THEROPITHECUS 155 



GENUS THEROPITHECUS. THE GELADAS. 



I. ^; C. U; P-i=i; M. ^ = 32- 



THEROPITHECUS I. Geoff., Archiv. Mus. Hist. Nat., Paris, II, 



1843, p. 576. Type Macacus gelada Riippell. 

 Gelada Gray, List Spec. Mamm. Brit. Mus., 1843, pp. XVII, 9. 

 Chcsropithecus Gray, Cat. jMonkeys, Lemurs and Fruit-eating 



Bats, Brit. Mus., 1870, pp. 5, 35. 



Nostrils on side of nose, not terminal. Canine teeth very long ; 

 lower molars quinquecuspidate. Body massive, size large ; head 

 crested; mane on shoulders present ; tail long, tufted; whiskers long. 



GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF THE SPECIES. 



Two species only are known belonging to this genus, both inhabit- 

 ing Abyssinia, one, T. gelada, from the southern portion, the other, T. 

 OBSCURUS from the north eastern section, near the source of the 

 Takazza River. 



KEY TO THE SPECIES. 



A. Mane large covering shoulders ; tail tufted. 



a. Legs iron gray 7". gelada. 



b. Legs from knees to ankles pale yellowish brown. .T. obscurus. 



Theeopithecus gelada (Riippell). 



Macacus gelada Riipp., Neue Wirbelth. Saugth., 1835, p. 5, pi. II ; 



Schleg., Mus. Pays-Bas, Simise, 1876, p. 107. 

 Papio gelada Less., Spec. Mamm., 1840, p. 103. 

 Theropithecus gelada I. Geoff., Archiv. Mus. Hist. Nat., Paris, II, 



1843, p. 576; Id. Cat. Primates, 1851, p. 32; Dahlb., Stud. 



Zool. Fam. Reg. Anim. Nat., fasc. I, 1856, p. 128, tab. VII, 



figs. 13, 15, 17, 19; Reichenb., Vollstand. Naturg. Affen, 1862, 



p. 163, figs. 396, 397; Forbes, Handb. Primates, I, 1894, p. 



276. 

 Theropithecus niger I. Geoff., Archiv. Mus. Hist. Nat., Paris, II, 



1843, p. 576. 

 Theropithecus senex Schimp. et Pucher., Rev. Mag. Zool., 1857, 



p. 243; Reichenb., Vollstand. Naturg. Affen, 1862, p. 150. 



