14 SOUTH AFRICAN MAMMALS 



Choiropithecus rhodesise, Haagner. Ehodesian Baboon. 

 Bhodesies Baviaan. 



Description. Upper parts of a grizzly olive-yellowish 

 colour, much darker on the crown and along the spine, 

 where the hairs are long and tipped with black, forming 

 a mantle. These long hairs range from 5 to 12 inches 

 in length. Legs, feet and tail coloured like the sides, 

 the individual hairs being ringed with black and yellow, 

 the tips being pale yellow and the bases grey. Below 

 pale greyish white, especially the chin, lower cheeks and 

 throat, insides of the legs, belly and a patch behind each 

 armpit ; chest and limbs speckly. Muzzle considerably 

 lengthened and pointed, more resembling that of the 

 Chacma, and not short and rounded like that of the 

 Yellow Baboon. Length of the head and body 3 feet 

 6 inches to 3 feet 9 inches. Length of snout from tip of 

 nose to frontal ridge between eyes 6 inches. Length of 

 forearm from tip of middle finger to end of elbow 

 16^ inches. Length of hand from tip of middle finger 

 to metacarpal joint 6 inches. Length of top canines 

 2| inches. Ears rather small and almost hidden by the 

 hair of the upper cheek. Tail long (2 feet 4 inches). 



Remarks. This animal is bigger and heavier in build 

 than any Chacma or Yellow Baboon we have ever 

 possessed. In coloration the Khodesian Baboon some- 

 what resembles the Yellow Baboon, but is darker and 

 in build is much more like the Chacma. It lacks the 

 darker tip to the tail often found with the latter animal, 

 and has not black hands and feet. The cry of this 

 species also differs somewhat from that of the Chacma, 

 being shorter and more cough-like. This example was 

 received in February, 1913, along with two others from 

 Central Rhodesia, and noticing well-marked differences 

 from young Chacmas, I kept one to see whether these 



