162 CYNOPITHECUS 



Cynopithecus NIGER (Desmarest) . 



Cynopithecus niger Desm., Mamm., 1820, p. 534 ; Quoy et Gaim., 



Voy. Astrolabe, I, 1830-33, p. 44, pi.; Wagn., Schreb., 



Saugth. Suppl., I, 1855, p. 61 ; Dahlb., Stud. Zool. Fam. Reg. 



Anim. Natur., fasc. I, 1856, p. 122. 

 Inuus niger Wagn., Schreb., Saugth. Suppl., I, 1840, p. 147. 

 Cynopithecus niger I. Geoff., Belang., Voy., 1834, p. 66; Id. 



Archiv. Mus. Hist. Nat., Paris, II, 1843, p. 574; Less., Spec. 



Mamm., 1840, p. 101 ; Gray, Cat. Monkeys, Lemurs and 



Fruit-eating Bats, Brit. Mus., 1870, p. 33 ; Forbes, Handb. 



Primates, I, 1894, p. 281 ; Bedd., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1903, 



p. 19, figs. 7,8, (Brain). 

 Papio niger Temm., Possess. Neederl. Ind., Ill, 1847, p. 111. 

 Papio nigrescens Temm., Possess. Neederl. Ind., Ill, 1847, p. Ill, 



juv. ; Matschie, Abhandl. Senck. Nat. Ges., 1901, p. 256, pl. 



II ; Meyer, Abhandl. Mus. Dresd., 1896, No. 6, p. 5 ; 1899, 



No. 7, p. 4. 

 Cynopithecus nigrescens I. Geoff., Cat. Primates, 1851, p. 32; 



Reichenb., Vollstand. Naturg. Affen, 1862, p. 164 ; Gray, Proc. 



Zool. Soc. Lond., 1860, p. 4. 

 Papio (Inuus) niger Matschie, Abhand. Senck. Nat. Gesc, 1901, 



pp. 247, 248, fig. 

 Papio (Inuus) hecki Matschie, Abhand. Senck. Nat. Gesc, 1901, 



pp. 248, 257, fig. juv. 

 Papio (Inuus) hypomelas Matschie, Abhand. Senck. Nat. Gesc, 



1901, pp. 261, 262, juv. 



BLACK APE 



Type locality. "One of the islands in the Indian Archipelago." 



Geogr. Distr. Northern peninsula of Island of Celebes, and down 

 western coast to Balanipa; Island of Batchian (Wallace) ; Island of 

 Menado-toua ( Schlegel ) . 



Genl. Char. Head tufted ; adult black ; young with more or less 

 of a uniform brown according to age; tail rudimentary, maxillary pit 

 deep. 



Color. Entire pelage jet black ; face, hands and feet black. 



Young. More or less of a uniform brown according to age, with 

 the limbs, hands, feet and top of head, black. The callosities seem to 

 change according to age, being small and divided when young, but 

 becoming large and almost united, especially in old males, with the bare 

 space greatljf extended. The division of the callosities varies with 

 individuals, as Schlegel also testifies (1. c p. 119), and cannot be 



