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FAUNA OF THE MALAY ISLANDS AND PHILIPPINES 



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Proboscis 

 Monkey. 



when put down, and fully appreciate the delight of a bath, especially the subse- 

 quent drying and combing. They soon grow tame and accustomed to all kinds of 

 food, including meat, and they will drink beer, wine, and spirits, as well as coffee 

 and tea. Unfortunately, the life of captive orang-utans in Europe is invariably 

 brought to a premature close. 



Langurs 

 of peculiar 

 species inhabit the larger 

 Malay Islands with the 

 exception of Celebes, 

 but they are eclipsed in 

 interest by their ludi- 

 crous-looking relative, 

 the proboscis - monkey 

 (Nasalis larvatus) of 

 Borneo. This ape, the 

 sole representative of 

 its kind, is recognisable 

 at a glance by its long 

 and flexible nose, which 

 often attains its maxi- 

 mum development in 

 the old male. In colour 

 this grotesque monkey 

 is reddish brown, with 

 blackish ears, and much 

 yellow and whitish on 

 various parts of the 

 body. Its size is con- 

 siderable, the head and 

 body measuring about 

 30, and the whip-like 

 tail 26, inches. These 

 monkeys associate in 

 small troops, and, like 

 langurs, apparently 

 spend most of their time 

 in the trees. The object 

 of the ungainly proboscis of the adult male, which hangs down over the upper 

 lip, is quite unknown. 

 Moor-Macaque Peculiar to the south of Celebes and the neighbouring island of 



and Black Ape. Bouton is the moor-macaque (Macacus maurus), whose tail is merely 

 a short bare stump about an inch long curving upwards. In colour this monkey 

 is black, with a long narrow face and a flat nose. Another black monkey inhabit- 

 ing Celebes, Batchian, and some of the Philippines, far to the east of its nearest 

 allies, is the black ape (Cynopithecus niger), a species representing a genus by 



PROBOSCIS MONKEY. 



