48 MAMMALIA. QUADRUMANA. 



of a brown slate-gray colour, without spots on the head and neck ; 

 upper eyelids white. 



About 21 inches long. Inhabits Ethiopia according to Hasselquist, and Mada- 

 gascar according to Buffon Shatv, i. pi. 20. 



C. JElhiops, Desm. (Simla JEthlops, Lin.) The Collared Mangabey. 

 Fur of a brown wine-colour ; upper eyelids white ; a white band 

 separating the eyes, and proceeding on each side to the top of the 

 neck. About a foot and a half high Audeb. Fam. iv. 2. 

 pi. 10. 



N C. Atys, Geoff. (Simla Atys, Aud.) Fur entirely white ; hands, 

 face, and ears flesh-coloured. 

 This is conjectured by some naturalists to be only an accidental variety of some 



other species, like the Albinos among the negroes. About 17 inches in length. 



Country unknown. 



Gen. 7. MACAcns,Lacep. Pithecus, Geoff. Cuv. Simia, Lin. &c. 



Incisors f , canines ^-y, molars J-f = 32. Canine teeth very 

 strong, above all in the males ; the first and second molars 

 have two tubercles on their crown ; the three others have 

 four, with the exception of the last of the lower jaw, which 

 has five, and which is terminated by a heel ; facial angle 

 40 to 45; superciliary ridges much developed; muzzle broad 

 and projecting ; eyes approaching ; nostrils oblique ; ears 

 naked, close to the head, angular ; cheek-pouches ; lips thin 

 and extensible ; callosities on the buttocks. 



Inhabits Africa and India, living in troops, and often doing great damage to the 

 gardens and cultivated fields. 



Sub-Gen. 1 MACACUS, properly so called Tail more or less long. 



M. silenus, Desm. (Simla silenus et leonina, Gm.) The Ounderou. 

 Fur black , a mane and large gray beard ; tail of medium length, 

 terminated by a tuft of hair About two feet high. Inhabits 

 Ceylon. Shaw, i. pi. 16. 



M. Sinlcus, Desm. (Simla Sinlcus, Lin.) Fur chestnut-brown ; hair 

 of the head diverging from the centre to the circumference, and 

 disposed in the form of a cap. Inhabits Bengal, East Indies. 

 Shaw, i. pi. 20. 



M. radlatus, Desm. Fur greenish-brown above ; clear ash-coloured 

 below ; hair on the top of the head diverging, and dispersed in 

 the form of a cap. Inhabits India Ann. de Mus. xix. p. 98. 



M. cynomolgus, Desm. (Simla cynomolgus, Lin.) Hare-lipped 

 Monkey. Fur greenish brown or olive above, grayish white be- 

 low ; edges of the orbits projecting in the male ; a tuft of hair 

 in the middle of the forehead in the female. One foot eight in- 

 ches long. Inhabits Africa. Shaw, i. pi. 16. 



M. rhesus, Desm. Pig-tailed Baboon. Upper part of the body of 

 a greenish gray ; tail short and wrinkled at its base ; buttocks 



