TO 



THE LIVING ANIMALS OF THE WORLD 



habits and appearance of the 

 monkeys specially noticed. 



'This great family of true 

 monkeys contains the Sacred 

 Monkeys, or Langurs, of India, the 

 Guerezas and Guenons of Africa, 

 the Mangabeys, .Macaque-, and 

 Baboons. Most of them have 

 naked, hard patches of skin on the 

 hindquarters, and the partition be- 

 tween the nostrils is narrow. Some 

 have tails, some none, and they 

 exhibit the most astonishing dif- 

 ferences of size and shape. Per- 

 haps the most grotesque and 

 astonishing of them all is the 

 Proboscis Monkey. It is allied 

 to the langurs, and i> a native of 

 the island of Borneo, to which it 

 is confined ; its home is the west 

 bank of the Sarawak River. It 

 is an arboreal creature, living in 

 small companies. Mr. Hose, who 



saw them in their native haunts, 

 says that the proboscis monkeys 

 kept in the trees overhanging the 

 river, and were most difficult to 



Pktlt bj A. S. Rudland if Svr.i 



HEAD OF PROBOSCIS MONKEY 



A native of Borneo, Next to the orang-utan^ the most striking monkey in the Alalay 



Archipelago 



shoot. " I saw altogether about 150 of these monkeys, and without a single exception all were 

 in trees over the water, either lake, river, or in submerged forest. As long as they are in sight, 

 they are very conspicuous objects, choosing the most commanding positions on open tree-tops. 

 Once I saw thirteen in one tree, sitting lazily on the branches, as is their habit, sunning them- 

 selves, and enjoying the scenery." They are very striking animals in colour, as well as in form. 

 The face is cinnamon-brown, the sides marked with reddish brown and white, the bell)- white, 

 the back red-brown and dark brown. Next to the orang-utan, these are the most striking 

 monkeys in the Malay Archipelago. 



The greater number of the species intermediate between the gibbons and the New World 

 species are called •• Dog-shaped" Monkevs. We wonder why? Only the baboon and a few 

 others are in the least like dogs. The various Sacred Monkeys of India are often seen in this 

 country, and are quite representative of the " miscellaneous " monkeys in general. Most of them 

 have cheek-pouches, a useful monkey-pocket. They poke food into their pouches, which unfold 

 to be filled, or lie flat when ni >t wanted ; and with a pocketful of huts or rice on either side of their 

 faces, they can scream, eat, bite, or scold quite comfortably, which they could not do with their 

 mouths full. The pouchless monkeys have only their big stomachs to rely on. 



The Entellus Monkey is the most sacred of all in India. It is gray above and nutty 

 brown below, long-legged and active, a thief and an impudent robber. In one of the Indian 

 cities they became such a nuisance that the faithful determined t" catch and send away some 

 hundreds. This was done, and the holy monkeys were deported in covered carts, and released 

 many miles off. Hut the monkeys were too clever. 1 laving thoroughly enjoyed their ride, they 

 all refused to part with the carts, and, hopping and grimacing, came leaping all the way back 

 beside them to the city, grateful for their outing. One city obtained leave to kill the monkeys ; 



