CLASS MAMMALIA. 



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FIG. 472. 



The Baboon (bab oon') of Africa, with its dog-like 

 muzzle, is the ugliest and most ferocious of the Mon- 

 keys. It dwells among craggy rocks, which it climbs 

 with great agility, and fragments of which it will throw 

 at those who attack its strongholds. Its food consists 

 of bulbous roots, eggs, insects,* etc. 



The Mandrill (man'drii) is conspicuous for its variety 

 of color its nose being red, 

 w T ith a bright scarlet tip ; its 

 cheeks, a brilliant blue ; its 

 beard, a citron-yellow ; and its 

 body, a grayish brown, tinged 

 above with olive. Its tail is 

 much shorter than the Bab- 

 oon's, measuring little over 

 an inch in length. It inhabits 

 the west coast of Africa. 



The Macaques (ma kak') 

 abound in the Malay Archi- 

 pelago, Northern Africa, and 

 Southern Asia, w T here they 

 often raid plantations, doing 

 great damage, though the superstitious natives seldom 

 punish them. Representatives of this group are to be 

 seen in every menagerie the Rhesus (re'stis) Monkey 

 being most common. The Barlxinj Ape, of which a 

 small colony has lived for centuries on the rocks of 

 Gibraltar, is a related form, and is the only European 

 Monkey, though indigenous to the north of Africa. In- 

 habiting the precipitous sides of the Rock, it enjoys an 

 exemption not accorded elsewhere to its race. 



C'yn o ceph' a lus mormon 

 Mandrill. (&.) 



* It devours -scorpions with great dexcrity, whipping off their stings so 

 quickly as to give them no chance to strike it. 



