88 PYGATHRIX 



Measurements. Total length, 1,560; tail, 980; foot, 180. Skull: 

 total length, 118; Hensel, 82; zygomatic width, 92: intertemporal 

 width, 52 ; palatal length, 48 ; length of upper molar series, 67 ; length 

 of mandible, 86 ; length of lower molar series, 46. 



The type in the Paris Museum has faded to a pure white and bears 

 but little resemblance to the animal in life. It is quite useless as a 

 specimen for determining the species, a faint brownish tinge along 

 the dorsal line, and on the right thigh alone indicating that the example 

 ever possessed any color on its pelage. 



Although so well known and met with frequently in various parts 

 of India, where it is protected and often worshipped, the range of this 

 monkey is not yet completely known, probably on account of it being 

 confounded by unscientific observers with either P. schistaceus or P. 

 PRIAMUS according to locality. The ranges given above are from the 

 two most reliable sources and probably cover the distribution of the 

 species in the Indian Peninsula. 



The following account of the habits of the Hanuman Monkey is 

 given by Blanford (1. c.) : 



"Few, if any wild animals, afford better opportunities for observa- 

 tion than the Hanuman Monkey of Northern and Central India. 

 Generally protected, and looked upon as sacred by many of the Hindu 

 inhabitants, it has no fear of man, and may be found in groves near 

 villages, or even in the village trees, as commonly as in the depths of 

 the forest. In many parts of India it is a common occurrence to see 

 these monkeys on the roofs of houses. They frequently pilfer grain 

 from the grain dealer's shops, whilst the damage they inflict on gardens 

 and fields renders them so great a nuisance that the inhabitants of 

 the country, although they will not as a rule kill the monkeys them- 

 selves, sometimes beg Europeans to shoot the intruders. 



"S. entellus feeds on fruit and grain, seed, seed-pods ( for instance 

 gram), leaves and young shoots, the last two forming a large portion 

 of its food. Certain vegetable poisons are said to be taken by this 

 monkey with impunity, doses of five and even ten grains of strychnine 

 having been given to one without effect, although the same drug killed 

 Macacus rhesus quickly. 



"The Hanuman is usually found in smaller or larger communities, 

 composed of individuals of both sexes and all ages, the youngest 

 clinging to their mothers and being carried by them especially when 

 alarmed. An old male is occasionally found solitary, as with many 

 other animals. The story that male and female live in separate troups. 



