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the reputation of being good-tempered when young, and of 

 being, when old, ferocious, like the Mandrill. 



III. THE DOGUERA BABOON. PAPIO DOGUERA. 



Cynocephalus babouin, Riipp., Neue Wirb. Saugeth., i., p. 7 



(1835, in P a rt)- 

 Cynocephalus doguera, Pucher. et Schimp., Rev. et Mag. de 



Zool., 1856, p. 96, 1857, p. 57. 

 Cynocephalus porcarius, Fitz. et Heugl., Syst. Uebers., 1866, 



p. 6 ; var. Gray, Cat. Monkeys Brit. Mus., p. 64 (1870). 

 Papio doguera, Schl., Mus. Pays Bas, vii., p. 126 (1876). 



Characters. Face naked ; tail moderately long, teminating in 

 a tuft of hairs. General colour of fur olive-brown, or yellowish- 

 olive, the hairs being ringed alternately with black and orange, 

 or brownish-yellow, bars, for their outer third ; body and outer 

 surface of hind-limbs and tail olive-brown, the brown predomi- 

 nating ; sides of head, under surface of body, and inner surface 

 .of limbs pale yellow; hands and feet dark brown or black- 

 Length of body, 38 inches ; of tail, 20 inches. 



The canine teeth are very large, and the lower jaw very heavy. 

 Distinguished from C. porcarius by its much lighter colour. 



Distribution. The interior of Abyssinia. 



Habits This very rare Baboon, of which only a very few 

 specimens are known, was brought by Schimper from Central 

 Abyssinia. He states, according to Dr. Slack, that these 

 animals are gregarious, as he met with them in troops of from 

 one to two thousand individuals. They hunt their prey, which 

 consists mainly of small Ruminants, in a manner similar to 

 that of a pack of Hounds, following the quarry till it is ex- 

 hausted by fatigue, and then capturing and devouring it. It 



