NATURAL HISTORY OF SOUTH AFRICA 



This species of monkey is not treacherous, ex- 

 citable, and vindictive like its cousin the typical 

 Vervet ; and v^hen captured young it makes an 

 affectionate and gentle pet. 



The Samango is somewhat larger than the average 

 Vervet, but the large adult males of the Vervets, 

 such as the leaders of the troops, are quite as big and 

 robust as the Samango. The fur of this monkey 

 is much darker than that of the Vervet, and has a 

 grizzled appearance, owing to each hair being ringed 

 black and yellow ; the latter being shorter than 

 the black, the animal, in consequence, at a first 

 glance appears to be blackish in colour. The head 

 is dark, approaching black, but the fur gradually 

 assumes a lighter hue towards the hind parts. The 

 hands and feet are black, forelimbs black, hind- 

 limbs greyish-black. Nails,, skin of the inside of 

 the ears, anal callosities, and face black. Tail 

 gradually darkening from the root to the tip. 



OTHER SPECIES OF CERCOPITHECUS 

 MONKEYS 



There is one other species of the genus Cerco- 

 pithecus and two sub-species, which are included 

 amongst the South African monkeys, but they need 

 not be considered at any length here, as they are 

 all East African species, and are not well known in 

 South Africa, occurring only in the extreme north- 

 east of what is zoologically recognised as South 



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