8 SOUTH AFRICAN MAMMALS 



the S.A. Museum by Mr. Morrison. Mr. Claude 

 Grant, of the British Museum, collected a female in 

 the Woodbush in 1905, and says they are common 

 there, but difficult to obtain on account of their wari- 

 ness. Natives of the Northern Transvaal in my employ, 

 upon seeing an example of the Samango, stated that it 

 was found in the Zoutpansberg, but they were evidently 

 confusing it with the present species — a natural enough 

 mistake for an uneducated native to make, and one 

 which many unobservant white men would probably 

 follow. The Zoo has had examples from the neighbour- 

 hood of Delagoa Bay and Southern Ehodesia. 



Mona samango. Samango Monkey. Samango AajJ. 



Colour of the upper parts a dark grizzled grey, darker 

 on the head and shoulders. Underparts resembling those 

 of the Vervet — being of a dirty or yellowish white. 

 Face, fore hmbs, hands and feet black. Outside of hind 

 limbs dark grey, nearly black on the upper portion of 

 the hips. Ears whitish. The hair of the cheeks long 

 and forming side whiskers. The terminal three-quarters 

 of the tail is black. The Samango further differs from 

 the Vervet monkey in having no white frontal band and 

 no red hair at the root of the tail. It is a slightly larger 

 animal, measuring from 4 to -If feet in total length, the 

 tail alone measuring from 2 to 2| feet. 



This is a much scarcer monkey than the Vervet, and 

 has a much more restricted range, being confined to the 

 thickly wooded portions, from the Pirie Forest near 

 Kingwilliamstov/n, ranging through Pondoland and Natal 

 to Zululand. Mr. W. L. Sclater states that it is also 

 found in Portuguese East Africa, which I much doubt, 

 this species having been confused with the preceding one. 



