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THE KALASIE. 



SEMNOPITHECUS RUBICUNDUS. (Semnopithecus rubicundus, MULLEB, in Tydschrift voor 

 Natuurlijke, &c. vol. v. parts i. ii. 1838.) 



Kaluhie apud Banjirmalsing. 



Kalasie Bejadjoo Dayaks. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTERS. General colour, rufous brown, deeper on the hands and feet, black 

 hairs being intermixed with the others; on the vertex the hairs form a circular 

 corolla ; occiput crested. 



LOCALITY. Borneo. 



DESCRIPTION. The whole of the body, and the tail are of a dark 

 reddish brown ; the hands and feet are uniformly of a darker hue, blackish 

 hairs being intermixed with the reddish brown fur ; on the top of the 

 head the hairs form a circular crown, a peculiarity by means of which this 

 species is readily distinguished from all other Semnopitheci of the Indian 

 Archipelago ; the occiput is decorated by a rather high crest, which falls 

 down on the neck, in the form of a comb. 



ft. in. 



Length of body in adult male about 1 9 



Ditto tail 24 



Ditto head 04 



GENERAL HISTORY. Our knowledge of this remarkable species, of 

 which we have never seen a specimen, is due to Dr. S. Miiller ; and it 

 would appear, from the account which he has given, to be closely related 

 to the S. melalophos, and the S. flavimanus ; the difference, however, in 

 the arrangement of the hairs of the head, and the tendency to black in the 

 hands, independently of the browner tone of the general colouring, are 

 sufficient to distinguish it from either of those Monkeys, which appear, 

 besides, to be confined to the Island of Sumatra ; while the Kalasie is 

 found only in Borneo. Miiller's description is accompanied by a charac- 

 teristic figure. 



According to its discoverer, this species inhabits the elevated south- 

 eastern parts of Borneo ; and, like the S. melalophos of Raffles, which 

 tenants the high lands of Sumatra, prefers mountain districts to low 

 situations, being rarely found in the plains which border the sea-coast. 



The inhabitants of Banjirmalsing give to this Monkey the name of 

 Kalahie, and the Bejadjoo Dayaks, that of Kalasie ; which latter name 

 is here adopted as its ordinary appellation. 



