22 LLOYDS NATURAL HISTORY. 



X. THE BENGAL MACAQUE. MACACUS RHESUS. 



Simia rhesus, var. Audeb., Hist. Nat. Singes, Fam. ii., Sec. i., 



p. 5, pi. i. (1797). 

 Sijtiia erythrcea, Schreber, Saugeth, Suppl., pi. 8, fig. C. 

 Macacus erythrcBus, Cuv., Hist. Nat., Mamm , pi. xxxviii. 



(young; Oct., 1819); pis. xxxix. (1821) and xl. (1F25; 



male); Gerv., Hist. Nat., Mamm., p. 91 (figs. $ and ?; 



heads; 1834); Svvinhoe, P. Z. S., 1870, p. 226; Schl., 



Mus. Pays-Bas, vii., p. 112 (1876). 

 Macacus rhesus, Desm., Mamm., p. 66, pi. vii., fig. 2 (1820); 



Anders., ZooL Exped. Yun-nan, p. 55, pi. iii. (with 



synonymy) ; Blanford, Faun. Brit. Ind., Mamm., p. 13. 



CTnaracters. — Body thick-set and with powerful limbs ; face 

 long and narrow, the muzzle somewhat projecting ; a few short 

 and coarse hairs on the lips, chin, and cheeks ; eyes rather 

 oval; ears somewhat large and sparsely haired. Fur moder- 

 ately long and straight ; hair of head coarse, not radiating, 

 beginning on the orbital ridge, covering the forehead, and 

 directed backwards ; fingers haired to the end of the first 

 digits ; nails rather claw-like ; toes haired ; callosities surrounded 

 by a semi-nude part of the buttocks ; tail tapering, nearly one- 

 half the length of the body. Length of males, 22 inches, with 

 a tail of 10 inches; females, 16-18 inches, with a tail of 7-8 

 inches, the hair projecting i)^ inch beyond the vertebrae. 



Face flesh-coloured, and sprinkled with short, silky, buff- 

 coloured hair ; general colour of the fur on the anterior and 

 upper surface of the body and arms, greyish-brown, the hairs 

 ashy at base, ringed with yellowish or light brown, and tipped 

 with darker brown, or even black, giving a rich rufous, speckled 

 appearance; hinder quarters and outer aspect of the thighs 



