QUADRUMANA. 103 



By some naturalists the long-nosed monkeys or 

 Nasalis are separated ; but a more distinct genus is, 



MACACUS,* Macacos, have the muzzle rather elon- 

 gated ; limbs and bodies robust ; cheek pouches and 

 callosities ; the last molar of upper jaw with five, 

 and of lower jaw with six tubercles ; tail varying 

 from middle length to almost none, or a simple 

 tubercle. Those with tails of some length, resem- 

 bling CercopithecuS) have been formed into a dis- 

 tinct group, Cerexebes; the short-tailed into another, 

 Maimon. We here figure 



WHITE MAIMON. 

 PLATE I. 



Macacus (Maimon) Brachyurus, TEMM. 



FROM a specimen in the collection of M. Temminck, 

 it is nearly destitute of tail, about two feet high, 

 covered entirely with close white fur, with the 

 muzzle, ears, and callosities flesh coloured; upper 

 surface of the four hands pale buff. We were in- 

 formed that India was its native abode. The third 

 group is the tailless Macacus magots^ or Inuus, exem- 

 plified in the Barbary Ape. 



* Macacus is a Latinisation of M. Lacepede, who, we think, 

 was peculiarly unfortunate in the selection of his names, and 

 often chose barbarous terms when classical appellations were 

 before him unax^plied. 



