The MacaqItes. i) 



Macacus neim.trhtus, F. Cuvier, Hist. Nat. Mamm , livr. xlii. 



(1820) ; livr. xliv. (1822) ; Gray, Cat. Monkeys Brit. Mus., 



p. 29 (1870); Schl., Mus. Pays-Bas, vii,, p. 110 (1876); 



Anderson, Zool. Exped. Yun nan, p. 77 (1C7S; with full 



synonymy). 

 Characters.— Male.— Of large size, even approaching that of 

 "a good sized Mastiff." (^Anderson.) Body short, and broad- 

 chested; head flattened; muzzle long and Baboon-like; supra- 

 orbital ridges large; Umbs long and powerful; tail slender, 

 about one-third the length of the body, pointed, and carried 

 erect ; face, eavs, and callosities nude ; sometimes a short mem- 

 brane uniting the first phalanges of the fore and middle fingers 

 and the second and third toes. 



Fur short, longer over the shoulders ; that on the top of the 

 head radiating from a centre, short, erect and abundant ; hair 

 below and on the tail less abundant, that on the belly very 

 sparse. 



In the skull the protruding facial region is much larger pro- 

 portionately than the cranial region ; the orbits large, and nearly 

 circular. 



Face dark flesh-colour ; ears and callosities the same ; general 

 colour of fur olive, the hairs being at the base grey, ringed 

 higher up with alternate black and yellow bars, the predo- 

 minance of the one bar over the other producing a brighter 

 olive, even a yellow, or a deep brown colour; top of the head 

 deep brown or brownish-black, extending along the middle of 

 the back, broadening on the rump and basal part of the tail. 

 Sides of the face blackish-grey; under surface of the body and 

 inner side of the limbs greyish white ; arms and legs lighter 

 than the back ; outer surface of the thighs olive-grey ; hands 

 and feet olive-brown. 



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