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Show 60 MAMMALIA. bl k-lives among the reeds, and climbs to the tops of the hiagch est branches of the bamboos, where 1· t b a 1a nce.s 1· tsel f by its long arms. We might separate from the other G1bbons the Siamang. . 8. syndactila, Raff.,Fred. Cuv., pl. 2, (The S1amang)hasthe second and third toes of the hind foot united by a ~arrow mem. brane the whole length of the first phalanx. It 1s black-the chin ~nd eyebrows red-lives in numerous troops, which are led by courageous and vigilant chiefs, which, a~ sunrise ~nd sunset make the forest ring with the most frightful cnes. Their 'larynx has a membranous sac connected with it. All the ensuing monkeys of the eastern continent have the liver divided into several lobes; the crecum thick, short, and without any appendage; the h_roid bone has the form of a shield. CERCOPITHEcus, Erxl., partim. The long-tailed monkeys(!) have a moderately prominent muz. zle (of 60°); cheek-pouches; tail; callosities on .the buttocks; the last of the inferior molares with four tubercles hke the rest. Numerous species, of every variety of size and colour, abound in Africa, live in troops, and do much damage to the gardens and fields under cultivation. They are easily tamed. Simia rubra, Gm.; Buff. XIV, 30; Fred. Cuv. 24. (The Patras.) Red fawn colour above, whitish below; a black band over the eyes, sometimes surmounted with white-from Sene· gaL Simia retlliops, L.; Buff. XIV, 32; Fred. Cuv. 24. (The Collared Mangabey.) A chocolate brown above; below and the nape of the neck, whitish ; on the head a cap or coif of a lively red; eye-lids white. Buffon says it is from Madagascar, and Hasselquist from Senegal; and in fact Sonnerat declares, there are no monkeys in Madagascar. Simia fuliginosa, Geoff.; Buff. XIV, 32; Fred. Cuv. 25. (The Mangabey.) A chocolate brown, uniform above, fawn· coloured below; eye-lids white. Buffon says it is from Mada· gascar, and he believes it to be a variety of the preceding. Simia sabrea, Lin.; Buff. XIV, 37; J:t'red. Cuv. 19. (The Green Monkey. )(2) It is greenish above, whitish beneath; face (1) Cercopithecus, i.e. tailed monkey, a name used by the Greeks. · (2) CallitlLrix, Pli'ny, 1. 8, c. 54, is the name of nn I<:tbiopian :Monkey, furnished with a. f>eard and a tufted bil, probably the Ouanderot~. Buifon arbitrarily applied i.t to this species. QUADRUMANA. 61 black; the tufts on the cheeks yellowish; tip of the tail yellow. From Senegal. Simia faunus, Gm.; Malbrouc, Buff. XIV, 29; Simia cynosuros, Scopol.; Schr. pl. 14, C; Fred. · Cuv. pl. 22, var. of the callithrix; Audeb. 4th fam. 2d sect. pl. 5.( 1) Greenish above; limbs ash-coloured; face flesh-coloured; no yellow on the tail; one black, and one white band over the eye-brows; scrotum of a beautiful ultramarine. Simia erythropyga, Fred. Cuv. pl. 21, (The Vervet) differs from the Malbrouc in the scrotum, which is surrounded with white hairs, the anus with red ones; and from the Grivet, (S. grisea) Freel. Cuv. 21, by a green scrotum, encircled with fawn-coloured hairs. Simia melar!tina, Fred. Cuv. pl. 18.; Buff. XIV, pl. 10. (The Talapoin.) Greenish above; tufts of the cheek yellowish; a black nose, in the middle of a flesh-coloured face. Sim. mona and S. monacha, Schreb.; Buff. XIV, 36 ; Fred. Cuv. 13. (The Mona.) Body brown, limbs black, the breast, insides of the arms, and circumference of the head whitish ; black band across the forehead; a white spot at each side of the root of the tail. Sim. diana, Lin.; Exquima, Marcgr.;(2) Audeb. 4th fam. sec. 2, pl. 6, and Buff. Supp. VII, 20. (The Roloway.) Blackish, speckled with white above, beneath white; crupper of a purplish red; face black, surrounded with white; a little white beard on the chin. Sim. cephus, Lin.; Buff. XIV, 34; Fred. Cnv. 17. (The Moustache.) Ashy-brown; a yellow tuft before each ear; a clear blue band, resembling a reversed chevron, on the upper lip. S. petaurista, Gm.; Audeb. 4th fam. sec. 2, pl. 13; Fred. Cuv. pl. 16. (The Vaulting Monkey.) Olive-brown above, grey below; visage blue; nose white; a white tuft before each ear; a black moustache. 8. nictitans, Gm.; Audeb. ib. XIV; Fred. Cuv. 13. (The White-nosed Monkey.) Black or brown, speckled with white; white nose; face black; circumference of the lips and the eyes reddish. These last five species, all small, beautifully variegated in . (1) The Cercop. barbatus of Clusius, which Linn. cites as an example ofbisfaunm, 18 rather an Ouanderou than a Malbrouc. (2) The figure annexed to the description of the Exquima in :Mnrcgrave is that of an Ouarine, and that of the Exquima is joined to the description of the Ouarine or Guariba. This transposition has produced many errors in synonymes. |