46 MAMMALIA. QUADRUMANA. 



Inhabits Africa, the southern parts of India, and some islands of the Archipelago, 

 living in troops in the forests, but occasionally approaching the cultivated fields. 

 This genus is divided into four sub-genera. 



Sub-Gen. 1. LASIOPYGA, Illig. Hands longer than the fore-arms ; 

 anterior thumbs very short and slender ; no callosities ; buttocks 

 bordered with long hair. 



C. nazmeus, Desm. (Simla ncemea, Lin.) Cocliinchina Monkey, 

 Penn. Fur variegated with brilliant colours. About two feet 

 high. Inhabits Cochinchina and Madagascar. Shaw i. pi. 23. 



Sub-Gen. 2 NASALIS, Geoff. Nose projecting and disproportion- 

 ately long ; ears little and round ; body thick ; anterior hands 

 with four longjlngers and a short thumb ; posterior broader, with 

 thick nails ; tail longer than the body ; callosities. 



C. nasicus, Desm. (Simia nasica, Schreb.) Proboscis Monkey, Penn. 

 Fur reddish fawn-coloured ; nose very long ; face black. 



Inhabits the island of Borneo, lives in troops'on trees in the vicinity of rivers, and 

 is savage in its manners. Shaw, i. pi. 22. 



Sub-Gen. 3.. CERCOPITHECUS, Lin. Cuv. Geoff. Head round ; 

 forehead tapering behind ; facial angle 50 ; no superciliary rid' 

 ges ; nosejlat and open, at the top of the nasal furrows ; callosities 

 on the buttocks ; tail much longer than the body ; orbitary hollows 

 with smooth borders. 



C. auratus, Geoff. Fur of a golden yellow ; long hair upon the 

 forehead and cheeks ; a black spot on the knee. Inhabits the 

 Moluccas. 



C. talapoin, (Simia talapoin, Lin.) Talapoin Monkey, Penn. Fur 

 olive-coloured above ; of a pale yellowish below ; tail ash-colour- 

 ed beneath ; feet black Inhabits Africa. 



C. latibarbatus, Desm. (Simia dentata, Shaw.) The Broad-beard- 

 ed Monkey. A large beard extended laterally ; end of the tail 

 tufted; face violet purple. About nine inches in height. 

 Shaw, i. pi. 13. 



C. cephus, Geoff. (Simia cephus, Lin.) Mustache Monkey. Fur 

 greenish-brown; last half of the tail of a bright red; nose and 

 lips blue. About a foot high. 



C.pileatus, (Simia pileata, Shaw.) Bonneted Monkey. Of a brown 

 fawn colour above, white below, and long hair on the forehead ; 

 cheeks covered with white short hair ; ears naked, rounded 

 About a foot in height. 



C. mona, Desm. (Simia mona, Lin.) Varied Monkey. Fur chest- 

 nut-colour ; outer part of the extremities black ; two whitish 

 spots upon each buttock. About 15 inches high. Inhabits 

 Africa Shaw, i. pi. 18. 



C. nictitans, Desm. (Simia nictitans, Lin.) White-nosed Monkey. 

 Fur black, dotted with greenish gray ; nose white and gibbous ; 



