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zle truncated at the end, in which the nostrils are pierced, giving 

 it a greater resemblance to that of a dog than of any other mon- 

 key; their tail varies in length. They are generally large, fero- 

 cious and dangerous animals, found mostly in Africa. 



C. jmpio, Desm.; Sim. sphynx\ Lin.; Papion, Buff. (The 

 Guinea Baboon.) Yellow, verging more or less on a brown ; 

 tufts of the cheeks fawn-coloured; face black; tail long.(l) 

 They are found of various sizes, owing probably to the dif- 

 ference of age. When full grown, frightful from their ferocity 

 and brutal lubricity. From Guinea. 



There is another neighbouring species with a shorter tail, 

 a greener fur, whiter cheek-tufts and a flesh-coloured face, 

 -S*. cynocephalus ; the Baboidn, Fr. Cuv. Mem. du Mus. IV, 

 pi. 19. 



C. porcarius ; Sim. porcaria, Bodd.; S. ursina, Penn. ; S. 

 sphyngiola, Herm. ; The Long-faced Guenon, Penn., and Buff. 

 Supp. VII, pi. 15.; Black Monkey of Vaillant ;(2) Chacma, 

 Fr. Cuv. Mammif. Black, with a green or yellowish glaze, 

 particularly on the forehead ; tufts of the cheeks grey ; face 

 and hands black ; his tail reaches his heel, and ends in a tuft. 

 The adult has a large mane in every thing else, as to habits 

 and form, resembling the preceding. From the Cape of Good 

 Hope. 



C. hamadryas ; Tartarino{ Belon, Ois. fol. lOl, or Paplo?i a 

 perruque; Sim. hamadryas, L. ; Bog-faced Baboon, Penn.; Singe 

 de Moco, Buff. Supp. VII, 10.(3) A bluish ash-colour; hairs 

 of the, ruff, and particularly those of the sides of the head very 

 long ; face flesh-coloured. This great Monkey is also among 

 the most libidinous and horribly ferocious of his kind lives in 

 Arabia and Ethiopia. 



There is another species which should be distinguished 

 from other Cynocephala, which is totally black, and without 



the Dog played a conspicuous part in the symbols of the Eg-yptlans, in which it 

 represented Tot or Mercury. 



(1) Those which have been figured as having it short, aa the Papions of Buff. 

 XIV, pi. 13 and 14, &c. had it cut off. M. Brongnard was the first who gave a 

 good figure of it, but under the improper name of Sim. cynocephalus . His figure 

 is copied by Schreber, pi. 13, B. See the different Papios in the Mammif. Fred. 

 Cuv. 



(2) All these factitious species have been established on the good or bad con- 

 dition of individual specimens of the same species, or on their difference of age. 



(3) Copied by Schreber, but badly coloured. Tliei'e is now a good figure of it 

 in the Mammif. of Fred. Cuv. 



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