THE BLACK APE 



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of the macaques with the following one of the baboons. It was represented many 

 years ago by one living example in the old menagerie at the Tower, and by another 

 in that of Exeter Change. At that time, however, the true habitat of this animal 

 was quite unknown, Cuvier suggesting that it came from the Philippines ; but its 

 home was subsequently found to be Celebes. This monkey, which is shown in the 

 accompanying figure, is a decidedly handsome animal, the whole of the fur, as well 

 as the naked parts of the face, hands, and feet, being of an intense black, the only 

 exception to this coloration being the large callosities on the buttocks, which are 

 flesh colored. The hair of the body is long and woolly, but that on the limbs 



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THE BLACK APE. 

 (One-sixth natural size.) 



shorter. The tail is represented by a mere tubercle, not more than an inch in 

 length. The face is characterized by the marked protrusion of the muzzle, which 

 is abruptly terminated, the nostrils opening obliquely, and placed some distance 

 behind the extremity of the muzzle. It is this position of the nostrils which con- 

 nects this monkey with the macaques, and distinguishes it from the true baboons, 

 in which they are situated at the very end of the still more produced muzzle. The 

 sides of the face have the peculiar longitudinal swellings characteristic of the latter, 

 and the cheek pouches are very capacious. On the top of the head the black ape 



