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Show 62 MAMMALIA. colour, and of a mild and gentle disposition, are very common in Guinea.(1) SEMNOPITHEous, Fred. Cuv. Differs from the Long-tailed Monkeys, by having an additional 11 tubercle on the last of the inferior molares. They inhabit sma ·1 · eastern countries, and their long limbs and ver~ long tal ?1ve them a very peculiar appearance. Their muzzle proJects very_l~ttle more than that of the Gibbons, and like them, they have callosttles on the buttocks. They appear, likewise, to have no cheek-pouches; their larnyx is furnished with a sac. The one longest known is the Sim. nemceus, L.; Buff. XIV, 41; Fred. Cuv. pl. 12. Remarkable for its lively and varied colouring; body and arms grey; hands, thighs and feet black; legs of a _lively ~ed; the tail and a large triangular spot upon the loms, whtte; face orange ; he has a black and red collar, and tufts of yellow hairs on the sides of the head; inhabits ~ochin China.(2) Another species is remarkable for the very extraordinary form of the nose-it is the S. nasica, Schr.; Buff. Supp. VII, 11 and 12. (The Kahau.) Yellow, tinted with red; nose extremely long and projecting, in the form of a sloping spatula. This monkey inhabits Borneo, lives in great troops, which assemble morning and evening, on the branches of the great . trees on the banks of the rivers-its cry is kahau. It is also said to be found in Cochin China. S. entellus, Dufres.; Fred. Cuv. pl. 8 and 9. (The Entellus.) A light yellowish grey; black hairs on the eye-brows and sides of the head, directed forwards. From Upper Bengal. Is one of the species held in veneration by the Brahmins. S. melalophos, Raff.; F. C. pl. 7. (The Simpai.) Fur of a very lively red; beneath white; face blue; a crest of black hairs reaching from one ear to the other. 8. comata, Desm.; S. cristata, Raff.; Fr. Cuv. pl. 2. Presbitia mitrata, Kotzeb. (The Croo.) Fine ash colour below, and the (1) Pennant has described certain Guenons without thumbs, Sim. polycamO$ and Sim. ferruginea, from which Illiger has constructed his genus Colobus, but I have not yet been able to see them, and for this reason have not mentioned them. M. Tcmminck assures us that their head and teeth resemble those of a Semnopithecus. (2) M. Diard having transmitted to the Museum several Doucs from Cochin Chi· na, it has been proved that they have callosities on the buttocks ; a fact denied by Buffon, on account of his having seen but one specimen injured by stuffing. The genus Lasiopyga of Illiger must consequently be suppressed, as it is based on this error. QUADRUMANA. 63 tuft of the tail white; black crest on the eye-brows and the hairs of the top of the head long and turned up, formin~ a tuft. 8. maura, L.; F. Cuv. pl. 10. (The Negro Monkey.) All black, the young o. f a brownish yellow · The three 1a tt er speci· es are from the struts of Sunda.( 1) MAcAous.(2) All the animals of t~is denomination have a fifth tubercle on their l~st molares, and callosities and cheek-pouches like a Guenon. The hmbs are_ sh~rter and thicker than in a Semnopithecus; the muzzle ~ore projectmg, and the superciliary ridge more inflated than in etther the one or the other. Though docile when young, they bec~ me un~anageable when old. They all have a sac which communicates with the larynx under the thyroid cartilage; and which 1 when they cry out, becomes filled with air. Their tail is pendent and takes no part in their motions : they produce early,. but ar; not completely adult fo~ four or five years. The period of gestation is seven months-durmg the rutting season the labia pudendi, &c. of the femal.es are excessively distended.( 3) They are generally brought from Indta. Sim. ailenus and leonina, L. and Gm.; Ouanderou, Buff.; Audeb. 2d fam. sect. 1, pl.. 3: (The Maned Macaque.) Black; ash coloured mane and wh1t1sh beard which surround the head. From Ceylon. Sim. sinica, Gm.; Buff. XIV, 30; Fr. Cuv. 30. (The Chinese Monkey.) A lively fawn-coloured brown above, white beneath; flesh-coloured face; the hairs on the top of the head arranged. in radii forming a sort of hat. From Bengal, Ceylon. ~· radzata, Geoff.; Fr. Cuv. 29. (The Cape Monkey.) Differtng ft·om the preceding in a greenish tint. XI~im. c~nomolgus and cynocephalus, Lin.; Macaque, Buff. '.20, Fr. Cuv. 26 and 27. (The Hare-lipped Monkey.)· Greemsh above, yellowish or whitish below; ears and hands cal;!)th!here is some v~riation in their Malay names. RafHes, (Linn. Trans. XIII) Ia . 8. comata, Chtnkau; the 8. maura, Lotong. Raffies calls the 8. fiascicurzathe Kra. (2) Maca,co is th . . II . among e genertc appe abon of monkeys on the coast of Guinea and the ' h. h h negroes transported to the colonies. Marcgrave mentions a species w IC esays b " I b'fi ' I as nares e atas 1 das"-and these vague words copied from him on Y have r · d ·· h. · · · ' h ' . ~mame m t e character apphed to the Macaque of Buff. although it as nothmg hke it. . h ( 3 ) Hence the observation of JElian, that mon&:eys are to be seen in India which ave a prolapsus uteri. ,, |
