TheDOUC*, cr Cochiii-ChinaMoiikev. 



TH E Douc is the laft of taat clal's of ani- 

 mals which we have called apes, baboons, 

 and vionkeys. Without being precifely I'.ny of 

 thefe three kinds, he participates of each. He 

 is allied to the monkeys by the length of his 

 tail, to the baboons by his fize, and to the apes 

 by his flat face. He feems, by a particular cha- 

 radter, to form the fhade between the monkey's 

 and fapajous: In thefe two tribes of animals, 

 the monkeys are diftinguifhed by naked buttocks, 

 and all the fapajous have thefe parts covered with 

 hair: Of all the monkeys the douc alone has hair 

 on the buttocks, like the fapajous. He refem- 

 bles them alfo in the flatnefs of the muzzle. But, 

 Hpon the whole, he has much more affinity to 



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The name ot this animal in Cochin-China. It is called 

 Sifac in Madagalcar. 



Cochin-China*raonkey, vkh a fliort flattilh face, bounded 

 on each fide by long hairs of a yellowiili white colour ; on 

 the neck a collar of purplifli brown ; the lower part of the 

 arms, thighs, and tail, are white ; the upper part of the arjr 

 and thighs black; the back, belly, and iides, gray, tingeJi 

 with ye!!ow : Above the root of the tail is a fpot of white, 

 which extends, beneath, as far as the lower part cf the belly 

 and part cf the thighs : The feet are black, and the buttocks 

 covered with hair. This is a very large fpecies, about four 

 feet long, from the nofe to the tail ; but the tail not fo long ; 

 Per.7:-i}ifs f\>:->lf. cfquad. p. 119. 



CercopitlK'C'.is cincreiis, genis longis pilis ex albo flavican- 

 tlbus ohfitis, torque ev caftr.neo purpnrafcente. Lc grand 

 finge de la Cochin-Chine; Brijj'on. quad. p. I4'5. 



