256 SYNOPSIS OF THE SIMIADJE. 



Gardens, i. p. 169. Entirely black ; fur woolly ; the 

 hair on the head long, falling back, and forming a crest ; 

 tail a tubercle. Inhabits islands of Indian Archipelago. 

 Desm. 



Differs from the type in the elongation of the muzzle, and want 

 of tail ; by the former allied to the baboons, by the latter to 

 the next genus Inutis. 



GENUS XIV. Inuus^ CUVIER. 



Facia, angle about 40 ; muzzle elongated ; the hands length- 

 ened ; tail none, or a tubercle. 



PLATE XV. 1. I. SYLVANUS, Barbary Ape Simia inuus, Linn, 

 Magot African, Geoff. Ann. du Mus. xix. p. 100. Magot, 

 F. Cuv. Hist. Nat. des Mammif. Macaque magot, 

 Macacus inuus, Desm. Mamm p. 67. Above greenish- 

 gray ; paler underneath and in the inner sides of the limb*. 

 Tail a short cutaneous tubercle. 



BABOONS. 

 GENUS; XV. Cynocephalus, BRISSON. 



Facial angle from 30 to 35 ; superciliary ridges prominent ; 

 muzzle long, truncated at the end where the nostrils are placed ; 

 tail as long as the body. 



1. C. BABUIN, Little Baboon Petit papion, Buff. Papion 

 cynocephale, Geoff. Ann. du Mus. xix. p. 102. Ba- 

 buin, F. Cuv. Hist. Nat. des Mammif. Cynocephale 

 babuin, Desm. Mamm. p. 68. Male, above yellowish-green, 

 beneath paler ; the face livid ; cartilage of the nostrils not 

 longer than the upper jaw. Female unknown. Inhabits 

 Northern Africa. 



2, C. PAPIO, Guinea Baboon Papion, Audeb. Papio sphinx, 



Geoff. Ann. du Mus. xix. p. 103. Cynocephale papion, 

 Desm. Mamm. p. 69. Above brown, paler beneath ; 

 cheeks yellowish ; face, ears, and hands, black , cartilage 



