CHAPTER VII. 



GENUS MACACUS — THE COMMON MACAQUE — THE BONNET Al'E — THE RHESUS OR BUNDER — THE 

 LAPUNDER — THE WANDEROO — THE MAGOTS — THE GIBRALTAR MONKEYS — GENUS CYNOPITHE- 

 CUS — THE BLACK BABOON-APE OF THE CELEBES. 



VI.- GENUS MACACUS. 



THE general characteristics of this genus may be briefly sum- 

 marized. A square body, the limbs moderately long and very 

 powerful. A muzzle as protruding as that of the Cercopitheci, a 

 facial angle of forty to fifty degrees, the nose prominent, the thumb short, 

 the fingers long ; the former on both the fore and hind limbs have flat 

 nails ; the latter strongly curved nails. The gluteal callosities are con- 

 spicuous. The tail is of considerable length and strength ; in some spe- 

 cies it attains the length of the body, in others is very short. The hair 

 of the head is in some species parted in the middle, in others falls down 

 from the almost bald cranium like a peruke; in some the beard is want- 

 ing, in others it is enormously developed. 



In ancient times the Macaques extended over a great part of Europe 

 At present the short-tailed varieties inhabit the North of Africa, China, 

 and Japan; the long-tailed ones, the continent and islands of Southern 

 Asia. In habits they occupy a middle position between the Cercopitheci 

 and the Cynoccphali ; like the former they are found in forests, like the 

 latter in rocks ; they are as amiable as the former in youth, as morose as 

 the latter in advanced age. They readily endure captivity, and have 

 brought forth young in zoological gardens. 



THE MACAQUE. 



The Macaque or Javanese Ape, Macacus cynomolgus, (Plate II), is the 

 best known representative of the genus. It has a body longer than the 

 other species, a long thin tail, and hair parted or wig-like. It is most 

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