456 HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS. 



THE BARBARY APE. 



(Shnia limits, Linn. Lc Magot, Buff.) 



Is wilder and more untractable than the others. 

 His head is large, and his nose prominent: he like- 

 wise differs from the last, in having cheek pouches, 

 which he frequently fills with food before he begins 

 to eat: the canine teeth are large and strong; ears 

 round, and somewhat like those of a man ; the body 

 is covered with hair of a brown colour, inclining to 

 green; lighter on the belly. When standing erect 

 upon his hind legs he is generally two feet and a 

 half or three feet high. He walks often er on four 

 than on two feet; and when resting, supports his 

 body on two prominent callosities, situated on his 

 buttocks. 



This is a very common species, and is found in 

 most parts of Africa, from Barbary to the Cape of 

 Good Hope. 



