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THE MOUSTACHE MONKEY. 



CERCOPITHECUS CEPHUS. (Cercopithecus Cephus, ERXLEBEN, Syst. Regn. An. 1777.) 



Cercopithecus alius Guineensis MARCGRAVE, Hist. Rer. Nat. Braz. 1648. 

 Cercopithecus alius Guineensis RAY, Syn. 1693. (Quad.) 

 Cercopithecus Guineensis barbd flavesc, BRISSON, R. An. 1756. 



Simla Cephus(?) LINNJEUS, Syst. Nat. ed. 12. 1766. 



Moustac BUFFON, Hist. Nat. xiv. c. fig. tab. xxxix. 1766. 



The Moustache Monkey PENNANT, Synops. 1771, and Quadrup. 1793. 



Moustac AUDEBERT, Hist. Sing, et Mak. Fam. iv. sect. ii. tab. xii. 1797. 



Cercopithecus Cephus GEOFFROY, in Ann. du Mus. xix. 1812. 



Cercopithecus Cephus DESMAREST, Mamm. p, 57. 1820. 



Cereopithecus Cephus KUHI,, Beitr. 1820, aliorumque auctorum. 



Moustac F. CUVIER, Mamm. c. fig. vol. ii. March, 1821. 



Simla Cephus FISCHER, Synops. p. 20. 1829. 



Cercopithecus Cephus LESSON, Species des Mamm. p. 77. 1840. 



Simla Cephus F. CUVIER. Diet. Sc. Nat. 



Simla Cephus DESMOULINS, Diet. Class. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTERS. General colour above, golden brown, freckled with black ; on the 

 head and thighs a greener tint prevails; tail, fulvous orange; under parts, whitish; 

 whiskers full, and of a yellow colour ; face, violet blue ; upper lip, with a white 

 triangular mark, above a black margin. 



LOCALITY. Guinea. 



DESCRIPTION. The muzzle is rather short ; the nose moderately ele- 

 vated ; the margin of the upper lip is black, this colour extending back to 

 the whiskers ; the under lip and chin are black also ; between the black 

 margin of the upper lip and the nose, is a white stripe, somewhat in the 

 form of a " broad arrow," also advancing to the whiskers ; the whiskers 

 form full cheek-tufts of rich golden yellow hairs, directed backward and 



