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considerably larger in size ; the colour is of a ruddier 

 hue ; the cartilages of the nose are longer than the 

 jaws ; and the colour of the skin on the face, extremi- 

 ties, and ears, are black, while the upper eyelids are 

 white. It is a native of Africa, but hitherto unde- 

 scribed by any traveller in a state of nature. 



To illustrate the second form of the true Cynoce- 

 ij we have figured, 



THE MANDRIL OR RIB-NOSE BABOON. 



Papio mormon. GEOFFROY. 



PLATE XVII. 



Ribbed-nose baboon, Pennant's Quadrupeds, p. 190. Papio 

 mormon, Geoffroy, Annales du Museum, xix. p. 184. - 

 Cynocephalus mandril, Desmaresfs Mammalogie, p. 70. Le 

 Mandril, Frederic Cuvier, Ifistoire Naturelle des Mam. 

 mi feres ; Audibert, Histoire Naturelle des Singes. 



THIS formidable animal, the fiercest and most power- 

 ful of its race, is a native of the Guinea Coast, and 

 has been well known for a long period in our mena- 

 geries. In an adult state, the colours of its fur may 

 vie with any of the quadrumanse, and the general 

 effect is heightened at a little distance by the rich blue 

 and purple shades of the muzzle, lip, and other 

 naked parts of the skin. Upon a nearer view, how- 

 ever, these beauties do not compensate for its other- 



