i6o Lloyd's natural history. 



Hylohates variegafus, Kuhl, Beitr. Zool., p. 5 (1820; young); 



Desmar., Mamm., p. 51 (1820); Is. Geoffr., Zool. Belang. 



Voy., p. 27 (1834). 

 Simia albimana^ Vig. et Horsf., Zool. Journ., iv., p. 107 (1828). 

 Simia va7'iegaius, Fischer, Syn. Mamm., p. 11 (1829). 

 Hylohates albiinatius^ Is. Geoffr., Zool. Belang. Voy., p. 29 (1834). 

 Hylobates entelloides^ Is. Geoffr., C. R., xv., p. 717 (1842). 

 Hylohates leuctscus, Cantor, Ann. and Mag. N. H., xvii., p. 338 



(1846). 

 Characters.— Male. — Everywhere deep black, except the face, 

 which is reddish-brown, with the thick hair round it light grey 

 or white, and the hands and feet, which are pale yellow or 

 white ; superciliary ridges, whiskers and beard, white. The 

 hair on the fore-arm is nearly erect, with only a very slight 

 forward inclination. The species is subject to great variation, 

 and may be of all shades, from deep black to entirely whitish- 

 yellow {H. entelloides) . 



Head round; the eyes large; the cheeks flat and depressed; 

 the nose slightly projecting, its tip furrowed, and its nostrils 

 small and converging ; the upper lip is divided in the centre 

 by a vertical furrow. In very young individuals the top of the 

 ear is markedly pointed. 



Skull with the orbital ridges larger, the muzzle shorter, and 

 the teeth smaller than in H hoolock ; the second and third 

 toes sometimes united by a membrane. 



Female. — Generally similar to the male, but more frequently 

 entirely pale yellow, with the hands and feet paler. 



Distribution. — Aracan, Lower Pegu, Tenasserim, and the 

 Malay Peninsula. 



Habits. — The White-handed Gibbon inhabits the upland 



