THE RED MONKEY, PATAS, OR NISNAS. 



CERCOPITHECUS RUBER. (Cercopithecus ruber, GEOPFROY, Ann. du Mus. xix. 1812.) 



Patas a bandeau noir, et Patas a bandeau blanc, BUFFON, Hist. Nat. xiv. tab. 25 and 26. 1766. 

 Cercopithecus barbatus rufus . BRISSON, Regn. An. 1756. 



Red Monkey PENNANT, Synops. 1771, et Quadrup. 1793. 



Simla Patas SCHREBER, Saugth. 1775. 



Simla rufa SCHREBER, Supp. 



Cercopithecus Patas ERXLEBEN, Syst. Regn. Anim. 1777. 



Simla rubra GMELIN, Syst. Nat. Linn. 1788. 



Simla rubra CAILLAUD, Voy. & Meroe. 1827. 



Cercopithecus ruber KUHL, Beitr. 1820. 



Cercopithecus ruber DESMAREST, Mamm. p. 59. 1820. 



Le Patas F. CUVIER, Mamm. 1820. 



Le Patas a bandeau blanc . . . F. CUVIER, Mamm. 1829. 



Simla rubra FISCHER, Synops. Mamm. p. 24. 1829. 



Nisnas, Cercopitheouspyronotus HEMPRICH and EHRENBERG, Symbolae Physicse. 1838. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTERS. General colour red, passing into whitish on the under parts ; 



superciliary stripe black, whence a black line is carried down the nose to its tip ; 



face surrounded with ample whiskers. t 



LOCALITIES. Senegal, Ethiopia. 



DESCRIPTION. Description of an adult male in the Paris Museum : 

 Form compact, denoting strength and activity ; the teeth are large ; the 

 upper canines are deeply furrowed anteriorly ; the head is broad and 

 flattened ; the nose depressed ; the muzzle but slightly prominent ; and 

 the eyes rather sunk, and dark ; the hands are small, the fingers being 

 short and hairy above, to the nails ; the fur is moderately long, and rather 

 coarse and glossy ; the general colour of the top of the head and back is 

 bright foxy red, passing into grizzled grey on the shoulders (where the 



