.8; foot, 171.4.
Skull: total length, 116; occipito-nasal length, 97; Hensel, 80; zygo¬
matic width, 79 ; intertemporal width, 46 ; palatal length, 44 ; breadth of
braincase, 61 ; median length of nasals, 23 ; length of upper molar
series, 27 ; length of mandible, 81 ; length of lower molar series, 35.
In his paper on Cercohthecus, (Lasiopyga), Mr. Pocock sep¬
arates a specimen from the French Congo, as L. n. brazziformis , on
account of the legs to ankles being a pale grayish green instead of a
blackish olive. In the series obtained by Mr. Bates on the River Ja, in
Cameroon, and all of which Mr. Pocock states he could not dis¬
tinguish specifically from his L. neglecta, (L. brazz,e), is an example
with legs colored precisely like the one from the French Congo. This
last is not sexed, but the one from Cameroon is marked female. It
may be possible that the color of the legs may be attributed to sex, but
the fact that both styles of coloring were found in individuals taken in
the same place in Cameroon, would indicate that the difference in hue
in the legs was not a specific character, but must be attributed to some
other cause, such as age or sex, or possibly to individual variation. I
have therefore placed brazzceformis among the synonyms of L. brazzvE.
Mr. Pocock described in the Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1908, p. 158,
pi. X, fig. 2, a young animal without locality or history as C. ezrce, and
which differs from L. brazzze in not having the black on the hinder
part of the head, and the outer side of the limbs, hands, and feet not
yet jet black. The specimen is so young, and its pelage so affected by
captivity (the hair on the loins having all been worn away by the rope
or chain that held it, and the tail having lost all its hair, except a little
at the root), that it makes a most unsatisfactory type for a distinct
form, and it is to be regretted that such specimens should ever be
selected to be the unique representative of a new species. At present
it can only be surmised what the full grown animal would look like, but
probably it might be recognizable from L. brazzce by having the head
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from the red frontal band colored like the back. This is, however, only
a surmise, and it is more probable that it will prove to be the young of
L. brazzze, as I have supposed is really the fact.
Measurements. Total length, 697; tail, 367; foot, 90, (skin).
Ex type Garden Zool. Soc. Lond.
Lasiopyga diana (Linnceus) .
Simla diana Linn., Syst. Nat., I, 1758, p. 26; I, 1766, p. 38; Schreb.,
Saugth., I, 1775, p. 94, pi. XIV ; Gmel., Syst. Nat., I, 1788,
p. 32.
Cercopithecus diana Erxl., Syst. Reg. Anim., 1777, p. 30; Wagn.,
Schreb., Saugth. Suppl., V, 1855, p. 48 ; Reichenb., Vollstand.
Naturg. Affen, 1862, p. 107, figs. 263, 267 ; Forbes, Handb.
Primates, II, 1894, p. 79; Jentink, Notes Leyd. Mus., 1898,
p. 237 ; Pocock, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1907, pp. 682. 683, pi.
XLI, fig. 1; Thos., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1911, p. 127.
Cercopithecus diana var. ignita Gray, Cat. Monkeys, Lemurs and
Fruit-eating Bats, Brit. Mus., 1870, p. 22.
Cercopithecus diana ignitus Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1893,
p. 255 ; Johnst., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1905, p. 191.
Type locality. Unknown.
Geogr. Distr. Liberia, very common, (Johnstone) ; West Africa.
Genl. Char. Beard short, front hairs black ; ears tufted ; inner
side of thighs bright bay.
Color. Top of head, nape, neck, upper part of back and sides
of body iron gray; a broad chestnut red band from middle of back to
root of tail ; a white or whitish crescentic band on forehead above eyes,
edged in front with a line of stiff black hairs ; face covered with black
hairs; sides of head, reaching to angle of the mouth, and on sides of
neck to shoulders, and extending to elbows on inner side of arms
beard (except front hairs at base which are black), throat and upper
part of chest, pure white; outer sides of arms to elbow, black, with verv
few whfie specks, forearm black, thickly speckled on outer side with
tlh w r1"0^ WhltG’ °r yelIowish white band from knee across
*h'f 1? b“e °f tai ; outer side °f black ; upper edge of thigh from
ee black minutely speckled with white; inner side of thigh, and leg
taVrhZ be 0W,k"fe’,andanal ^<0., bright bay; hands and feet black;
tail chestnut and black mixed at root, rest black to tip
total' uZhTrT' TT' Ienf,h' 1275 : tail’ 820; f00t- 13°- Skull:
Hensd ?7k ’ ler«th. 83 ^ intertemporal width, 42.8;
ensel, 67.6, zygomatic width, 62.4; median length of nasals, 13 6-
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VOLUME II
PLATE XXXVIII.
Lasiopyga ROLOWAY.
SIDE VIEW REVERSED.
No. 75.4.30.1. Brit. Mus. Coll. % Nat. Size.
VOLUME II
PLATE XXXIX
LASIOPYGA DIANA (IMMATURE)
No. 122787 U. S. Nat. Mus. Coll. % Nat. Size.
L A SI OP YG A
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palatal length, 35.6; length of upper canines, 14.8; length of mandible,
68 ; length of lower molar series, 29.6.
Since Linnaeus described the present species, the name which he
gave to it, diana, has been conferred upon the wrong animal by nearly
all writers. Dr. Jentink, (1. c.) however, in his paper corrected the
error that existed for so long a time, and proved that true diana was
the monkey with a short beard, black at the base and white at the ends,
that it had tufted ears, and the inner side of the thighs, and anal region
bright bay; the one named L. roloway, heretofore called diana by
many mammalogists, is the monkey with a long pure white beard, and
the inner side of thighs white or pale orange, and the ears without
tufts.
Lasiopyga roloway (Erxleben).
Cercopithecus roloway Erxl., Syst. Regn. Anim., 1777, p. 42 ;
Fisch., Syn. Mamm., 1829, p. 20; Reichenb., Vollstand.
Naturg. Affen, 1862, p. 107 ; Jent., Notes Leyd. Mus., 1898,
p. 237 ; Pocock, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1907, p. 683 ; Id. Proc.
Zool. Soc. Lond., II, 1907, p. 683, fig. 179.
Simla roloway Bodd., Elench. Anim., 1784, p. 60.
La Roloway, ou La Palatine Buff., Hist. Nat., Suppl., XV, 1789,
p. 77.
La Diane Audeb., Hist. Nat. Singes et Makis, 1797, Fam. IV, Sec.
II, pi. VI, “cuisses, couleur orangee.”
Simla diana (nec Linn.), Shaw, Genl. Zool., I, 1820, p. 38, fig.
Cercopithecus diana (nec Linn.), Desm., Mamm., 1820, p. 60;
Kuhl, Beitr. Zool., 1820, p. 2; Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond.,
1868, p. 182; Id. Cat. Monkeys, Lemurs and Fruit-eating
Bats, Brit. Mus., 1870, p. 22 ; Schleg., Mus. Pays-Bas, Simias,
1876, p. 92; Sclat., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1893, p. 254;
Forbes, Handb. Primates, II, 1894, p. 79, (Part.) ; Pousarg.,
Ann. Scien. Nat., I, 8me Ser., 1896, p. 266.
Cercopithecus palatinus Wagn., Schreb., Saugth. Suppl., V, 1855,
p. 47; Sclat., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1893, p. 257; Matschie,
Sitzungsb. Gesell. Naturf. Freunde, 1893, p. 215; Forbes,
Handb. Primates, II, 1894, p. 81.
PALATINE GUENON.
Type locality. Guinea.
Geogr. Distr. Gold Coast, West Africa.
Genl. Char. Similar to L. diana, but with a long white beard, and
inner side of thighs white or pale orange instead of bright bay.
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LASIOPYGA
Color. A narrow black line on forehead over eyes composed of
long stiff hairs, succeeded by a narrow white line of stiff hairs, which
like the black ones stand erect, and extend around the head to the
temples. Sides of head, sides of nose, and top of head, jet black,
speckled sparsely on crown with white ; a broad reddish chestnut band
covers dorsal region from shoulders to base of tail; rest of upper
parts black, thickly speckled with white; outer side of arms, hands,
feet, tail, lower part of breast, and abdomen jet black; inner side of
forearms speckled with white; hairs on sides of head long, turning
upward towards top of head, those beneath and behind ears long,
directed backward, and all these together with inner side of arms,
throat, beard, upper part of chest, and narrow line across thighs, white ;
lower parts of abdomen and inner side of thigh white, or pale orange ;
chin black , some hairs reaching the base of the beard, forming a
narrow line.
Measurements. Total length, 1,267 ; tail, 755 ; foot, 135. Skull :
total length, 112.8; occipito-nasal length, 92.5 ; Hensel, 77.9; zygomatic
width, 73.1; intertemporal width, 46.2; width of braincase, 62.4;
median length of nasals, 22.5 ; palatal length, 43.6 ; length of upper
molar series, 26.7 ; length of mandible, 83.5 ; length of lower molar
series, 34.1.
The following species is unknown to me, and no specimen resem¬
bling it is in the Leyden Museum :
Cercopithecus temmincki Ogilby, Libr. Entert. Knowl., Menag.,
1838, p. 346 ; Sclat., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1893, p. 258.
Type locality. Guinea? Type not in Leyden Museum.
Head, back and cheeks are ash colored, slightly mixed with brown
on the hips and rump, the hairs being everywhere annulated with white
and thus Partially speckled; the arms, forearms, thighs, legs and paws
are black; the whole of the chin and throat, pure unmixed white; the
c eeks, whiskers, and head grizzled ash, like the back and sides • the
face apparently grayish blue and the belly ash colored. The tail is
about the length of the body, but has lost the greater part of the hair;
what remains, however, is of the same color as the body.”
INDEX OF LATIN NAMES.
VOLUME II.
Numbers in heavy type indicate the page on which is the description of the
Species.
Page
adusta (Macaca) . 185,206
adustus (Pithecus)
185, 186, 188, 206, 207
aegyptiaca (Plamadryas) . . . 122, 144,146
aethiopicus (Cercopithecus)
256, 258, 260, 281
.TEthiops . 275
aethiops (Cercocebus)
255, 256, 257, 258, 259, 260
261, 262, 263, 279, 281, 284
aethiops (Cercocebus) Pithecus. .. .260
aethiops (Cercopithecus)
257, 260, 279, 281
284, 290, 292, 336
aethiops Cercopithecus (Cercoce¬
bus) . 260
aethiops (Lasiopyga) . 281
aethiops (Simia)
255, 256, 261, 263, 278, 279, 281, 337
affinis (Macacus r.) . 202
affinis (Macacus s.) . 202
agilis (Cercocebus) ..257,258,259,264
agnatus (Pithecus) ...185,186,190,243
alacer (Pithecus) ....185,187,189,226
albibarbatus (Papio) . 178
albibarbatus (Pithecus)
119, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182
183, 184, 186, 188, 209, 218, 220
albibarbatus (Simia) . 184,220
albibarbatus Simia (Cercopithe¬
cus) . 218
albibarbatus Simia (Cercopithe¬
cus) silenus . 177, 218
albibarbatus Simia (Cercopithe¬
cus) veter . 177, 218
albif rons (Ateles) . 24, 25, 35, 44
albifrons (Ateleus) . 24,25,45
Page
albifrons (Cebus)
68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73.- 74; 75
77, 78, 82, 85, 88, 89, 98, hi
albifrons (Calyptrocebus) Cebus. ...88
albifrons (Simia) . 88
albigena (Cercocebus)
256, 257, 258, 259, 266, 267, 268, 269, 270
albigena (Presbytis) . 256,266
albigena (Semnocebus) . 266
albigularis (Cercopithecus)
273, 284, 285, 286, 310, 363, 365
albigularis (Lasiopyga)
281, 282, 283, 284, 286, 287, 288, 291
293, 295, 3i I.- 359. 363, 365; 367
albigularis (Semnopithecus)
281, 363, 364
albitorquata (Lasiopyga)
288, 291, 292, 296, 359, 360, 361, 362
albitorquatus (Cercopithecus) .288, 360
albitorquatus (Lasiopyga) ....362,366
albulus Simia (Sapajus c.) . 67,82
albus (Cebus) . 68, 70, 72, 93
albus (Calyptrocebus) Cebus . 93
alexandri (Cercopithecus t.) . 332
alexandri (Lasiopyga t.).. .295, 325, 332
Allochrocebus . 296,297
andamanensis (Macacus)
182, 183, 186, 188, 208
andamanensis (Pithecus)
183, 184, 186, 188, 208, 209
annelatus (Cebus) . 73, 74, 80
ansorgei (Lasiopyga) . 292
Anthropoidea . 1
antiguensis (Cebus) . 69
anubis (Cynocephalus) ...119,121,122
anubis (Papio)
1 17, 1 18, 1 19. 121, 122, 123, 132
1
11
INDEX OF LATIN NAMES
Page
anubis (Papio n.) . 122, 123
anubis (Simia) . 119
Aotes . 1
Aotinse . 1
Aotus . 1,2,3,14
Aotus azarae . n
Aotus boliviensis . 3. 4, 5, 9, 11
Aotus felinus . 2.7
Aotus griseimembra . 3, 4, 5, 15
Aotus gularis . 3.-4 5,18
Aotus infulatus. .2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 15, 17, 18
Aotus lanius . 3,4, 5, 12, 19
Aotus microdon . 3- 4, 5, 18
Aotus miriquouina 2, 3, 4, 5, 9, 10, 11, 12
Aotus nigriceps . 3,4,8,18
Aotus oseryi . 43,4,5, 17
Aotus roberti . 3,4 5, 10
Aotus rufipes . 3,4 5,9,20
Aotus senex . 3,4,8
Aotus spixi . 3,4,5,19
Aotus trivirgatus . 2,4,5,7,16,20
Aotus vociferans . . .2, 3, 4, 5, 13, 16, 20
apedia (Papio) . 118, 177
apedia (Simia) . I77
apella (Cebus)
66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 7 1, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77
78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 94, 95, 103, 1 12
apella (Calyptrocebus) Cebus . 80
apella (Simia) . 66, 67, 74, 78, 79, 83
apiculatus (Cebus) . . .76, 77, 78, 85, 100
apoensis (Cynomolgos m.) _ 250,252
apoensis (Pithecus p.).i85, 187, 190, 250
arabicus (Papio) . .
arabicus (Papio h.) .... 122,124. 125, 147
arachnoides (Ateles) . . .22, 24. 26, 49, 50
arachnoides (Ateleus) . 22,24,26
arachnoides (Brachyteles) ...22,50,51
arachnoides (Brachyteleus) ....’. ..’.49
arachnoides (Cebus) . ....23,51
arachnoides (Eriodes) . 24,50.51
arctoides (Macacus)
179, 180, 181, 183, 184, 191, 192, 193
arctoides (Pithecus) . .
arctoides (Pithecus) Macacus” 191
arctoideus (Inuus) . 180,181,191
ascanius (Cercopithecus)
284, 286, 303, 306, 318
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ascanius (Lasiopyga)
278, 281, 282, 284, 285, 286, 287, 288
289, 292, 296, 298, 303, 304, 305
ascanius (Simia) . 279, 303
assamensis (Inuus) . 210
assamensis (Macacus)
179, 182, 183, 184, 209, 21 1, 214
assamensis (Papio r.) . 209
assamensis (Pithecus)
180, 181, 182, 186, 188, 209, 21 1, 213
Ateles . 24, 25, 30, 32, 37, 46, 49
Ateles albifrons . 25,35,44
Ateles ater . 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 30
Ateles arachnoides .. . .22, 24, 26, 49, 50
Ateles bartletti . 25,31
Ateles belzebuth ...23,24,25,26,27,39
Ateles chuva . 25,31,38
Ateles cinerascens . 38
Ateles cucullatus . 25, 27, 38
Ateles frontatis . 35
Ateles frontatus . 24
Ateles fuliginosus . 23,26,40
Ateles fusciceps . 25,27,43
Ateles geoffroyi
23, 24, 25, 26, 27,31,32,44
Ateles grisescens . 25. 27, 37
Ateles hybridus - 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 47
Ateles hypoxanthus ...23,24,26,49,50
Ateles marginatus
23, 24, 25, 27,31,32, 34, 35
Ateles melanochir . 23,24,25,44,46
Ateles m. var. frontatus . 44
Ateles ornatus . 25.44
Ateles pan . 26,27,41,42
Ateles paniscus . .22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28
Ateles pentadactylus
22, 23, 24, 25, 28, 29
Ateles rufiventris . 25,26,27,36
Ateles subpentadactylus _ _ 23,28
Ateles variegatus
23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 31, 32
Ateles vellerosus ..25,26,36,40.41,42
Ateleus . . .21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 41, 49, 64
Ateleus albifrons . 24,25,45
Ateleus ater . 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 30
Ateleus arachnoides . 22,24,26
Ateleus bartletti .
INDEX OF LATIN NAMES
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Ateleus belzebuth
23,24, 25, 26,27, 39,41,42
Ateleus charnek . 24
Ateleus chuva . 25
Ateleus cucullatus . 25,27,38
Ateleus fuliginosus . 23,26,41
Ateleus fusciceps . 25,27,43
Ateleus geoffroyi 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 44. 45
Ateleus grisescens - 25, 27, 37, 38, 39
Ateleus hybridus ... 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 47
Ateleus hypoxanthus . 23,24,26
Ateleus marginatus ....23,24,25,27,34
Ateleus melanochir ...23,24,25,45,46
Ateleus ornatus . 25,45
Ateleus pan . 26,27,41
Ateleus paniscus
22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30
Ateleus pentadactylus 22, 23, 24, 25, 29
Ateleus rufiventris . 25,26,27,36
Ateleus subpentadactylus . 23
Ateleus variegatus .23,24,25,26,27,31
Ateleus vellerosus . 25,40,41
Atelocheirus . , . 21
ater (Ateles) . 23,24,25,26,27,30
ater (Ateleus . 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 30
ater (Cebus) . 23,30
ater (Sapajou) . 30
aterrimus (Cercocebus)
257, 258, 259, 267, 268, 270, 272
aterrimus (Cercopithecus) ....257, 270
atys (Cercocebus) .... 178, 255, 256, 262
atys (Simia) . 179
audeberti (Cynomolgos) . 181
audeberti (Zati) Cynamolgos.. 181, 222
audeberti (Cynamolgos) sinicus. . .222
aureus (Inuus) . 179,230
aureus (Macacus)
179, 180, 181, 182, 230, 231
aurora (Cercopithecus 1.) . 312
aurora (Lasiopyga) . 294,307,312
aygula (Cynamolgos) . 181
azarae (Aotus) . 11
azarae (Cebus)
69, 70, 71. 72, 73, 77, 78, 106, 107, 109
azarae (Otocebus) Cebus . 107
azarae (Nyctipithecus) . 3, 11
azarae Simia (Pithecus) . 2, 11
Page
babuin (Cynocephalus)
1 19, 120, 121, 122, 126, 137, 139, 140
babuin (Papio) . 120, 121, 123, 138
barbatus (Cebus)
67, 68, 69, 71,72, 75, 93, 94
barbatus (Calyptrocebus) Cebus.... 93
bartletti (Ateles) . 25,31
bartletti (Ateleus) . 25
baweanus (Pithecus) . . 185, ^87, 190, 241
beirensis (Cercopithecus a.) . 366
beirensis (Lasiopyga) . 291
beirensis (Lasiopyga a.) . .295, 359, 366
belzebuth (Ateles) . .23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 39
belzebuth (Ateleus)
23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 39, 41, 42
belzebuth (Simia) . 40
bintangensis (Pithecus)
185, 187, 190, 246, 247, 248
boliviensis (Aotus) . 3,4,5,9,11
boutourlini (Cercopithecus) ...286,310
boutourlini (Lasiopyga)
286, 287, 289, 291, 294, 307, 310
Brachyteles . 24, 25, 49
Brachyteles arachnoides . 22,50,51
Brachyteles hypoxanthus . 50
Brachyteles macrotarsus . 49,50,52
Brachyteleus . 23,24,25,26,49,50
Brachyteleus arachnoides ....24,49,50
Brachyteleus hypoxanthus . 24
brachyurus (Macacus) . 181
brachyurus (Maimon) Pithecus ...205
brachyurus (Pithecus) ....185,216,217
brazzae (Cercopithecus) . 378
brazzae (Lasiopyga)
287, 289, 291, 295, 323
376, 377, 378, 379, 380
brazziformes (Cercopithecus) ..291, 378
brazziformes (Lasiopyga n.) . 379
brevicaudus (Pithecus)
185, 187, 188, 216, 217
brissoni (Cebus) . 23,40,70,93
broca (Macaca) . 185,205
brockmani (Papio) . 123, 125, 147
brocus (Pithecus) . 185,206
brunescens (Cynopithecus) . 168
brunescens (Inuus) Papio . 167
brunneus (Macacus) . 191,192
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INDEX OF LATIN NAMES
Page
budgetti (Cercopithecus L.) . 329
budgetti (Lasiopyga) . 292,294
budgetti (Lasiopyga t.)
325. 329. 331, 332
buffoni (Cebus) . 70,102
burnetti (Cercopithecus) . .282, 284, 353
burnetti (Lasiopyga)
282, 292, 295, 349, 353
buttikoferi (Cercopithecus).. . .286, 302
buttikoferi (Cercopithecus p.) . 302
buttikoferi (Lasiopyga)
286, 287, 288, 292, 295, 298, 302
cagayanus (Cynomolgos) . 250
cagayanus (Pithecus) 185, 187, 190, 251
caliginosus (Cebus) . 76, 77, 78, 112
callida (Lasiopyga) . 294,326,343
callida (Lasiopyga p.) . 294,343
Callithrix infulatus . 2,5,6
callitrichus (Cercopithecus)
283, 285, 286, 333
callitrichus (Lasiopyga)
285, 287, 292, 295, 325, 333, 334,335
Calyptrocebus . 64
campbelli (Cercopithecus)
284, 285, 286, 287, 352
campbelli (Lasiopyga)
281, 287, 292, 295, 349, 352, 353
cana (Lagothrix) - -53, 54, 55, 56, 60, 61
cana (Simia) . 55, 60
caparro (Lagothrix) . 54, 57, 61
capillatus (Cebus) . 73, 74, 97
capitalis (Pithecus) . . . 185, 186, 189, 235
capucina (Simia) .. .64, 66, 67, 74, 82, 83
capucinus (Cebus)
46, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76
78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 95, 98
carbonaria (Simia) . 179
carboharius (Macacus)
179, 180, 181, 182, 230, 231, 232
carimatae (Pithecus)
185, 187, 190, 235, 240
carpolegus (Simia) . 178,205
carruthersi (Lasiopyga)
291,294,307,315
carruthersi (Cercopithecus s.) . 315
\\ castaneus (Cebus) . .71, 72, 75, 76, 78, 94
castelnaui (Lagothrix) . 54,55,62
Page
cayennensis (Cebus) . 23
cayennensis (Cebus p.) . 28
Cebidae . 1
Cebinas . 21
Cebus 23, 54, 64, 65, 66, 67, 69, 70, 72, 74
83, 84, 90, 91, 92, 1 12, 274
Cebus albifrons
68, 69, 70, 7 1, 72, 73, 74, 75, 77
78, 82, 85, 88, 89, 98, hi
Cebus (Calyptrocebus) albifrons.. . .88
Cebus albus . 68, 70, 72, 93
Cebus (Calyptrocebus) albus . 93
Cebus annellatus . 73, 74,80
Cebus antiguensis . 69
Cebus apella
66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77
78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 94, 95, 103, 1 12
Cebus (Calyptrocebus) apella . 80
Cebus apiculatus .... 76, 77, 78, 85, 100
Cebus arachnoides . 23, 51
Cebus ater . 23.30
Cebus azarae
69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 77, 78, 106, 107, 109
Cebus (Otocebus) azarae . 107
Cebus azarae pallidus
77, 78, 106, 107, 108, 109
Cebus barbatus . . 67, 68, 69, 71, 72, 93, 94
Cebus (Calyptrocebus) barbatus. .. .93
Cebus brissoni . 23,40,93
Cebus brissonii . 70
Cebus buffoni . 69,70,102
Cebus caliginosus . 76, 77, 78, 112
Cebus capillatus . 73, 74, 97
Cebus capucinus
46, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76
78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 95, 98
Cebus capucinus nigripectus
76, 77, 78, 86
Cebus castaneus . . .71, 72, 75, 76, 78, 94
Cebus cayennensis . 23
Cebus chamek . 28
Cebus chrysopus
68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 77, 78, 99
Cebus (Calyptrocebus) chrysopus.. .98
Cebus cirrifer
6 7, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75
77, 78, 87, 102, 103, 109, hi
Cebus (Otocebus) cirrifer . no
INDEX OF LATIN NAMES
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Page
Cebus crassiceps
72, 77. 78, 86, 97,111,112
Cebus (Eucebus) crassipes . 111
Cebus cristatus . 69, 70, 72, no
Cebus (Otocebus) cristatus . no
Cebus cucullatus . . .68, 70, 71, 72, 96, 98
Cebus (Eucebus) cucullatus . 93
Cebus elegans . 71, 72, 73, 107, 108
Cebus (Otocebus) elegans . 107
Cebus fallax . 75,80,82
Cebus fatuellus
67, 68, 69, 70, 71. 72, 73, 75, 77, 78, 79, 81
84, 100, 102, 103, 104, 105, no, 113
Cebus (Otocebus) fatuellus . 103
Cebus f. peruanus . 75, 77, 78, 104
Cebus felinus . 5
Cebus fistulator . 72
Cebus (Eucebus) fistulator . 103
Cebus flavescens . 73, 74, 91,92
Cebus f. cuscinus . 76,92
Cebus flavus 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 7 5, 77
78, 84, 93, 94, 100
Cebus (Pseudocebus) flavus . 93
Cebus frontatus
68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 74, 75, 77, 78, 86, 87
Cebus (Otocebus) frontatus ....86,87
Cebus fuliginosus . 23,40
Cebus fulvus . 68,70,72,93
Cebus geoffroyi . 23
Cebus gracilis
68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 76, 88, 89, 91
Cebus (Calyptrocebus) gracilis ....88
Cebus griseus . 68, ,69, 72, 79
Cebus (Eucebus) griseus . 79
Cebus hypoleucus . .46, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72
73, 74, 75, 80, 82, 83, 84
Cebus (Calyptrocebus) hypoleucus.. 82
Cebus hypomelas . 72,79,81,82
Cebus hypoxanthus . 23,51
Cebus imitator . 83,84
Cebus lacepedii . 72
Cebus lagothrix . 57
Cebus leucocephalus . 73, 74, 88, 89
Cebus leucogenys . 73, 74, no
Cebus libidinosus
68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 74, 75, 77, 78, 101
Cebus (Calyptrocebus) libidinosus iox
Cebus lunatus . 68, 69, 70, 72, 87
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Cebus (Otocebus) lunatus . 86
Cebus macrocephalus
68, 69, 70, 72, 77, 78, 104
Cebus (Eucebus) macrocephalus.. . 104
Cebus malitiosus . 76. 77, 78. 98
Cebus marginatus . 23
Cebus monachus .. .68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 96
Cebus (Eucebus) monachus . 96
Cebus niger . 68, 69, 72, 75, no, nr
Cebus (Otocebus) niger . no
Cebus nigrivittatus . 70, 71, 72, 79
Cebus olivaceus . 70, 71, 72, 79
Cebus (Calyptrocebus) olivaceus .. .80
Cebus pallidus . 73, 74. 108
Cebus paniscus . 28
Cebus p. cayennensis . 28
Cebus p. surinamensis . 28
Cebus paraguayensis . 69,72
Cebus (Calyptrocebus) paraguayen-
sis . 79
Cebus pentadactylus . 23
Cebus pucherani . 79
Cebus robustus
68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 95- 104, 113
Cebus (Eucebus) robustus . 96
Cebus subcristatus . 73, 74, 96, 97
Cebus surinamensis . 23
Cebus trepidus . 67, 69, 72
Cebus trivirgatus . 16
Cebus unicolor
68, 69, 70, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 91, 92
Cebus (Pseudocebus) unicolor . 91
Cebus u. cuscinus . 77, 78. 92
Cebus variegatus
68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 77
78, 87, 91, 95, 97, 98, 104, 113
Cebus (Eucebus) variegatus . 93
Cebus vellerosus
7 1, 72, 73, 74, 77, 78, 113
Cebus (Otocebus) vellerosus . 113
Cebus versicolor . 70, 71, 72, 88, 89
Cebus versuta . 76,77, 78, 105, 109
Cebus vociferans . 13
Cebus xanthocephalus
68, 69, 70, 71, 73, 74, 96, 98
Cebus xanthosternos . .68, 69, 70, 71, 95
centralis (Cercopithecus) 289, 344, 346
centralis (Cercopithecus a.) . 344
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centralis (Lasiopyga)
289, 292, 294, 326, 343
344. 345. 346, 347
cephaloptera (Presbytis) . 220
cephaloptera (Pygathrix) . 181
cephodes (Cercopithecus) . 321
cephodes (Lasiopyga) 292, 296, 319, 321
cephus (Cercopithecus)
277, 282, 284, 285, 286, 320
cephus (Lasiopyga)
278.. 279. 280, 281, 283, 287, 289
292, 295, 319, 321.. 322.. 323
cephus (Simia) . 278,319
Cercocebus
178, 180, 183, 254, 255, 256, 257
259, 263, 269, 274, 284, 337
Cercocebus aethiopicus . 258
Cercocebus aethiops
255, 256, 257, 258, 259, 260
261, 262, 263, 279, 281, 284
Cercocebus agilis . 257, 258, 259, 264
Cercocebus albigena
256, 257, 258, 259, 266, 267, 268, 269, 270
Cercocebus (Semnocebus) albigena 266
Cercocebus a. johnstoni
258, 259, 267, 268, 272
Cercocebus a. rothschildi . 258,270
Cercocebus a. zenkeri ....258,259,269
Cercocebus aterrimus
257. 258, 259, 267, 268, 270, 272
Cercocebus atys . 178, 255, 256, 262
Cercocebus chrysogaster. .258, 259, 264
Cercocebus collaris . 256,257,260
Cercocebus congicus. .257, 258, 270, 271
Cercocebus cynomolgos . . . 178, 183, 229
Cercocebus fuliginosus
254. 255, 256, 257, 258, 261, 264, 281
Cercocebus galeritus..257, 258, 259, 265
Cercocebus hagenbecki ...258,259,265
Cercocebus hamlyni . .258, 270, 271, 295
Cercocebus jamrachi . 258,267,268
Cercocebus lunulatus
256, 257, 258, 259, 263
Cercocebus pileatus . 183, 223
Cercocebus radiatus . 178,221
Cercocebus sinicus . . . 178, 183, 222, 223
Cercocebus torquatus
255. 256, 257, 258, 259, 260, 263, 279
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Cercopithecus
21, 1 18, 146, 1 77, 178, 255, 256, 257,
261, 276, 277, 280, 281, 282, 283, 284, 285
286, 287, 288, 289, 290, 291, 293, 313, 377
Cercopithecus aethiopicus
256, 258, 260, 281
Cercopithecus aethiops
257, 260, 279, 281, 284, 290, 292, 336
Cercopithecus (Cercocebus) aethiops
260
Cercopithecus albigularis
273, 284, 285, 286, 310, 363, 365, 367
Cercopithecus a. beirensis . 366
Cercopthecus a. kinobotensis . 366
Cercopithecus a. rufilatus . 368
Cercopithecus ascanius
284, 286, 303, 306, 318
Cercopithecus a. schmidti . 306
Cercopithecus a. whitesidei
293, 298, 305
Cercopithecus albitorquatus ...288,360
Cercopithecus aterrimus . 257
Cercopithecus boutourlini _ 286,310
Cercopithecus brazzae . 378
Cercopithecus brazzae-formes 291, 378
Cercopithecus burnetti ...282,284,353
Cercopithecus buttikoferi . 286,302
Cercopithecus callitrichus
283, 285, 286, 333
Cercopithecus campbelli
284, 285, 286, 287, 352
Cercopithecus centralis ...289,344,346
Cercopithecus a. centralis . 344
Cercopithecus c. johnstoni . 346
Cercopithecus c. luteus . 346
Cercopithecus c. whytei . 345
Cercopithecus cephodes . 321
Cercopithecus cephus
2 77, 282, 284, 285, 286, 320
Cercopithecus circumcinctus . 285
Cercopithecus chrysurus . 282,286
Cercopithecus collaris 256, 257, 260, 284
Cercopithecus (Cercocebus) col-
laris . 260
Cercopithecus crossi . 290
Cercopithecus cynocephalus . 137
cercopithecus (Cynomolgos)
177, 1 78, 230
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Cercopithecus cynosurus
282, 284, 285, 286, 337
Cercopithecus c. centralis . 344
Cercopithecus diadematus
281,282, 308, 381
Cercopithecus denti . 290,351
Cercopithecus diana
282, 284, 285, 286, 308, 380, 381
Cercopithecus d. var. ignita. . .285, 380
Cercopithecus d. ignitus . 380
Cercopithecus djamdjamensis . 327
Cercopithecus ellenbecki . 292,327
Cercopithecus ellenbecki hilgerti. .327
Cercopithecus engythithea . 285
Cercopithecus erxlebeni
2 77, 284, 285, 287, 289, 355
Cercopithecus erxlebeni var. nigripes
285, 355
Cercopithecus erythrarchus
283, 284, 286, 287, 364
Cercopithecus erythrogaster ..286,301
Cercopithecus erythropyga . 339
Cercopithecus erythrotis
284, 285, 286, 324
Cercopithecus ezrae . 378
Cercopithecus fantinensis
280, 286, 300, 302
Cercopithecus faunus . 177
Cercopithecus flavidus
283, 284, 285, 287, 288, 341
Cercopithecus francescae . 289,369
Cercopithecus fuliginosus
256, 257, 262, 281, 284
Cercopithecus (Cercocebus) fuligi¬
nosus . 262
Cercopithecus grayi . 283,284,355
Cercopithecus g. nigripes . 355
Cercopithecus griseoviridis
278, 284, 285, 336
Cercopithecus griseus ....280,282,336
Cercopithecus hamadryas . 143
Cercopithecus hamadryas ursinus
118, 143
Cercopithecus hamlyni . 273
Cercopithecus hilgerti . 327
Cercopithecus histrio . 284,303
Cercopithecus inobservatus . 322
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Cercopithecus insignis . 298,372
Cercopithecus insolitus . 29 7,372
Cercopithecus kandti . 290, 371
Cercopithecus kolbi . 361
Cercopithecus k. hindei . 362
Cercopithecus k. nubilus . 362
Cercopithecus labiatus _ 282,284,375
Cercopithecus lallandi
282, 283, 284, 285, 339
Cercopithecus leucampyx
284, 285, 286, 287, 308, 310, 376
Cercopithecus 1. aurora . 312
Cercopithecus l’hoesti . 289,297
Cercopithecus l’hoesti thomasi . 371
Cercopithecus ludio
283, 284, 285, 287, 318
Cercopithecus lunulatus . .256, 263, 293
Cercopithecus luteus . 293
Cercopithecus martini 284, 285, 305, 318
Cercopithecus matschie . 326
Cercopithecus melanogenys
282, 284, 285, 286, 287, 303, 318
Cercopithecus moloneyi . 368
Cercopithecus mona
282, 284, 285, 286, 350
Cercopithecus monoides
282, 283, 284, 287, 288, 364, 365
Cercopithecus neglectus . .286, 376, 378
Cercopithecus n. brazziformis . 378
Cercopithecus nemaeus . 285
Cercopithecus neumanni . 313
Cercopithecus nictitans
2 77, 282, 284, 285, 286, 305, 316, 318
Cercopithecus n. laglaizi . 317
Cercopithecus nigripes . 284,354
Cercopithecus nigriviridis . 348
Cercopithecus ochraceus
121, 138, 283, 284, 285, 288
Cercopithecus omensis . 289,310
Cercopithecus opisthostictus. . .287, 310
Cercopithecus otoleucus ......289,312
Cercopithecus palatinus
284, 287, 288, 381
Cercopithecus patas . 285,286,287
Cercopithecus petaurista
282, 283, 284, 285, 286, 300
Cercopithecus p. buttikoferi . 302
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Cercopithecus p. fantiensis . 300
Cercopithecus petronellae . 294,358
Cercopithecus picturatus
286, 287, 288, 303
Cercopithecus pileatus . 178,223
Cercopithecus pluto
282, 284, 285, 308, 313
Cercopithecus pogonias
281, 284, 285, 286, 354, 355.. 356
Cercopithecus p. pallidus . 356
Cercopithecus poliophaeus . 285
Cercopithecus preussi . 289, 370
Cercopithecus p. insularis . 370
Cercopithecus princeps . 315
Cercopithecus pusillus . . . . 280, 339, 341
Cercopithecus pygerythrus
282, 284, 285, 286, 338
Cercopithecus pyrrhonotus
284, 285, 286, 287, 290
Cercopithecus radiatus . 178,221
Cercopithecus roloway ...282,284,381
Cercopithecus rubellus . 342
Cercopithecus ruber . 284,285
Cercopithecus rubra . .281
Cercopithecus rufitinctus . 374
Cercopithecus rufoniger . 280
Cercopithecus rufoviridis
282, 284, 286, 341
Cercopithecus p. rufoviridis . 342
Cercopithecus sabaeus
282, 283, 284, 285, 286, 292, 333, 336
Cercopithecus samango
282, 284, 285, 286, 287, 288, 375
Cercopithecus schmidti . 286,306
Cercopithecus sclateri . . . .289, 290. 323
Cercopithecus signatus . 286,305
Cercopithecus silaceus . 347
Cercopithecus silenus . 177
Cercopithecus sinicus .... 177, 178, 221
Cercopithecus stairsi
286, 287, 319, 372, 373, 374
Cercopithecus s. mossambicus ....373
Cercopithecus stampflii
286, 287, 319, 372, 373, 374
Cercopithecus sticticeps . 317
Cercopithecus stuhlmanni
287, 291,312,313,315
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Cercopithecus s. carruthersi . 315
Cercopithecus s. doggetti - 314, 327
Cercopithecus talapoin . 279,286
Cercopithecus (Lasiopyga) tantalus
329
Cercopithecus tantalus
282, 286, 328, 329
Cercopthecus t. alexandri . 332
Cercopithecus t. budgetti . 329
Cercopithecus t. griseistictus . 330
Cercopithecus temmincki.,282, 318, 382
Cercopithecus tephrops
281, 282, 285, 338
Cercopithecus thomasi . 370
Cercopithecus veter . 177
Cercopithecus vetulus . 177
Cercopithecus werneri 283, 284, 286, 334
Cercopithecus wolfi . 286,351
Chaeropithecus . 115,122,125
Chaeropithecus hamadryas 120, 144, 153
Chaeropithecus leucocephalus . 122
Chamek (Ateles) . 24
Chamek (Cebus) . 28
Chamek (Simia) . 28
Cheiropithecus . 121
Cheiropithecus porcarius . 134
Chirogale . 8
Chirogaleus commergonii . 5,7
Chlorocebus . 275,285,296,325
Chlorocebus cynosurus . 285,338
Chlorocebus engythithea . 285,336
Chlorocebus pygerythrus . 285,339
Chlorocebus rufoviridis . 285, 342
Chlorocebus sabaeus . 285
Chlorocebus tantalus . 328
Choiropithecus . 115
choras (Cynocephalus) ...120,130,131
chrysogaster (Cercocebus)
258, 259, 264
chrysopus (Cebus)
68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 77, 78, 99
chrysopus (Calyptrocebus) Cebus... 99
chrysurus (Cercopithecus) ....282,286
chuva (Ateles) . 25,31,38
chuva (Ateleus) . 25
cinerea (Papio) Simia . 152. 154
circumcinctus (Cercopithecus) ....285
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cirrifer (Cebus)
6 7, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75
77, 78, 87, 102, 103, 109, hi
cirrifer (Otocebus) Cebus . no
cirrifer (Simia) . 67
collaris (Cercocebus) ....256,257,260
collaris (Cercocebus) Cercopithecus
260
collaris (Cercopithecus)
256, 257, 260, 284
collaris (Cercocebus) Pithecus ....260
Colobus polycomus . 23
comatus (Cynocephalus) . 134
comatus (Papio) . 119,134
commenjonii (Chirogaleus) . 5,7
commersoni (Nyctipithecus) . 3,6
congicus (Cercocebus) 257, 258, 270, 271
crassiceps (Cebus)
72,77,78, 87, 97, in, 1 12
crassipes (Eucebus) Cebus . in
cristatus (Cebus) . 70,71,110
cristatus (Otocebus) Cebus . no
cristatus (Macacus) . 182, 249
crossi (Cercopithecus) . 290
cucullatus (Ateles) . 25,27,38
cucullatus (Ateleus) . ....25,27,38
cucullatus (Cebus) 68, 70, 71, 72, 96, 98
cucullatus (Eucebus) Cebus . 96
cupidus (Pithecus)
185, 187, 190, 241, 242
cuscinus (Cebus f.) . 76,92
cuscinus (Cebus u.) . 77, 78, 92
cyclopsis (Macacus) . 182, 183, 202
cyclopsis (Pithecus) . 187,188,202
Cynamolgos . 176
Cynamolgos audeberti . 222
Cynamolgos pileatus . 223
Cynamolgos sinicus . 222
Cynocebus . 275
Cynocephala doguera . 123, 126
Cynocephala simia 118, 119, 122. 137, 139
Cynocephalana . 122,160
Cynocephalus
115, 119, 120, 121, 122, 146, 178, 180
Cynocephalus anubis . 119,121,122
Cynocephalus babuin
119, 120, 121, 122, 126, 137, 139, 140
cynocephalus (Cercopithecus) ....137
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Cynocephalus choras . 120,130,131
Cynocephalus comatus . 134
Cynocephalus cynocephalus . 119
cynocephalus (Cynomolgos) ..138,181
Cynocephalus gelada . 120
Cynocephalus hamadryas
119, 120, 121, 144, 146, 157
Cynocephalus inuus . 173, 178
Cynocephalus langeldi . 122, 138
Cynocephalus leucophseus
119, 120, 121, 122, 152
Cynocephalus mormon
119, 120, 121, 150
Cynocephalus nemestrinus ....178,205
Cynocephalus niger . 159
Cynocephalus olivaceus ..121,130,131
cynocephalus (Papio)
117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123
124, 129, 130, 137, 139, 140
Cynocephalus papio . 119,130
Cynocephalus porcarius
119, 120, 121, 122, 126, 134
Cynocephalus rhesus . 178
Cynocephalus silenus . 181,219
Cynocephalus sinensis . 177
Cynocephalus sphinx 119, 120, 121, 130
Cynocephalus thoth ..120,121,122,137
Cynocephalus ursinus .... 120, 121, 134
Cynocephalus wagleri . 119,144
Cynomolgos . 176,181
Cynomolgos albus . 181
Cynomolgos (Zati) audebertii 181, 222
Cynomolgos aygula . . 180
Cynomolgos carbonarius . 181
cynomolgos (Cercocebus) 178,183,229
Cynomolgos cercopithecus 177, 178,230
Cynomolgos cynocephalus _ 138,181
Cynomolgos inuus . 179,181,230
cynomolgos (Macacus)
178, 179, 180, 182, 183, 184, 230, 231, 233
Cynomolgos (Macacus) var. cum-
mingii . 182
Cynomolgos (mindanensis) . 249
Cynomolgos mindanensis apoensis
250, 252
Cynomolgos mulatta . 181
Cynomolgos palpebrosus . 181,249
cynomolgos (Papio) . 144
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Cynomolgos philippinensis ...181,249
Cynomolgos (Zati) pileatus
181, 183, 223
Cynomolgos pithecus . 178
cynomolgos (Simia)
143? 146, 176, 177, 179, 184, 229, 230
Cynomolgos sinicus . 181,183,222
Cynomolgos (Zati) sinicus . 222
Cynomolgos suluensis . 252
Cynopithecus 120, 121, 159, 160, 161, 163
164, 170, 180, 183, 184, 192
Cynopithecus brunescens . 168
Cynopithecus hecki . 163, 164
Cynopithecus hypomelas . . 163, 164, 166
Cynopithecus maurus . 161, 166
Cynopithecus niger
120, 159, 160, 161, 162
163, 164, 166, 184, 192
Cynopithecus nigrescens
160, 161, 162, 164, 166, 184
Cynopithecus ochreatus ..161,164,168
Cynopithecus speciosus . 120,195
Cynopithecus tonkeanus . 161
cynosura (Lasiopyga)
279, 280, 281, 282, 283, 285
287, 289, 292, 296, 325, 337
cynosura (Simia) . 279, 280, 337
cynosurus (Cercopithecus)
282, 284, 285, 286, 337
cynosurus (Chlorocebus) . 285, 338
denti (Cercopithecus) . 290,351
denti (Lasiopyga) 290, 292, 295, 349, 351
diadematus (Cercopithecus)
281, 282, 308, 381
Diademia . . .275, 291
Diana . 275
diana (Cercopithecus)
282, 284, 285, 286, 308, 380, 381
diana (Lasiopyga)
278, 279, 280, 281, 283
285, 287, 295, 376, 380
diana (Simia) . . . .278, 279, 280, 380, 381
djamdjamensis (Lasiopyga)
289, 292, 294, 325, 327
doggetti (Cercopithecus s.) . . .314, 327
doggetti (Lasiopyga) 291,294,307,314
doguera (Cj(nocephala) . 123,126
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doguera (Papio)
1 17, 1 18, 121, 122, 123, 124
125, 126, 128, 129, 138
dollmani (Pithecus).. . 185, 187, 190,248
douroucouli (Nyctipithecus) . 16
Drill . 1x5
drill (Mormon) . 120,153
ecaudatus (Inuus) . . . 173, 178, 181, 182
elegans (Cebus) .... 71, 72, 73, 107, 108
elegans (Otocebus) Cebus . 107
ellenbecki (Cercopithecus) ...292,327
ellenbecki (Lasiopyga) ...290,292,327
engythithia (Cercopithecus) . 285
engythithia (Chlorocebus) ....285,336
engythithia (Lasiopyga) . 289
Eriodes . 24,49,50
Eriodes arachnoides . 24,50,51
Eriodes frontatis . 24
Eriodes frontatus . 24,44
Eriodes hemidactylus . 50
Eriodes hybridus . 47
Eriodes hypoxanthus . 24, 50
Eriodes tuberifer . 50,51
erxlebeni (Cercopithecus)
277, 284, 285, 287, 289, 355
erythraea (Simia) . 213,215
erythraeus (Inuus) . 180,181,213
erythraeus (Macacus)
178, 179, 180, 181, 183, 214, 216
erythraeus (Macacus) Pithecus ... .214
erythrarchus (Cercopithecus)
283, 284, 286, 287, 364
erythrarchus (Lasiopyga) . 365
Erythrocebus
252, 281, 283, 284, 286, 287, 291
Erythrocebus patas . 281,284,287
Erythrocebus pyrrhonotus . 287
erythrogaster (Cercopithecus) 286, 301
erythrogaster (Lasiopyga)
286, 287, 288, 292, 295, 298, 301
erythropyga (Simia) . 281
erythrotis (Cercopithecus)
284, 285, 286, 324
erythrotis (Lasiopyga)
281, 287, 289, 292, 296, 319, 323, 324
Eucebus .
ezrae (Cercopithecus) . 378
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fallax (Cebus) . 75,80,82
fantiensis (Cercopithecus)
280, 286, 300, 302
fantiensis (Lasiopyga)
280, 282, 283, 285, 288, 292
295.. 298, 299, 300, 306
fantiensis (Lasiopyga p.) . .288, 295, 300
fascicularis (Macacus) . 233
fascicularis (Pithecus)
178, 186, 189, 227, 228, 232
233, 234, 235, 236, 237
fascicularis (Simia) . 178
fatuellus (Cebus)
67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 75, 77, 78, 79
81, 84, 100, 102, 103, 104, 105, no, 1 13
fatuellus (Otocebus) Cebus . 103
fatuellus ( Simia) . 67,102,113,233
faunus (Simia) . 176,177
felinus (Aotus) . 2,7
felinus (Cebus) . 5
felinus (Nyctipithecus) ...2,3,5,6,7,15
ferox (Simia) . 177,218
fistulator (Cebus) . 72
fistulator (Eucebus) Cebus . 103
flavescens (Cebus) . 73, 74, 91, 92
flavescens (Simia) . 139
flavia (Simia) . 93
flavidus (Cercopithecus)
283, 284, 285, 287, 288, 341
flavus Cebus) . . .67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 75
77, 78, 84, 93, 94, 100
flavus (Pseudocebus) Cebus . 93
francescae (Cercopithecus) ...289,369
francescae (Lasiopyga)
289, 291, 295, 359, 369
frontatis (Ateles) . 35
frontatus (Ateles) . 24
frontatus (Ateles m.) . 44
frontatus (Ateleus) . 24
frontatus (Cebus)
68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 74, 75, 77, 78, 86, 87
frontatus (Eriodes) . 24,44
frontatus (Otocebus) Cebus ....86,87
fuliginosus (Ateles) . 23,26,40
fuliginosus (Ateleus) . 23,26,41
fuliginosus (Cebus) . 23,40
fuliginosus (Cercocebus)
254, 255, 256, 257, 258, 261, 264, 281
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fuliginosus (Cercopithecus)
256, 257, 262, 281, 284
fuliginosus Cercopithecus (Cerco¬
cebus) . 262
fuliginosus Pithecus (Cercocebus)262.
fuliginosus (Simia) . 256,262
fulvus (Cebus) . 68, 70, 72, 93
fur (Macacus) . 182
furax (Papio) . 123,124,128
fuscatus (Inuus) . 195
fuscatus (Macacus) . 182,183,195
fuscatus (Pithecus)
120, 181, 182, 188, 195
fusciceps (Ateles) . 25,27,43
fusciceps (Ateleus) . 25,27,43
fusco-ater (Inuus) . 181
fusco-ater (Macacus) ....165,167,181
fuscus (Macacus) . 228
fuscus (Pithecus) .... 186, 189, 228, 229
galeritus (Cercocebus) 257, 258, 259, 265
Gastrimargus . 53
Gastrimargus infumatus . 54,61,62
Gastrimargus olivaceus . 54, 57, 61
Gelada . 155
gelada (Cynocephalus) . 120
gelada (Macacus) . 155
gelada (Papio) . 120,121,155
Gelada riippelli . 156
gelada (Theropithecus)
120, 121, 155, 156
geoffroyi (Ateles)
23, 24, 25, 26,27,31,32,44
geoffroyi (Ateleus)
23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 44, 45
geoffroyi (Cebus) . 23
geoffroyi (Lagothrix) ....54,55,61,62
geoffroyi (Sapajou) . .....44
geron (Macacus) . 181
geron Macacus (Pithecus) . 214
gracilis (Cebus)
68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 76, 88, 89, 91
gracilis (Calyptrocebus) Cebus . 88
grayi (Cercopithecus) - 283,284,355
grayi (Lasiopyga)
283, 284, 285, 287, 289
292, 295, 349, 355, 356
gricescens (Ateles) . 25,2 7,37
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gricescens (Ateleus) ...25,27,37,38,39
griseimembra (Aotus) . 3, 4, 5, 15
griseisticta (Lasiopyga t.)
293, 294. 325, 33i
griseistictus (Cercopithecus t.) _ 331
griseoviridis (Cercopithecus)
278, 284, 285, 336
griseoviridis (Lasiopyga)
280, 281, 282, 283, 285, 287, 289
290, 292, 294, 325, 334 336, 337
griseus (Cebus) . 68, 69, 72, 79
griscus Cebus (Eucebus) . 79
griseus (Cercopithecus) ..280,282,336
gularis (Aotus) . 3,4,5,18
Gymnopyga . 165
hagenbecki (Cercocebus)..258, 259, 265
Hamadryas . 115,122,143
Hamadryas aegyptiaca .. ..122, 144, 146
hamadryas (Cercopithecus) . 143
hamadryas (Chceropithecus)
120, 144, 153
hamadryas (Cynocephalus)
119, 120, 121, 144, 146, 157
hamadryas (Papio)
117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125
129, 138, 139, M3, 144, 147, 157, 177, 178
Hamadryas porcarius . 134
hamadryas (Simia)
118, 119, 143, 176, 184, 231
hamlyni (Cercopithecus)
258, 270, 271, 273
harmandi (Macacus) . 184.193
harmandi (Pithecus).. 184, 187, 188, 193
hecki (Cynopithecus) . 163,164
hecki (Papio) . ’ IgI
hecki (Inuus) Papio . I(52
hemidactylus (Eriodes) . 50
heuglini (Papio) . . 122, 123, 124. 125, 129
hilgerti (Cercopithecus) . 327
hilgerti (Cercopithecus e.) . 327
hilgerti (Lasiopyga)
3
hindei (Cercopithecus k.) . A
hindei (Lasiopyga k.) 292, 295, 359, 3
histrio (Cercopithecus) . 284,3
histrio (Lasiopyga) . 2
humboldti (Lagothrix) 53, 54? 55; S6.
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hybridus (Ateles).. .23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 47
hybridus (Ateleus) .23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 47
hybridus (Eriodes) . 47
Hylobates . 22
hypoleucus (Cebus)
46, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73
74, 75, 80, 82, 83, 84
hypoleucus (Calyptrocebus) Cebus. 82
hypoleucus (Simia) . 67, 75, 82
hypomelas (Cebus) . 72, 79, 81,82
hypomelas (Cynopithecus)
163, 164, 166
hypomelas (Papio) . 161
hypomelas (Inuus) . 162
hypoxanthus (Ateles).. 23, 24, 26, 49, 50
hypoxanthus (Ateleus) . 23,24,26
hypoxanthus (Cebus) . 23, 51
hypoxanthus (Eriodes) . 24,50
ibeanus (Papio) . 122,124,133
ibeanus (Papio t.) . 122, 123, 133
ignita (Cercopithecus d.) . 285,380
ignitus (Cercopithecus) . 380
imitator (Cebus) . 83,84
impudens (Pithecus).. 185, 187, 190, 246
infulatus (Aotus)
2> 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 15, 1 7, 18
infulatus (Callithrix) . 2,5,6
infulatus (Nyctipithecus) . 3
infumata (Lagothrix) . .54, 55, 56, 59, 62
infumatus (Gastrimargus).. . .54, 61, 62
inobservata (Lasiopyga)
293,296,319,322
inobservatus (Cercopithecus). .293, 322
inornatus (Macacus) . 166, 169, 170
inornatus (Papio) . 161
Insignicebus . 296,359
insignis (Cercopithecus) . 298.372
insignis (Lasiopyga)
293, 296, 298, 360, 372
insolita (Lasiopyga) . .293, 295, 298, 323
insolitus (Cercopithecus) . 297, 372
insulana (Macaca) . 185,207
insulanus (Pithecus). . 185, 186, 188,’ 207
insularis (Cercopithecus p.) . 370
insularis (Lasiopyga p.) . .296, 360, 370
Inuus . ii9, 172, 178, 179, 180, 182
Inuus arctoides . 180,181,191
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Inuus assamensis . 210
Inuus aureus . 179,230
Inuus carbonarius . 230
inuus (Cynocephalus) . 173, 178
inuus (Cynomolgos) . 179,181,230
Inuus ecaudatus . 173, 178, 181, 182
Inuus erythraeus . 180,181,213
Inuus fuscatus . 195
Inuus fusco-ater . 181
Inuus inuus . 178
Inuus leoninus . 208
inuus (Macacus) . 173, 178, 179
Inuus nemestrinus . . . 178, 180, 181, 205
Inuus niger . 162,180
Inuus palpebrosus . 181,248
Inuus pelops . 181,210,211
Inuus (Rhesus) pelops . 210
Inuus pileatus . 223
Inuus pithecus . 174,180,181
Inuus radiatus . 179
Inuus rhesus . 178,180,213
Inuus silenus . 179,218,219
inuus (Simia) .. . . 173, 174, 175, 177, 179
Inuus sinicus . 179,181,222
Inuus (Cercocebus) sinicus . 221
Inuus (Macacus) sinicus . 222
Inuus speciosus . 180, 181, 191, 195
irus (Macacus) . 178, 230, 231
irus (Pithecus)
178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184
186, 189, 229, 232, 233, 234, 244
jamrachi (Cercocebus) ...258,267,268
johni (Pygathrix) . 181
johnstoni (Cercocebus a.)
258, 259, 267, 268, 272
johnstoni (Cercopithecus c.) . 346
johnstoni (Lasiopyga) . 292,295
johnstoni (Lasiopyga c.)
295.- 326, 343.- 345. 346, 347
kandti (Cercopithecus) . 290, 371
kandti (Lasiopyga)
290, 291,295, 360,371
karimoni (Pithecus)
185, 187, 189, 227, 236
kibonotensis (Cercopithecus). .293, 366
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kibonotensis (Lasiopyga a.)
295, 359, 366
kolbi (Cercopithecus) . 361
kolbi (Lasiopyga)
289, 291, 295, 359, 361, 362
labiata (Lasiopyga)
282, 283, 284, 285, 286, 287
288,291,295,360,375
labiatus (Cercopithecus) . .282, 284, 375
lacepedii (Cebus) . 72
laetus (Pithecus). . 185, 187, 189, 235, 236
laglaizi (Cercopithecus n.) . 317
laglaizi (Lasiopyga n.)
291.295,307,317
lagotricha (Lagothrix)
53. 54. 55, 56, 58, 59, 60, 63
lagotricha (Simia) . 53,56
Lagothrix . 25,53,54,55,56,57
Lagothrix cana ... -53, 54, 55, 56, 60, 61
Lagothrix caparro . 54, 57, 61
Lagothrix castelnaui . 54,55,62
lagothrix (Cebus) . 57
Lagothrix geoffroyi . 54,55,61,62
Lagothrix humboldti. . . 53, 54, 55, 56, 57
Lagothrix infumata ...54,55,56,59,62
Lagothrix lagothrix . 57
Lagothrix lagotricha
53, 54, 55, 56, 58, 59, 60, 63
Lagothrix lugens . 55, 56, 58
Lagothrix poppigii . 55,62
Lagothrix olivacea . 54, 57, 61
Lagothrix thomasi . 55,56,59
Lagothrix tschudi . 54,55,57
Lagothrix ubericola . 55, 56, 59, 60
lallandi (Cercopithecus)
282, 283, 284, 285, 339
lallandi (Lasiopyga) . 340,341
langeldi (Cynocephalus) . 122,138
langeldi (Papio) . 139,140
lanius (Aotus) . 3,4,5,12,19
lapsus (Pithecus) - 185, 187, 190, 244
Lasiopyga
1 18, 178, 254, 255, 261, 263, 274, 275, 276
278, 279, 280, 281, 282, 283, 284, 285
286, 287, 288, 291, 293, 294, 377, 379
Lasiopyga aethiops . 281,292
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Lasiopyga albigularis
281, 282, 283, 284, 286, 287, 288.. 291
293, 29s, 31 1, 359.- 363. 365, 367
Lasiopyga a. beirensis ...295,359.366
Lasiopyga a. kibonotensis 295, 359, 366
Lasiopyga a. rufilata. .291, 295, 359, 368
Lasiopyga albitorquata
288, 291, 292, 296, 359, 360, 361, 362
Lasiopyga albitorquatus . 362,366
Lasiopyga ansorgei . 292
Lasiopyga ascanius
278, 281, 282, 284, 285, 286, 287, 288
289, 292, 296, 298, 303, 304, 305
Lasiopyga a. whitesidei
293, 296, 298, 305
Lasiopyga aurora . 294, 307, 312
Lasiopyga beirensis . 291,295
Lasiopyga boutourlini
286, 287, 289, 291, 294, 307, 310
Lasiopyga brazzse 287, 289, 291, 295, 323
376, 377. 378, 379, 380
Lasiopyga budgetti . 292, 294
Lasiopyga burnetti
282, 292, 295, 349, 353
Lasiopyga buttikoferi
286, 287, 288, 292, 295, 298, 302
Lasiopyga callida . 294,326,343
Lasiopyga callitrichus
285, 287, 292, 295, 325, 333, 334. 335
Lasiopyga campbelli
281, 287, 292, 295, 349, 352, 353
Lasiopyga carruthersi 291, 294, 307, 315
Lasiopyga centralis
289, 292, 294, 326, 343, 344, 345, 346, 347
Lasiopyga c. johnstoni
295, 326, 343, 345, 346, 347
Lasiopyga c. lutea . 295,326,346
Lasiopyga c. whytei
292, 295, 326, 345, 346, 349
Lasiopyga cephodes. . .292, 296, 319, 321
Lasiopyga cephus
278, 279, 280, 281, 283, 287, 289
292, 295, 3x9, 321, 322, 323
Lasiopyga cynosura
279, 280, 281, 282, 283, 285
287, 289, 292, 296, 325, 337
Lasiopyga denti. . . 290, 292, 295, 349, 351
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Lasiopyga diana. .278, 279, 280, 281, 283
285, 287, 295, 376, 380
Lasiopyga djamdjamensis
289, 292, 294, 325, 327
Lasiopyga doggetti ..291,294,307,314
Lasiopyga ellenbecki . 290,292 ,327
Lasiopyga engythithea . 289
Lasiopyga erytharchus . 365
Lasiopyga erythrogaster
286, 287, 288, 289, 292, 295, 298, 301
Lasiopyga erythrotis
281, 287, 289, 292, 296, 319, 323, 324
Lasiopyga erxlebeni . 289
Lasiopyga fantiensis
280, 282, 283, 285, 288, 292
295, 298, 299, 300, 306
Lasiopyga francescae
289, 291, 295, 359, 369
Lasiopyga grayi . . 283, 284, 285, 287, 289
292, 295, 349, 355, 356
Lasiopyga g. pallida
293, 296, 349, 356, 358
Lasiopyga griseisticta . 294
Lasiopyga griseoviridis
280, 281, 282, 283, 285, 287, 289
290, 292, 294, 325, 334, 336, 337
Lasiopyga hamlyni . 295
Lasiopyga hilgerti 290, 282, 294, 325, 337
Lasiopyga histrio . 289
Lasiopyga inobservata 293, 296, 319, 322
Lasiopyga insignis
293, 296, 298, 360, 372
Lasiopyga insolita . . .293, 295, 298, 323
Lasiopyga johnstoni . 292,295
Lasiopyga kandti 290, 291, 295, 360, 371
Lasiopyga kolbi
289,291,295,359,361,362,363
Lasiopyga k. hindei ..292,295,359,362
Lasiopyga k. nubila . 295, 359, 362
Lasiopyga labiata
282, 283, 284, 285, 286, 287
288, 291, 295, 360, 375
Lasiopyga lallandi . 340,341
Lasiopyga l’hoesti 289, 292, 296, 297, 298
Lasiopyga leucampyx
281, 282, 283, 291, 295, 307, 308, 309
Lasiopyga ludio . 288,289
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Lasiopyga lutea . 293
Lasiopyga martini
281, 282, 283, 284, 285, 286, 287
288, 289, 291, 296, 307, 318, 328
Lasiopyga matschie
289, 292, 294, 325, 326, 327, 328
Lasiopyga melanogenys . 288.289
Lasiopyga moloneyi
287, 291, 295, 359. 368
Lasiopyga mona . . 279, 280, 281.. 283, 287
292, 295, 349.. 350, 351
Lasiopyga monoides . 365
Lasiopyga mossambicus . 292,373
Lasiopyga neglecta
287, 291, 294, 323, 376, 3 77, 379
Lasiopyga neumanni . 295.307,313
Lasiopyga nictitans
279, 280, 281, 283, 287, 288, 289
291.295, 307, 316,317, 3i8
Lasiopyga n. laglaizi 291,295,307,317
Lasiopyga nigrigenis..29i, 296, 307, 310
Lasiopyga nigripes
284, 285, 287, 289, 292, 293, 296, 349
Lasiopyga nigriviridis 292, 296, 326, 348
Lasiopyga opisthosticta
287,291,295, 307,311
Lasiopyga patas . 292
Lasiopyga petaurista
279, 280, 281, 286, 287, 288
289, 292, 295, 299, 301, 306
Lasiopyga p. fantiensis . 288,300
Lasiopyga petronellae 294, 296, 349, 358
Lasiopyga picturata . 289
Lasiopyga pluto
282, 287, 291, 296, 307, 308, 309
Lasiopyga pogonias
281, 287, 289, 292, 296, 349, 354, 355
Lasiopyga p. nigripes . 292,354
Lasiopyga preussi
289, 290, 291, 295, 298, 359, 369, 370, 371
Lasiopyga preussi insuiaris
296, 360, 370
Lasiopyga princeps
291, 294, 307, 3i5, 3i6
Lasiopyga pygerythra
280, 281, 282, 283, 284, 285, 287, 292
295, 325, 338, 34L 343, 344, 348
Lasiopyga p. callida . 294,343
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Lasiopyga pyrrhonatus . 292
Lasiopyga roloway
279, 280, 282, 284, 287, 288, 295, 376, 381
Lasiopyga rubella
293, 295, 326, 342, 343, 344
Lasiopyga rufilata . . .291, 295, 359, 368
Lasiopyga rufitincta
. 291, 295, 360, 374, 375
Lasiopyga rufoviridis
282, 283, 284, 285, 287, 288
292, 295, 325, 341, 343, 344, 345
Lasiopyga sabaea
279, 280, 281, 283, 289, 292, 335
Lasiopyga samango . 284
Lasiopyga sannio . 292
Lasiopyga schmidti
286, 287, 288, 289, 292, 295, 298, 306
Lasiopyga sclateri 290, 292, 295, 319, 323
Lasiopyga signata
286, 287, 288, 289, 292, 296, 298, 305
Lasiopyga silacea ....293,295,326,347
Lasiopyga stairsi
286, 287, 291, 295, 360, 372, 373, 374, 375
Lasiopyga s. mossambicus
295, 360, 373, 374, 375
Lasiopyga stampflii . 289
Lasiopyga sticticeps.. .293, 295, 307, 317
Lasiopyga stuhlmanni
287, 289, 294, 307, 309, 310
312, 313, 314, 315, 316
Lasiopyga talapoin . 292
Lasiopyga tantalus
282, 286, 288, 292, 295
325,328, 330, 33L332
Lasiopyga t. alexandri ...295,325,332
Lasiopyga t. budgetti 325, 329, 330, 332
Lasiopyga t. griseisticta ..293,325,331
Lasiopyga temmincki . 288,382
Lasiopyga thomasi
292, 295, 298, 360, 370
Lasiopyga torquatus . 284
Lasiopyga werneri
283, 287, 288, 296, 325, 334, 335, 336
Lasiopyga whytei . 292
Lasiopyga wolfi
286, 287, 288, 292, 296, 349, 35i
Lasiopygidse . 115
Lasiopyginae . 115
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lasiotis (Macacus) . 183,198
lasiotis (Pithecus) 182, 187, 188, 198, 202
lautensis (Pithecus) ..185,187,189,237
lemurinus (Nyctipithecus) ..2,3,13,14
leonina (Simia) . 177, 218
leoninus (Macacus) . 183, 184, 208
leoninus (Pithecus) . 181,182
leucampyx (Cercopithecus)
284, 285, 286, 287, 308, 310, 376
leucampyx (Lasiopyga)
281, 282, 283, 291, 295, 307, 308, 309
leucampyx (Simia) . 280,308
leucocephalus (Cebus) .. . .73, 74, 88, 89
leucogenys (Cebus) . 73, 74, no
leucophaea (Papio) . 153
leucophaea (Simia) . 152
leucophaeus Chceropithecus) . 153
leucophaeus (Cynocephalus)
1 19, 120, 121, 122, 152
leucophaeus (Drill) Mormon . 153
leucophaeus (Papio)
1 19, 120, 121, 122, 124, 125, 152, 153, 154
l’hoesti (Cercopithecus) . 289,297
l’hoesti (Lasiopyga)
289, 292, 296, 297, 298
libidinosus (Cebus)
68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 74, 75, 77, 78, 101, 297
libidinosus (Calyptrocebus) Cebus 101
libidinosus (Macacus) _ 179,180,181
lingae (Pithecus) . 185,187,190,245
lingungensis (Pithecus)
185, 187, 189, 237, 238, 239
littoralis (Pithecus) ..185,187,188,201
Lophocebus . 254, 266
ludio (Cercopithecus)
283,284, 285, 287,318
ludio (Lasiopyga) . 288,289
lugens (Lagothrix) . 55,56,58
lunatus (Cebus) . 68, 69, 70, 72, 87
lunatus (Otocebus) Cebus . 87
lunulatus (Cercocebus)
256, 257, 258, 259, 263
lunulatus (Cercopithecus) 256,263,293
lutea (Lasiopyga) . 293,295
lutea (Lasiopyga c.) . 294,326,346
luteus (Cercopithecus c.) . 295,346
lydekkeri (Papio) . 122[ 138
Lyssodes . .\j6
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Macaca . 173, 176, 185
Macaca adusta . 185, 206
Macaca broca . 185, 205
Macaca insulana . 185, 207
Macaca mordax . 185,232
Macaca nemestrina . 185, 206
Macaca phseura . 243,245
Macaca resima . 185, 224
Macaca syrichta . 249
Macaco prego . no
Macacus 160, 178, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184
Macacus affinis . 202
Macacus andamanensis
182, 183, 186, 188, 208
Macacus arctoides
179, 180, 181, 183, 184, 191, 192, 193
Macacus assamensis
179, 182, 183, 184, 209, 211,214
Macacus auratus . 230
Macacus aureus
179,180,181,182,230,231
Macacus brachyurus . 181
Macacus (Maimon) brachyurus ...205
Macacus brunneus . 191, 192
Macacus carbonarius
179, 180, 181, 230, 231, 232
Macacus cristatus . 182,249
Macacus cyclopsis . 182,183,202
Macacus cynomolgos
178, 179, 18®, 182, 183
184, 230, 231, 233
Macacus cynomolgos var. cum-
mingii . .
Macacus erythraeus
178, 179, 180, 181, 183, 214, 216
Macacus (Pithecus) erythraeus ...214
Macacus fascieularis . 233
Macacus fur . 182,230
Macacus fuscatus . 182,183,195
Macacus fusco-ater . 165, 167, 181
Macacus fuscus . 228
Macacus gelada . ^
Macacus (Pithecus) geron .. . .181, 214
Macacus harmandi . 184,193
Macacus inornatus ... _ 166, 169! 170
Macacus inuus . 173, 178, 179
Macacus irus . 178,230,231
Macacus lasiotis . 183,198
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Macacus leoninus . 183, 184, 208
Macacus libidinosus . 179,180,181
Macacus maurus
165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170
171, 180, 181, 182, 183
Macacus maurus ochreatus . 167
Macacus melanotus (!) ...182,191,192
Macacus nemestrinus
178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 205
Macacus niger . 183
Macacus ochreatus
165, 167, 168, 183, 184
Macacus oinops . 179,181,214,215
Miacacus (Pithex) oinops 179,181,214
Macacus pagensis . 206
Macacus palpebrosus 180, 182, 249, 250
Macacus pelops . 181, 182, 209
Macacus (Pithex) pelops . 180, 209
Macacus philippinensis
180, 1 81, 182, 185, 187, 190, 248, 249, 250
Macacus pileatus 180, 182, 183, 184, 223
Macacus problematicus . 212,213
Macacus radiatus 178, 179, 180, 202,221
Macacus rheso-similis ....182,183,210
Macacus rhesus
178, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 198, 213
Macacus rhesus-villosus ..184,210,213
Macacus rufescens . 182,183,193
Macacus sancti-johannis . 183,198
Macacus silenus
178, 179, 180, 183, 184, 218
Macacus sinicus
178, 179, 180, 182, 183, 184, 221, 223, 224
Macacus speciosus
179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 190, 192, 195
Macacus sylvanus . 174
Macacus tcheliensis ..182,183,199,200
Macacus thibetanum . 183, 196
Macacus thibetanus . 182,183
Macacus tonkeanus . 166,170
Macacus umbrosus . 229
Macacus vestitus . 184, 197
Macacus villosus . 200
Macacus (Rhesus) villosus . 200
macrocephalus (Cebus)
68, 69, 70, 72, 77, 78, 104
macrocephalus (Eucebus) Cebus... 104
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macrotarsus (Brachyteles) ..49,50,52
Magus
161, 165, 168, 170, 180, 181, 182, 183
Magus maurus
165, 166, 167, 169, 170, 171
Magus ochreatus
165, 166, 167, 168, 170, 171. 181
Magus tonkeanus .... 166, 167, 170, 171
Maimon . 176,180
maimon (Mormon) ...120, 121, 122. 150
maimon (Papio) . . 118, 119, 120, 122, 150
maimon (Simia) . 118, 119, 150. 151
malitiosus (Cebus) . 76, 77, 78, 98
mandibularis (Pithecus)
*85, 187, 189, 234, 240
Mandril . ^
Mandrillus . TIg
marginatus (Ateles)
23,24,25,27,31,32,34,35
marginatus (Ateleus) . .23, 24, 25, 27, 34
marginatus (Sapajou) . 47
martini (Cercopithecus)
284,285,305,318
martini (Lasiopyga)
281, 282, 283, 284, 285, 286, 287
288, 289, 291, 296, 307, 318, 328
matschie (Cercopithecus) . 326
matschie (Lasiopyga)
289, 292, 294, 325, 326
maurus (Cynopithecus) . 161,166
maurus (Macacus)
165, 166, 167, 169, 170
171, 180, 181, 182, 183
maurus (Magus)
165, 166, 167, 169, 170, 171
Melanocebus . 296,306
melanochir (Ateles) ..23,24,25,44,46
melanochir (Ateleus) . .23, 24, 25, 45, 46
melanogenys (Cercopithecus)
282, 284, 285, 286, 287, 303, 318
melanogenys (Lasiopyga) _ 288,289
melanotus (!) (Macacus) 182,191,192
melanotus (!) (Papio) . 191
microdon (Aotus) . 3,4,5,18
mindanensis (Cynomolgos) . 249
mindanensis (Pithecus) . 185,252
Miopithecus . 284,286,292
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Miopithecus talapoin . 279
miriquouina (Aotus)
2, 3, 4, 5, 9, 10, 11, 12
miriquouina (Nyctipithecus) . 3
moco (Papio) . 121
moloneyi (Cercopithecus) . 368
moloneyi (Lasiopyga)
28 7, 291, 295, 359, 368
Mona . 275,296,349
mona (Cercopithecus)
282, 284, 285, 286, 350
mona (Lasiopyga)
279, 280, 281, 283, 287
292, 295, 349, 350, 351
mona (Simia) . 279,280,350
monachus (Cebus)..68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 96
monachus (Eucebus) Cebus . 96
Monichus . 274
monoides (Cercopithecus)
282, 283, 284, 287, 288, 364, 365
mordax (Macaca) . 185,232
mordax (Pithecus)
185, 187, 189, 225, 232, 240, 242
Mormon . 115,120,121,122
Mormon (Cynocephalus)
119, 120, 121, 150
Mormon drill . 120,153
Mormon (Drill) leucophseus . 153
Mormon maimon ....120,121,122,150
mormon (Papio) . 118,119,120,150
mormon (Simia) . 150
mossambicus (Cercopithecus s.)...373
mossambicus (Lasiopyga) ....292,373
mossambicus (Lasiopyga s.)
295, 360, 373, 374, 375
mulatta (Cynomolgos) . 181
mundamensis (Papio) . 153
nedjo (Theropithecus) . 157
neglecta (Lasiopyga)
287, 291, 294, 323, 376, 377, 379
neglectus (Cercopithecus) 286, 376, 378
nemaeus (Cercopithecus) . 285
nemaeus (Simia) . 275
nemestrina (Macaca) . 185,206
nemestrina (Papio) . 118, 177,205
Nemestrinus . .
nemestrinus (Cercopithecus) . 178
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nemestrinus (Cynocephalus) ..178,205
nemestrinus (Inuus) . . 178, 180, 181, 205
nemestrinus (Macacus)
178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 205
nemestrinus (Pithecus)
178, 185, 186, 200, 205, 206, 207, 217
nemestrinus (Macacus) Pithecus. . .205
Neocebus . 296,319
nestor (Pygathix) . 181
neumanni (Lasiopyga) ...295,307,313
neumanni (Papio) . 123,124,140
neumanni (Papio a.) . 122,123
nictitans (Cercopithecus)
2 77, 282, 284, 285, 286, 305, 313, 316, 318
nictitans (Lasiopyga)
279, 280, 281, 283, 287, 288, 289
291, 295, 307, 316, 317, 318
nictitans (Simia). .275, 278, 279, 280, 316
niger (Cebus) . . .68, 69, 72, 75, no, in
niger (Otocebus) Cebus . no
niger (Cynocephalus) . 159
niger (Cynopithecus)
120, 159, 160, 161, 162
163, 164, 166, 184, 192
niger (Inuus) . 162,180
niger (Macacus) . 183
niger (Papio) . 162
niger (Inuus) Papio . 162
niger (Theropithecus) . 155
nigeriae (Papio) . 123,124,125
nigrescens (Cynopithecus)
160, 161, 162, 164, 166, 184
nigrescens (Papio) . 161,162,163
nigriceps (Aotus) . 3,4,8,18
nigrigenis (Cercopithecus) . 310
nigrigensis (Lasiopyga)
291, 296, 307, 310
nigripectus (Cebus c.) _ 76, 77, 78, 86
nigripes (Cercopithecus) . 284,354
nigripes (Cercopithecus e.) ...285,355
nigripes (Cercopithecus g.) . 355
nigripes (Lasiopyga)
284, 285, 287, 289, 292, 293, 296, 349
nigripes (Lasiopyga p.) . 354
nigriviridis (Cercopithecus) . 348
nigriviridis (Lasiopyga)
292, 296, 326, 348
mgrivittatus (Cebus) . 70, 71, 72, 79
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nigrivittatus (Calyptrocebus) Cebus 80
Nocthora . I
nubila (Lasiopyga k.) - 295,359,362
nubilus (Cercopithecus k.) . 362
Nyctipithecus . 2,3,7,90
Nyctipithecus azarae . 3, n
Nyctipithecus commersoni . 3,5
Nyctipithecus felinus ....2,3,5,6,7,15
Nyctipithecus lemurinus ....2,3,13.14
Nyctipithecus miriquouinus . 3
Nyctipithecus oseryi . 2.3,17
Nyctipithecus rufipes . 3, 9.. 14
Nyctipithecus spixi . 3, 19
Nyctipithecus trivirgatus
2,3, 7, 11, 13, 15, 16, 90
Nyctipithecus vociferans . 2,3,13
obscurus (Macacus) . 157
obscurus (Papio) . 121
obscurus (Theropithecus) ....155,157
ochraceus (Cercopithecus)
1 2 1, 138, 283, 284, 285, 288
ochreatus (Cynopithecus) 161, 167, 168
ochreatus (Macacus)
165, 167, 168, 181, 182, 183, 184
ochreatus (Macacus) maurus . 167
ochreatus (Magus)
165, 166, 167, 168, 170, 171, 181
oinops (Macacus) ....179,181,214,215
oinops (Pithex) Macacus . 214
olivacea (Lagothrix) . 54, 57, 61
olivaceus (Cebus) . 70, 71, 72, 79
olivaceus (Eucebus) Cebus . 80
olivaceus (Cynocephalus) 121, 130, 131
olivaceus (Gastrimargus) ....54,57,61
olivaceus (Papio) . 121
omensis (Cercopithecus) . 287, 310
opisthosticta (Lasiopyga)
287,291,295, 307,311
opisthostictus (Cercopithecus) 287,311
ornatus (Ateles) . 25,44
ornatus (Ateleus) . 25,45
oseryi (Aotus) . 2,3,4,5,17
oseryi (Nyctipithecus) . 2,3
Otocebus . 64
otoleucus (Cercopithecus) ....289,312
Otopithecus . 275
Ouanderou . 180.218,220
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pagensis (Macacus) . 200
pagensis (Pithecus) . .184, 187, 188, 200
palatinus Cercopithecus)
284, 287, 288, 381
pallida (Lasiopyga g.)
293.- 296, 349, 356, 358
pallidus (Cebus) . 73, 74, 108
pallidus (Cebus a.)
77, 78, 106, 107, 108, 109
pallidus (Cercopithecus p.) . 356
palpebrosus (Cynomolgos) ...181,249
palpebrosus (Inuus) . 181,248
palpebrosus (Macacus)
180, 182, 249, 250
palpebrosus (Pithecus) ...181,248,249
pan (Ateles) . 26,27,41,42
pan (Ateleus) . 26,41
paniscus (Ateles) 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28
paniscus (Ateleus)
22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30
paniscus (Cebus) . 28
paniscus (Sapajou) . 28
paniscus (Simia) . 21,28
Papio X15, 117, 118, 120, 121, 123, 137, 139
160, 176, 1 77, 178, 283, 284, 285, 288
Papio albibarbatus . 119
Papio anubis
1 17, 1 18, 1 19, 121, 122, 123, 132
Papio a. neumanni . 122,123
Papio apeda . 118, 177
Papio arabicus . 147
Papio babuin . 120,123,138
Papio broekmani . 123,125,147
Papio brunescens . 161,167
Papio comatus . 119,134
papio (Cynocephalus) . 119,130
Papio cynocephalus
1 17, 1 18, 1 19, 120, 121, 122, 123
124, 129, 130, 137, 139, 140
Papio c. cynomolgos . 144
Papio doguera
1 17, 1 18, 121, 122, 123, 124
125, 126, 128, 129, 138
Papio furax . 123,124,128
Papio gelada . 120,121,155
Papio hamadryas
117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125
129, 138, 139, 143, 144, 147, 157, 177, 178
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Papio h. arabicus . . . .122, 124, 125, 147
Papio hecki . 161
Papio (Inuus) hecki . 162
Papio heuglini . . . 122, 123, 124. 125. 129
Papio hypomelas . 161
Papio (Inuus) hypomelas . 162
Papio ibeanus . 122, 124. 133
Papio t. ibeanus . 122, 123, 133
Papio inornatus . 161
Papio leucophaea . 153
Papio leucophaeus
1 19, 120, 121, 122, 124, 125, 152, 153, 154
Papio langheldi . 139, 140
Papio lydekkeri . 122, 138
Papio maimon . . .118, 119, 120, 122, 150
Papio melanotus (!) . 191
Papio moco . 121
Papio mormon . 118,119,120,150
Papio mundamensis . 153
Papio nemestrinus . 118, 177, 205
Papio neumanni . 123, 124, 140
Papio niger . 162
Papio (Inuus) niger . 162
Papio nigeriae . 123,125
Papio nigrescens . 161, 162, 163
Papio obscurus . 121
Papio olivaceus . 121
Papio papio . 118, 119, 120, 121, 122
124, 130, 131, 132, 139
papio (Papio) ....118,119,120,121,122
124, 130, 131, 132, 139
Papio pileatus . 177
Papio planirostris . 124,125,151
Papio porcarius
11 7, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122
124, 126, 133, 134, 138
Papio pruinosus ..117, 122, 123, 124, 142
Papio rhesus . 213
Papio rubescens . 121,122,131
Papio senex . .
Papio silenus . 119,178,218
Papio sphinx
H7> 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 124
125, 130, 139, 149, 150, 152, 215
Papio strepitus . 117,123,124,141
Papio tessellatum . 123.124,127
Papio thoth . 121, 123, 140, 143
Papio (Inuus) tonkeanus . 170
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Papio tonsus . 161
Papio (Inuus) tonsus . . . . 161, 170, 171
Papio yokoensis . 122, 124, 128
paraguayensis (Cebus) . 69, 72
paraguayensis Cebus (Calyptroce-
bus) . 79
patas (Cercopithecus) ....285,286,287
patas (Lasiopyga) . 292
patas (Erythrocebus) ....281,284,287
Pavianus . 115
pelops (Inuus) . 181,210,211
pelops (Inuus r.) . 210
pelops (Macacus) . 181,182,209
pelops (Macacus p.) . 180, 209
pentadactylus (Ateles)
22, 23, 24, 25, 28, 29
pentadactylus (Ateleus)
22, 23, 24, 25, 29
pentadactylus (Cebus) . 23
pentadactylus (Sapajou) . 28
peruanus (Cebus f.) . 76, 77, 78, 104
petaurista (Cercopithecus)
282, 283, 284, 285, 286, 300
petaurista (Lasiopyga)
279, 280, 281, 286, 287, 288
289, 292, 295, 298, 299, 301
petaurista (Simia) . 280,299,300
petronellse (Cercopithecus) ...294,358
petronellae (Lasiopyga)
294, 296, 349, 358
phaeura (Macaca) . 243,245
phseura (Pithecus) . 184,190,243
phasrus (Pithecus) . . . 184, 186, 243, 244
philippinensis (Cynomolgos) . . 181, 249
philippinensis (Macacus)
180, 181, 182, 185, 187, 190, 248, 249. 250
philippinensis (Pithecus)
180, 181, 182, 185, 187
190,248,249,250,251
picturata (Lasiopyga) . 289
picturatus (Cercopithecus)
286, 287, 288, 303
pileata (Simia) . 179. 223
pileatus (Cercocebus) . 223
pileatus (Cercopithecus) . 178.223
pileatus (Cynamolgos) . 183.223
pileatus (Cynomolgos) . 181
pileatus (Inuus) . 181,223
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pileatus (Macacus)
180, 182, 183, 184, 223
pileatus (Pithecus)
177, 178, 179, 186, 189.. 222, 223, 224
pileatus (Macacus) Pithecus . 223
pileatus Simia (Cercopithecus) sini-
cus . 177, 223
Pithecia miriquouina . 2, 10
Pithecus . 119, 164, 173; 176, 177, 178
180, 181, 183, 185, 186, 187
Pithecus adustus.. 185, 186, 188, 206, 207
Pithecus agnatus ....185,186,190,243
Pithecus alacer . 185,187,189,226
Pithecus albibarbatus
1 19, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182
183, 184, 186, 188, 209, 218, 220
Pithecus andamanensis
183, 184, 186, 188, 208, 209
Pithecus arctoides . 191
Pithecus (Macacus) arctoides . 191
Pithecus assamensis
180, 181, 182, 186, 188, 209,211, 213
Pithecus baweanus ...185,187,190,241
Pithecus bintangensis
185, 187, 190, 246, 247, 248
Pithecus brachyurus . 185,216
Pithecus brevicaudus
185, 187, 188, 216, 217
Pithecus brocus . 185,206
Pithecus cagayanus ..185,187,190,251
Pithecus capitalis ....185,186,189,235
Pithecus carimatse
185, 187, 190, 235, 240
Pithecus cephalolopterus . 181
Pithecus cupidus. . 185, 187, 190, 241, 242
Pithecus cyclopsis . 188,202,218
Pithecus cynomolgos . 178
Pithecus dollmani ....185,187,190,248
Pithecus (Macacus) erythraeus ...214
Pithecus (Macacus) nemestrinus. .205
Pithecus fascicularis
178, 186, 189, 227, 228, 232
233. 234. 235, 236, 237
Pithecus fuscatus
120, 181, 182, 183, 188, 195
Pithecus fuscus . 186,189,228,229
Pithecus harmandi . . . 184, 187, 188, 193
Pithecus impudens ...185,187,190,246
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Pithecus insulanus . . . 185, 186, 188, 207
pithecus (Inuus) . 174,180,181
Pithecus irus
178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184
186, 189, 229, 232, 233, 234, 244
Pithecus johni . 181
Pithecus karimoni 185, 187, 189, 227, 236
Pithecus laetus . . . 185, 187, 189, 235, 236
Pithecus lapsus . 185, 187, 190, 244
Pithecus lasiotis . . 182, 187, 188, 198, 202
Pithecus lautensis - 185, 187, 189, 238
Pithecus leoninus . 181.182
Pithecus lingae . 185, 187, 245
Pithecus littoralis .... 185, 187, 188, 201
Pithecus lingungensis
185, 187, 189, 237, 238, 239
Pithecus mandibularis
185,187,189,234,240
Pithecus mindanensis . 185,252
Pithecus mordax
185, 187, 189, 225, 232, 240, 242
Pithecus nemestrinus
!75, 185, 186, 188, 200, 205, 206, 207, 217
Pithecus (Macacus) nemestrinus. .205
Pithecus pagensis .... 184, 187, 188, 200
Pithecus phaeura . 190
Pithecus phaeurus .... 184, 186, 243, 244
Pithecus philippinensis
180, 181, 182, 185, 187
190, 248, 249, 250, 251
Pithecus p. apoensis. . 185, 187, 190, 250
Pithecus pileatus
177, 178, 179, 186, 189, 222, 223, 224
Pithecus priamus . 181
Pithecus pumillus . 187,190,252
Pithecus radiatus . 221
Pithecus resimus..i85, 187, 189, 224, 240
Pithecus rhesus
178, 179, 180, 181, 183, 186, 188
201, 203, 213, 215, 216, 217, 221
Pithecus rufescens
182, 186, 188, 193, 21 1
Pithecus sancti-johannis
181, 187, 188, 198
Pithecus silenus . 180
Pithecus (Macacus) silenus . 219
Pithecus sinicus
177, 178, 179, 181, 186, 189, 221, 223
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Pithecus sirhassenensis
185, 187.. 189, 238, 239
Pithecus speciosus
179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184
186, 188. 1 go, 194, 195
Pithecus (Macacus) speciosus ....195
Pithecus suluensis . . .185, 187, 190, 252
Pithecus tcheliensis . 201
Pithecus thibetanum . . 187, 188, 196, 197
Pithecus thibetanus . 182
Pithecus umbrosus . 186,189,229
Pithecus validus . 185, 186, 189, 225
Pithecus vestitus.. 184, 187, 188, 196, 197
Pithecus villosus . 184, 187, 188, 200
Pithecus vitiis . 185, 189, 239
Pithes . 172
Pithex . 176
planirostris (Papio) . 124,125,151
pluto (Cercopithecus)
282, 284, 285, 308, 313
pluto (Lasiopyga)
282, 287, 291, 296, 307, 308, 309
pogonias (Cercopithecus)
281, 284, 285, 286, 354, 355, 356
pogonias (Lasiopyga)
281, 287, 289, 292, 296, 349, 354, 355
Pogonocebus . 275, 291, 296, 376
poliophaeus (Cercopithecus) . 285
polycomus (Colobus) . 23
poppigii (Lagothrix) . 55,62
porcaria (Cheiropithecus) . 134
porcaria (Hamadryas) . 134
porcarius (Cynocephalus)
119, 120, 121, 122, 126, 134
porcarius (Papio)
117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122
124, 126, 133, 134, 138
porcarius (Simia) . 118,119,133
Presbytis albigena . 256,266
Presbytis cephalolopterus . 220
preussi (Cercopithecus) . 289.370
preussi (Lasiopyga)
289, 290, 291, 295, 298, 359, 369, 370, 371
priamus (Pygathrix) . ^1
princeps (Cercopithecus) . 315
princeps (Lasiopyga)
problematicus
29i, 294, 307,315,316
(Macacus) . 212. 213
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pruinosus (Papio) 117, 122, 123, 124, 142
Pseudocebus . 64
pucherani (Cebus) . 79
pumilus (Macacus) . 252
pumilus (Pithecus) . 187,190,252
pusillus (Cercopithecus) ..280, 339, 341
pusillus (Lasiopyga) . 341
Pygathrix . 181, 285
Pygathrix cephaloloptera . 181
Pygathrix johni . 181
Pygathrix nestor . 181
Pygathrix priamus . 181
Pygathrix thersites . 181
Pygathrix ursinus . 181
pygerythra (Lasiopyga)
280, 281, 282, 283, 284, 285, 287, 292
295, 325, 338, 34L 343, 344, 348
pygerythra (Simia) . 280
pygerythrus (Cercopithecus)
282, 284, 285, 286, 338
pygerythrus (Chlorocebus) ...285,339
pyrrhonotus (Cercopithecus)
284, 285, 286, 287, 290
pyrrhonotus (Erythrocebus) . 287
pyrrhonotus (Lasiopyga) . 292
radiata (Simia) . 179
radiatus (Cercocebus) . 178,221
radiatus (Cercopithecus) . 178,221
radiatus (Macacus)
178, 179, 180, 202, 221
radiatus (Pithecus) . 221
resima (Macaca) . 185,224
resimus (Pithecus)
185, 187, 189, 224, 240
rheso-similis (Macacus) ..182,183,210
Rhesus . 276
rhesus (Cynocephalus) . 178
rhesus (Inuus) . 178,180,213
rhesus (Macacus)
178, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 198, 213
rhesus (Papio) . 213
rhesus (Pithecus)
178, 179, 180, 181, 183, 186, 188
201, 203, 213, 215, 216, 217, 221
rhesus (Simia) .............. 179 213
rhesus-villosus (Macacus) 184, 210, 213
Rhinostictus . . 292 29^
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Rhinostigma . 296
roberti (Aotus) . 3, 4, 5. 10
robustus (Cebus)
68, 69, 70, 7 1, 72, 73, 74, 95, 104, 1 13
robustus (Eucebus) Cebus . 96
rolaway (Cercopithecus) . .282, 284, 381
roloway (Lasiopyga)
279, 280, 282, 284, 287, 288, 295, 376, 381
roloway (Simia) . 280.381
rothschildi (Cercocebus a.) ...258,270
rubella (Lasiopyga)
293, 295, 326, 342, 343, 344
rubellus (Cercopithecus) . 342
ruber (Cercopithecus) . 284,285
rubescens (Papio) . 121,122, 131
rubra (Lasiopyga) . 281
rufescens (Macacus) . 182,183,193
rufescens (Pithecus)
182, 186, 188, 193, 21 1
rufilata (Lasiopyga) ..291,295,359,368
rufilatus (Cercopithecus) . 368
rufipes (Aotus) . 3,4,5,9,20
rufipes (Nyctipithecus) . 3, 9, 14
rufitincta (Lasiopyga)
291, 295, 360, 374, 375
rufitinctus (Cercopithecus) . 374
rufiventris (Ateles) . 25,26,27,36
rufiventris (Ateleus) . 25,26,27,36
rufoniger (Cercopithecus) . 286
rufoviridis (Cercopithecus)
282, 284, 286, 341
rufoviridis (Cercopithecus p.) . 342
rufoviridis (Chlorocebus) . 285,342
rufoviridis (Lasiopyga)
282, 283, 284, 285, 287, 288, 292
295, 325, 34L 343, 344, 345
riippelli (Gelada) . 156
sabrea (Cercopithecus)
282, 283, 285, 333
sabaea (Lasiopyga)
279, 280, 281, 283, 289, 292, 335
sabaea (Simia) . 279, 280, 333
sabaeus (Cercopithecus)
282, 283, 284, 285, 286, 292, 333, 336
Salamacis . 176
samango (Cercopithecus)
282, 284, 285, 286, 287, 288, 375
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sancti-johannis (Macacus) _ 183,198
sancti-johannis (Pithecus)
181, 187, 188, 198
sannio (Lasiopyga) . 292
Sapajou . 2I
Sapajou ater . .
Sapajou geoffroyi . 44
Sapajou marginatus . 47
Sapajou paniscus . 28
Sapajou pentadactylus . 28
Sapaju . .
Sapajus . 21,64
satyrus (Simia) . iy2
schmidti (Cercopithecus) . 286,306
schmidti (Cercopithecus a.) . 306
schmidti (Lasiopyga)
286, 287, 288, 289, 292, 295, 298, 306
sclateri (Cercopithecus) ..289,290,323
sclateri (Lasiopyga)
290,292,295,319,323
Semnopithecus albogularis 281, 363, 364
Semnopithecus kra . 230
senex (Aotus) . 3,4.8
senex (Papio) . I2i
senex (Theropithecus) . 155,156
signatus (Cercopithecus) . 286,305 «
signata (Lasiopyga)
286, 287, 288, 289, 292, 296, 298, 305
silacea (Lasiopyga) ..293,295,326,347
silaceus (Cercopithecus) . 347
Silenus . 182
silenus (Cercopithecus) . 177
silenus (Cynocephalus) . 181,219
silenus (Inuus) . 179,218,219
silenus (Maimon) Inuus. .. 179, 218, 219
silenus (Macacus)
178, 179, 180, 183, 184, 218
silenus (Papio) . 119,178,218
silenus (Pithecus) . 181
silenus (Macacus) Pithecus . 218
silenus (Simia)
176, 177, 179, 184, 218, 219, 220
Silenus veter . 218,219
silenus (Vetulus) . 219
Simia . 67, 172, 173, 176, 177, 179, 280
Simia segyptiaca . 146
Simia aethiops
255, 256, 261, 263, 281, 337
Simia albibarbatus . 184, 220
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Simla (Cercopithecus) albibarbatus 218
Simia (Cercopithecus) silenus albi¬
barbatus . 177, 218
Simia (Cercopithecus) veter albi¬
barbatus . 177. 218
Simia (Sapajus c.) albulus . 67,82
Simia anubis . 119
Simia1 apedia . 177
Simia apella . 66, 67, 74, 78, 79, 83
Simia ascanius . 279, 303
Simia atys . 179
Simia belzebuth . 40
Simia cana . 55. 60
Simia capucina . . . . 64, 66, 67, 74, 82, 83
Simia carbonaria . 179, 230
Simia carpolegus . 178,205
Simia cephus . 279,280,319
Simia chamek . 28
Simia (Papio) cinerea . 152,154
Simia cirrifer . 67, no
Simia cuvieri . 169
Simia cynocephala
Il8, 1 19, 122, 137, I39
Simia cynomolgos
143, 146, 176, 177. 179, 184, 229, 230
Simia cynosura . 279, 280, 337
Simia diana . 278, 279, 280, 380, 381
Simia erythrsea . 213,215
Simia erythropyga . 280,281
Simia fascicularis . 178
Simia fatuellus . 67,102,113,233
Simia faunus . 176, 177
Simia ferox . 177. 218
Simia flavia . 93
Simia fuliginosus . 256,262
Simia hamadryas
118, 119, 143, 176, 184, 231
Simia hypoleuca . 67, 75
Simia inuus . 173, 174. 175, 1 77, 179
Simia lagotricha . 53,56
Simia leonina . 177,218
Simia leucampyx . 280,308
Simia leucophaea . 119,152
Simia maimon . 118, 119, 130, 151
Simia mona . 279, 280, 350
Simia mormon .
Simia nemestrinus . 177, 179, 205
Simia nictitans . . . 275, 278, 279, 280! 316
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Simia paniscus . 21,28
Simia petaurista . 279,280,299,300
Simia pileata . 179, 223
Simia (Cercopithecus) sinicus pile-
atus . 177, 223
Simia (Cercopithecus) veter albi¬
barbatus . 218
Simia (Pithecia) azarse . 3, n
Simia porcarius . 118, 119, 133
Simia pygerythra . 280
Simia radiata . 179
Simia rhesus . 179,213
Simia roloway . 280,381
Simia sabaea . 279, 280, 333
Simia (Sapajus) c. albulus . 67
Simia satyrus . 172
Simia silenus
176, 177, 179. 184, 218, 219, 220
Simia sinica . 176, 177, 179, 221, 223
Simia speciosa . 179
Simia sphinx 118, 119, 130, 139, 149, 151
Simia sphingiola . 118,119,134
Simia subviridis . 280
Simia suilla . 118,150
Simia sylvanus
172, 173. 174, 175, 176, 177
178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183
Simia syrichta . 177, 250
Simia trepidus . 67. 70, 79
Simia trivirgata . 16
Simia(Aotus) trivirgata . 67
Simia variegatus . 95
Simia veter . 176, 177. 179
sinensis (Cynocephalus) . 177
sinica (Simia) . . . 176, 177, 179, 221, 223
sinicus (Cercocebus) . . 178, 183, 222, 223
sinicus (Cercopithecus) . . 177, 178, 221
sinicus (Cynocephalus) . 177
sinicus (Cynomolgos) ....181,183,222
sinicus (Inuus) . ...179,181,222
sinicus (Cercocebus) Inuus ...221,223
sinicus (Macacus)
*78, 179, 180, 182, 183, 184, 221, 223, 224
sinicus (Pithecus)
*77. 178, 179, 181, 186, 189, 221, 223
sirhassenensis (Pithecus)
185, 187, 189, 238, 239
speciosus (Cynopithecus) .... 120, 195
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speciosus (Inuus) ....180,181,191,195
speciosus (Macacus)
179. 180, 181, 182, 183
184, 190, 192, 195
speciosus (Pithecus)
179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184
186, 188, 190, 194, 195
speciosus (Simia) . 179
sphingiola (Simia) . 118,119,134
Sphinx . 115
sphinx (Cynocephalus)
1 19, 120, 121, 130
sphinx (Papio)
11 7, n8, 119, 120, 121, 122, 124
125, 130, 139, 149, 150, 152, 215
sphinx (Simia)
1 18, 119, 130, 139, 149, 151
spixi (Aotus) . 3.4,5,19
spixi (Nyctipithecus) . 3, 19
stairsi (Cercopithecus) . 286,373
stairsi (Lasiopyga)
286, 287, 291, 295, 360
372, 373, 374, 375
stampflii (Cercopithecus)
286, 287, 319,372, 373, 374
stampflii (Lasiopyga) . 289
sticticeps (Cercopithecus) . 317
sticticeps (Lasiopyga) 293, 295, 307, 317
strepitus (Papio) . 117,123,124,141
stuhlmanni (Cercopithecus)
287, 291,312, 313, 315
stuhlmanni (Lasiopyga)
287, 289, 294, 307, 309, 310
312,313, 314, 315, 316
subcristatus (Cebus) . 73, 74, 96, 97
subpentadactylus (Ateles) . 23,28
subviridis (Simia) . 280
suilla (Simia) . 118,150
suluensis (Cynomolgos) . 252
suluensis (Pithecus) . .185, 187, 190, 252
surinamensis (Cebus) . 23
surinamensis (Cebus p.) . 28
Sylvanus . 172
sylvanus (Simia)
172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177
178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183
syrichta (Simia) . 177, 250
talapoin (Cercopithecus) . 279,286
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talapoin (Lasiopyga) . 292
talapoin (Miopithecus) . 279
tantalus (Cercopithecus)
282, 286, 328, 329
tantalus Cercopithecus (Lasiopyga)
329
tantalus (Lasiopyga)
282, 286, 288, 292, 295
325, 328, 330, 33L332
tantalus (Chlorocebus) . 328
tcheliensis (Macacus)
182, 183, 199, 200, 202
temmincki (Lasiopyga) . 288
temmincki (Cercopithecus)
282,318, 382
tephrops (Cercopithecus)
281, 282, 285, 338
tessellatum (Papio) . 123,124,127
Theropithecus . 121,155
Theropithecus gelada 120, 121, 155, 156
Theropithecus nedjo . 157
Theropithecus niger . 155
Theropithecus obscurus . 155, 157
Theropithecus senex . 155,156
thibetanum (Macacus) . 183, 196
thibetanum (Pithecus) 187, 188, 196, 197
thibetanus (Macacus) . 182,183
thibetanus (Pithecus) . 182
thomasi (Cercopithecus) . 370
thomasi (Cercopithecus) l’hoesti. . .371
thomasi (Lagothrix) . 55,56,59
thomasi (Lasiopyga)
292, 295, 298, 360, 370
thoth (Cynocephalus) 120, 121, 122, 137
thoth (Papio) . 121,123,140,143
tonkeanus (Cynopithecus) . 161
tonkeanus (Macacus) . 166,170
tonkeanus (Magus) . 170,171
tonkeanus (Papio i.) . 170
tonsus (Papio) . 161, 170, 171
torquatus (Cercocebus)
255, 256, 257, 258
259, 260, 263, 279
torquatus (Lasiopyga) . 284
trepida (Simia) . 67, 70, 79
trepidus (Cebus) . 67, 69, 72
trivirgata (Simia) . 1,2
trivirgata (Simia a.) . 16
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trivirgatus (Aotus) ... .2. 4, 5, 7, 16, 20
trivirgatus (Cebus) . 16
trivirgatus (Nyctipithecus)
2, 3, ii, 13, 15, 16,90
tschudi (Lagothrix) . 54,55,57
tuberifer (Eriodes) . 50,51
ubericola (Lagothrix) ....55,56,59,60
umbrosus (Macacus) . 229
umbrosus (Pithecus) . 186, 189, 229
unicolor (Cebus)
68, 69, 70, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 91, 92
unicolor (Pseudocebus) Cebus . 91
ursinus (Cercopithecus h.) ...118,143
ursinus (Cynocephalus) ..120,121,134
validus (Pithecus) . . .185, 186, 189, 225
variegatus (Ateles)
23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 31, 32
variegatus (Ateleus)
23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 31
variegatus (Cebus)
68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 77
78, 87, 91, 95, 97, 98, 104, 1 13
variegatus (Eucebus) Cebus . 96
variegatus (Simia) . 67
variegatus (Simia) Cebus . 95
vellerosus (Ateles).. 25, 26, 36, 40, 41, 42
vellerosus (Ateleus) . 25,26,41
vellerosus (Cebus)
7i, 72, 73, 74, 77, 78, 113
vellerosus (Otocebus) Cebus . 113
versicolor (Cebus) .. . .70, 71, 72, 88, 89
versuta (Cebus) . 76, 77, 78, 105, 109
vestitus (Macacus) . 184.197
vestitus (Pithecus)
184, 187, 188, 196, 197
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veter (Cercopithecus) . 177
veter (Silenus) . 218,219
veter (Simia) . . . . 176, 177, 179
Vetulus . 176, 181
Vetulus (Cercopithecus) . 177
Vetulus silenus . 219
villosus (Macacus r.) ....184,210,213
villosus (Pithecus) . . . 184, 187, 188, 200
vitiis (Pithecus) . 185,186,189,239
vociferans (Aotus) . .2, 3, 4, 5, 13, 16, 20
vociferans (Cebus) . 13
vociferans (Nyctipithecus) . 2,3,13
wagleri (Cynocephalus) . 119,144
Wanderou . 220
werneri (Cercopithecus)
283, 284, 286, 334
werneri (Lasiopyga)
283, 287, 288, 296, 325, 334, 335, 336
whitesidei (Cercopithecus a.)
293, 298, 305
whitesidei (Lasiopyga a.)
293, 296, 298, 305
whytei (Cercopithecus c.) . 345
whytei (Lasiopyga c.)
292, 295, 326, 345, 346, 349
wolfi (Cercopithecus) . 286,351
wolfi (Lasiopyga)
286, 287, 288, 292, 296, 349, 351
xanthocephalus (Cebus)
68, 69, 70, 71, 73, 74, 96, 98
xanthosternus (Cebus) 68, 69, 70, 71. 95
yokoensis (Papio) . . 122,124,128
Zati
176, 181, 221
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