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THE KAHAU, OR PROBOSCIS MONKEY. 



SEMNOPITHECUS LARVATUS. 



Cercopithecus larvatus WURMB, Verhand, Batav. Genootsch.iii. 145. 



Simia nasica SCHREBER, Saugth. 46, c. fig. 1775. 



Guenon a longue nez BUFFON, Hist. Nat. Supp. vii. c. fig. tab. xi. xii. 1789. 



Proboscis Monkey PENNANT, Quad. ii. 232, c. fig. Buff. 1793. 



Kahau AUDEBERT, Hist, des Singes, &c. fig. 1797. 



Proboscis Monkey SHAW, Gen. Zool. i. 55, c. fig. Buff. 1800. 



Nasalis larvatus GEOFFROY, Ann. du Mus. xix. 1812. 



Cercopithecus larvatus KUHL, Beitr. Zool. 12. 1820. 



Cercopithecus nasicus DESMAREST, Nouv. Diet, et Mamm. 1820. 



Semnopithecus nasicus GEOFFROY, Cours d'Hist. Nat. lect. vii. 1828. 



Nasalis recurvus (young?) . . . VIGORS and HORSEFIELD, in Zool. Journal, iv. p. 109, c. fig. 

 faciei. 1828-9. 



Simia larvata. FISCHER, Synops. Mamm. p. 16. 1829. 



Nasalis larvatus LESSON, Species des Mamm. p. 66. 18-10. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTERS. Tail shorter than the head and body; nose produced into a sort 

 of proboscis, with large nostrils opening downward, and separated from each other by 

 a thin septum; head, and upper parts of back, chestnut, the rest ochre-yellow; the 

 crupper, tail, fore-arms, and legs, greyish yellow ; chin, bearded ; face, ears, and palms, 

 dusky leaden coloured. 



LOCALITY.- Borneo. 



