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23. MORMON. 



Tail very short, bald beneath, erect. Face grooved, bright- 

 coloured M'hen adult. Limbs strong. 



Mandrill, Cuvier. Mormon, Lesson. Papio, Gray, List Matnin. 

 B. M. 



Mormon maimon. The MandrUh B. M. 



Black, yellow-ringed ; middle of croAvn, dorsal line, hinder edge 

 of mane, and sides of body blacker ; sides of mouth pale. 



Choras, Buffon, H. N. xiv. 1. 16, 17 ; Siipp. xvi. t. 9. Simla maimon, 

 Linn. S. mormon, Linn. S. madarogaster, Ziinm. 



Young. Nose black. 

 Simla maimon, Sclireh. S. spliinx, Shaw. 



Hah. Afiica ; Gaboon. 



The Mantiger of Bradley (the Tufted Ape of Pennant) is from a 

 specimen of this animal, which had been partly shaved; and the 

 Goat Monkey, Pennant, is one which had a tail added to it when 

 stuifed. 



Family III. CEBIDiE. 



Nostrils opening on the sides of the nose, separated by a broad 

 space. Grinders |- . | or ^ .^ acutely tubercular. Cheek-pouches 

 none. Buttocks hairy. Tail long, hairy, often prehensile, very 

 rarely short. Thumb distinct, but rarely opposable to the fingers. 

 Hah. America, tropical or subtropical. 



The nostrils of Nyctipitliecus are near, as in the old-world mon- 

 keys ; but in the teeth and aU other characters it is like the Cebidce. 



Synopsis of Tribes and G-enera. 



Section A. Gymnura. The tail ehmc/ate, prehensile, strongly revoliite ; 

 binder surface ofthetipnahed, callous. Cuttiny-teeth erect ; r/rinders 

 f .f. The nostrils fur apart. 



Tribe I. Mycetina. The throat swollen. Windjiipe dilated. Hinder 

 part of lower jaw much dilated. 



1. Mycetes. 



Tribe II. Lagoteichina. The throat not sivollen. Windpipe not dilated. 

 Hinder piart of lower jatc not, or only moderately, dilated behind. 



2. Ateles. Fur rigid, harsh. Claws guttered. Thumbs rudimentary, or 



none. Lower jaw not dilated. Nostrils far apart. Hair of crown 

 du'ected forwards. 



3. Brachyteles. Fur woolly, soft. Thumbs rudimentary, or none. 



Lower jaw moderately dilated behind. Claws compressed. Nostrils 

 far apart. Hair of crown directed backwards. 



4. Lagothrex. Fur woolly, soft. Thumbs developed. Lower jaw mo- 



