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Simla cynoccplialus, Brongn. Hisf. Nat. Cynocephalus 

 Papio, Dcsra. Mam. 69. Papion, Buff. xiv. Audeb. 3. §.1. 

 Jfig. 1. 



Ci/nocephalus porcarius. (Pig-faced Baboon.) Face black; 

 hair long and shaggy, more especially upon the hack of the neck 

 and shoulders. The colour varies in different individuals : in 

 some it is a greenish black, verging to black upon the head, 

 neck, tail, and hands ; in others, particularly aged ones, it is 

 almost black on the head, neck, forearms and hands, and dirty 

 reddish or tawny brown on the other parts of the body. 

 Lcii2:th of body about three feet ; tail eighteen inches. 



Inhabits South African, and resorts to mountains and rocky 

 glens. 



Simla Porcaria, Lin. Gmel. Sysl. Nat. Simla sphingiola, 

 Herman. ? Papio comatus et P. porcarius, Geoff. Ann. Mus. 

 3cix. 102 & 103. GuenoQ a face alongee. Buff. Singe Noir, 

 Le Vaillant. Chacma, F. Cuvier. Mam. Papion noir, Cuv. 

 Reg. An. 110. Baboon or Bavian of the Colonist. 



Cynocephalus hamadry as. Geoff. (Dog-faced Baboon.) Fur 

 ash coloured ; beard and mane very long ; face bare and flesh 

 coloured ; eyes deep seated, and of a chesnut colour ; hands 

 black ; tail not quite so long as the body, and sometimes a little 

 tufted at the extremity. When standing erect measures be- 

 tween four and five feet. 



Inhabits Abysinia. Ehrenberg . 



Simla hamadryas, Lin. S'yst. Nut. 36. Babouin a museau de 

 chien, Buff. Sapp. vii. Singe de Mocco, Buff. xix. Papion a 

 Perruque, Cuv. Reg, Animal. Do^-faced Ape, Penn. Quad. 

 194. Dog-faced Baboon, Shaw, Zool. 1.28. 



JGrenus Papio. JBrisson. 



Incisors*, canines \ ^, molars ^h — 32. Fascial angle 30°. 

 35° ; superciliary and occipital ridges very prominent ; muzzle 

 very long and truncated at the end ; canine teeth strong; cheek 

 pouches and callosities very distinct ; tail very short, and per- 

 pendiculoj- to the dorsal spine. 



Papio Mormon. (The Mandril.) Face naked and of a pur- 

 ple colour ; muzzle furrowed on each side with deep wrinkles ; 

 hair olive brown above, whitish beneath ; beard yellow ; nose 

 red in adult males. W^en, standing erect measures from three 

 to five feet. 



Inhabits Africa on the Gold and Guinea Coasts. 



Simla Sphinx, Lin. Syst. Nat. 35. Simia Mormon, Gmel. 

 Syst. Nat. Papio sus. Baboon, Gesncr, Quad. 252. Choras, 



