THE NA.TUEAL HTSTOET OF 



THE ENTELLUS MONKEY. 



Semnopithecus entellus. F. CUVIER. 



PLATE IX. 



Semnopithecus entellus, Frederic Cuvier, Histoire Naturette 

 des Mammiferes ; Gardens and Menagerie of Zoological 

 Society, vol. i. p. 80. L'Entelle, Audibert, Histoire Natu- 

 relle des Singe*. 



THE Entellus monkey, still of very rare occurrence 

 in the European collections, presents a very remarkable 

 form in its slender proportions, and the light colour of 

 its fur, contrasted with the black skin of the face 

 and extremities. It is a native generally of the 

 Indian archipelago and some parts of the continent ; 

 and, upon comparison of the relations of travellers, must 

 abound in many parts of these countries, where they 

 are venerated, or at least looked upon with a kind of 

 superstitious awe, which prevents the natives from 

 destroying them, and makes them often suffer from 

 their depredations. They seem particularly suscep- 

 tible of cold, which may account for their being seldom 

 seen in our British menageries. Specimens which 

 have been sent to Paris, and that in the Zoological 



