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of a golden yellow ; extremities grayish. About a foot long. 

 Inhabits forests on the banks of the Ganges. Shaw, i. pi. 25. 



M. nemestrinus, (Simia nemestrina, Lin.) Brown Baboon. Colour 

 deep brown above, middle of the head and dorsal band black ; 

 tail short and slender, only reaching to the middle of the thigh ; 

 head and extremities yellowish. Larger than the last. Inhabits 

 Java and Sumatra Shaw, i. pi. 13. 



Sub.-Gen. 2. MAGOT. Tail replaced by a simple tubercle. 



JM. inuus, (Simia inuus, S. silvanus, Lin. the young.) The Pigmy 

 Ape. Fur of a greenish gray ; a cutaneous appendage in place 

 of a tail. Inhabits Barbary, Egypt, and the rocks in the neigh- 

 bourhood of Gibraltar. Shaw, i. pi. J, 8, 



Gen. 8. CYNOCEPHALUS, Cuv. Simia, Liu. &c. 

 Papio, Bris. &c. 



Incisors , canines -, molars f~f , = 32. Canine teeth very 

 strong ; left molar of the under jaw on each side with a heel ; 

 head and muzzle much elongated ; nostrils placed at the ex- 

 tremity, like the dog ; facial angle 30 35 ; superciliary, 

 sagittal, and occipital ridges much developed ; orbit hollow ; 

 maxillary bone much produced ; face wrinkled with longitu- 

 dinal striae ; ears flat and angular ; cheek-pouches ; mem- 

 bers of nearly equal length, and very robust ; large callosities. 



The Cynocephala arrive at considerable magnitude, and their proportions indi- 

 cate vigour and agility. Ferocity, though not unmingled with intelligence, is a 

 marked trait in their character. They are in confinement observed to pass in a few 

 moments, and without any apparent cause, from affection to menace, from indifference 

 to rage, and some of them have been known to expire from the consequences of their 

 fury. Their cunning and promptitude in laying waste a plantation are so great, 

 that the utmost vigilance is scarcely sufficient to prevent their devastations. When 

 they eat, they commence by filling their cheek-pouches, and they drink by suction. 

 They are comparatively docile when young, and may be taught little exercises and 

 tricks ; but in maturity they refuse obedience, and resume their natural ferocity* 



Sub.-Gen. 1. BABOONS. Tail longer or nearly as long as the body. 



C. babouin, Desm. (Simla cynocephalus, Lin.) Little Baboon. Fur 

 of a yellowish green ; face the colour of raw flesh ; cartilage of 

 the nostrils not passing the bone of the upper jaw. Upwards of 

 two feet long. Probably the Cynocephalus of the ancients. In- 

 habits Southern Africa. 



C. papio, Desm. Guinea Baboon. Fur of a yellowish brown ; face 

 entirely black ; cartilage of the nostrils surpassing the jaws at 

 their superior extremity; upper eyelids white. Inhabits the 

 Coast of Guinea Audeb. iii. 1, fig i. 



C. porcarius, Desm. (Simia porcaria, Lin.) Pig-faced Baboon. 

 Fur of a blackish green above j a mane of long hair on the neck ; 

 face of a blackish violet ; upper eyelids white. Female without 

 a mane. Inhabits the Cape of Good Hope. 

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