THE PROBOSCIS MONKEY 83 



the lower margin of the eye sockets. In this respect the species under consideration 

 resembles the macaques and their allies. 



The proboscis monkey was first made known to European science in 1781 by 

 Baron Wurmb, sometime Dutch governor of Batavia. Wurmb described it under 

 the name Kahau, a term apparently made up from a resemblance to its cry, but un- 

 known to the native inhabitants of Borneo, by whom it is said to be called Bantajau. 

 Specimens were subsequently sent to Europe by Sir Stamford Raffles, and it was 

 considered by Messrs. Vigors and Horsfield that these indicated two distinct 



THE PROBOSCIS MONKEV. 

 (One-tenth natural size.) 



species ; but it was afterwards discovered that these supposed two species were 

 founded upon the male and female of the one and only proboscis monkey, in which 

 the two sexes differ considerably in point of size. 



The proboscis monkey is a rather large animal, the combined length of the 

 head and body of the male being about 30 inches, while the tail measures some 

 27 inches. The general color is a kind of ochre yellow, the head and upper parts 

 of the body being chestnut. The under parts are lighter ; a large patch on the 

 rump above the root of the tail, as well as the tail itself, together with the fore- 



