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THE GIBRALTAR APE 



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The stomach is simple and globular; this corresponds with a 

 mixed diet. The tail is long or short, or practically absent. 



The most familiar genus is undoubtedly Macacus. This 

 includes all the common so-called Macaques, the Bonnet Monkey, 



FIG. 268. Tcheli Monkey. Macacus tcheliensis. x J. (From Xature.) 



the Pig -tailed Monkey, etc. In this genus we find that the 

 males are larger than the females, and have stronger canine teeth. 

 Ischial callosities are well developed. The genus is purely 

 Asiatic, reaching as far east as Japan, with the exception of the 

 Barbary Ape, M. inuus, also known as the Gibraltar Ape. There 

 are altogether some seventeen species. 



Macacus inuus is doubtfully indigenous to Gibraltar. It is, 

 however, definitely established there at present, and is carefully 

 fostered. It is a large Ape with no external tail, in which 



