*24 Ajrican Zooloyy. 



the body ; nostrils divided. Length of the body and head 

 about eighteen or twenty inches. 



Inhabits Guinea and the interior of Africa. 



Simia cynomolgus, Lin. .%s. Nat. 1. 38. Siinia cynocephalns 

 Lin. Sys. Nat. 1. 38. Cercocebus cynomolgus and C. cynoce- 

 phalns. Geoff. An7i. Mus. xix. 99. Hare-lipped Monkey, 

 Pennant, Quad. 200. Macaque, Buff. xiv. 190. Macaque or- 

 dinaire, Desm. sp. 34. 



Genus Pithecus. Gray. 



Incisors t, canines \ ■}' molars I *>— 32. Fascial anrjle 40" 

 45° ; superciliary and occipital ridc/es very distinct ; tail very 

 short or only a small tubercle; cheek pouches and callosities 

 distinct', ears angular. 



Tithecus imii/s. (Pigmy, or Barbary Ape.) Above greenish 

 grey, beneath paler or Avhitish ; a cutaneous appendage in place 

 of a tail. Grows to the height of about four feet. 



Inhabits Barbary, Egypt, and the rock of Gibraltar. 



Siniia inuus, Lin. Sys. Nat. 35. Simia silvanus, Lin. Sys. Nat. 

 I. Z4. (^Junior.) Simia Pithecus, Schreb.^t/.' 4. B. Macacus 

 indicus, Desm. Mam.. 67. Pitheque, Buff. Supp. vii. Bar- 

 bary Ape, Pennant, Quad. 186. Pigmy Ape, Pen. Quad. 183. 

 Alpinus Ape, Shaw, Zool. 1. 14, Magot or Barbary Ape, 

 Griff. Quad. 



Genus Cvnocephalus, Brisson. 



Incisors \, canines \ \, molars i\, — 32. Canine teeth very 

 strong ; last violar of the under jaw luith a heel; muzzle long and 

 truncated at the end; fascial angle 30° 35°; superciliary, 

 sagittal and occipital ridgis prominent; cheek poaches ; large 

 callosities ; tail as long or longer than the body. 



CynocephalusBabouin. Desm. (Little Baboon.) Fur greenish 

 yellow ; face a livid flesh colour ; cartilage of the nose not 

 exceeded by the bones of the upper jaw. Length nearly eighteen 

 inches ; tail about six inches. 



Inhabits Northern Africa. 



Simia cynocephalns, Lin. Sys. Nat. 38. Papio cynocephalns, 

 Geoff'. Ann. Mus. xix, 102. Cynocephalus, Pliny. Petit, pa- 

 pion, Buff. 14. 69. Baboin, F. Cuvier, Mam. 



Cynocephalus pctpio, Desm. (Guinea Baboon.) Fur yellowish 

 brown ; face entirely black ; cartilage of the nose exceeding 

 the jaws : upper eyelids white. 



Inhabits the Coast of Guinea, 



