2 MIOPITHECUS 



Mamm., 1820, p. 56; Less., Spec. Mamm., 1840, p. 78; Mar- 

 tin, Mammif. Anim., 1841, p. 534; Dahlb., Stud. Zool. Fam. 

 Reg. Anim. Natur., fasc. I, 1856, p. 100; Schleg., Mus. Pays- 

 Bas, Simiae, 1876, p. 71 ; Forbes, Handb. Primates, II, 1894, 

 p. 82; Bates, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., II, 1907, p. 741, pi. 

 XLII, fig. 6. 

 Pithecus talapoin Blainv., Osteog., 1841, At!., pi. III. 

 Miopithecus capillatus Geoff., Compt. Rend., XV, 1842, p. 720. 

 Miopithecus talapoin I. Geoff., Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat., Paris, II, 

 1843, p. 549; Id. Diet. Hist. Nat., Ill, 1849, p. 308; Id. Cat. 

 Primates, 1851, p. 18; Gray, Cat. Monkeys, Lemurs and 

 Fruit-eating Eats, Brit. Mus., 1870, p. 20; Pocock, Proc. Zool. 

 Soc. Lond., II, 1907, p. 741. 

 Simla melarhinus Schinz, Syn. Mamm., I, 1844, p. 47. 

 Cercopithecus {Miopithecus) talapoin Reichenb., Vollstand. 

 Naturg. Affen, 1862, p. 103, figs. 242, 243. 

 THE TALAPOIN. Native name, Ozem. 

 Type locality. Unknown. 



Geogr. Distr. Gaboon, Southern Cameroon, West Africa. 

 Color. Space around eyes orange ; upper lip yellow ; nose black ; 

 top of head ochraceous and black, hairs black ringed with ochraceous ; 

 upper parts of body, hairs on back gray at roots ringed with yellow and 

 black giving them an olive or grayish tinge ; black streak from corner 

 of eye half way to ear ; outer side of limbs pale yellowish sometimes 

 tinged with red ; whiskers golden yellow ; some hairs brownish black 

 at tip ; under parts and inner side of limbs white ; hands and feet 

 reddish yellow; tail above black and gray mixed, beneath yellow at 

 base, then black and yellow to nearly black at tip. Considerable varia- 

 tion among individuals. 



Some specimens have a decided buff tint and this sometimes ex- 

 tends over the lower parts, overcoming the greenish hue to a large 

 extent. 



Measurements. Total length, 817 ; tail, 359.8 ; foot, 101.6. Skull : 

 total length, 70.6; occipito-nasal length, 63.7; intertemporal width, 

 33.2; Hensel, 41.6; zygomatic width, 57.2; median length of nasals, 

 .83; palatal length, 2; length of upper molar series, 15.5; length of 

 mandible, 44.3; length of lower molar series, 19.1. 



"The habits of the little 'Ozem,'" says Bates, (1. c.) "differ in 

 some respects from those of the other kinds. It is never found far 

 from a large stream of water, and generally keeps to trees on the 



