THE 



LIVING ANIMALS OF THE WORLD 



Photo by A. S. Rutland <V Son. 



MANTLED GUEREZA 



Thit group of monkeys supplies the "monkey muff's'"'' once -very fashionable. 

 The species with white plumes is used to decorate the Kaffir Melds 



hands. " He then tried to pull off my 

 rings, when I gave him some biscuits, 

 and making a bed for him with my hand- 

 kerchief he then settled himself comfort- 

 ably to sleep ; and from that moment we 

 were sworn allies. When mischievous, 

 he was often banished to a hen-coop. 

 Much more effect was produced by taking 

 him in sight of the panther, who always 

 seemed most willing to devour him. On 

 these occasions I held him by the tail 

 before the cage ; but long before I reached 

 it, knowing where he was going, he pre- 

 tended to be dead. His eyes were closed 

 quite fast, and every limb was as stiff as 

 though there were no life in him. When 

 taken away, he would open one eye a 

 little, to see whereabouts he might be ; 

 but if he caught sight of the panther's 

 cage it was instantly closed, and he be- 

 came as stiff as before." This monkey 

 stole the men's knives, tools, and hand- 

 kerchiefs, and even their caps, which he 

 threw into the sea. He would carefully 

 feed the parrots, chewing up biscuit and 

 presenting them the bits ; and he caught 

 another small monkey and painted it 

 black ! Altogether, he must have enliv- 

 ened the voyage. The GRIVET MONKEY, 

 the GREEN MONKEY, the MONA MONKEY, 

 and the MANGABEY are other commonly 

 seen African species. 



THE MACAQUES 



The MACAQUES, of which there are many kinds, from the Rock of Gibraltar to far Japan, 

 occupy the catalogue between the guenon and the baboon. The COMMON MACAQUE and many 

 others have tails. Those of Japan, and some of those of China, notably the TCHELI MONKEY, 

 kept outside the monkey -house at the Zoo, and the JAPANESE MACAQUE, at the other entrance, are 

 tailless, and much more like anthropoid apes. The Tcheli monkey is large and powerful, but 

 other macaques are of all sizes down to little creatures no bigger than a kitten. Some live in the 

 hottest plains, others in the mountains. The COMMON MACAQUE, found in the Malay Archi- 

 pelago, is a strong, medium-sized monkey. The FORMOSAN MACAQUE is a rock-living creature ; 

 those of Japan inhabit the pine-groves, and are fond of pelting any one who passes with stones 

 and fir-cones. The BONNET MACAQUE is an amusing little beast, very fond of hugging and 

 nursing others in captivity. The BANDAR or RHESUS MONKEY, a common species, also belongs 

 to this group. But the most interesting to Europeans is the MAGOT, or BARBARY APE. It is the 

 last monkey left in Europe. There it only lives on the Rock of Gibraltar. It was the monkey 

 which Galen is said to have dissected, because he was not permitted to dissect a human body. 

 These monkeys are carefully preserved upon the Rock. Formerly, when they were more com- 



