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shoulders and middle of the back; whiskers long, directed 
backwards, almost concealing the ears ; hair on the lower back, 
arms, thighs and legs short; callosities large, and the sur- 
rounding part of the buttocks nude; tail slightly shorter 
than the body, arched at the basal third, then descending 
perpendicularly to its termination, which is tufted ; under sur- 
face of body and inner aspect of limbs thinly haired ; fourth 
finger and second toe strongly clawed. 
Face flesh-coloured, darker round the margins of the mouth, 
lighter round the eyes ; snout, chin, eyebrows, ears, and naked 
parts of the hands and feet, dark flesh-colour ; general colour of 
the fur over the body ashy-grey, lightly washed with greenish— 
the hairs being ringed with alternate bars of black and greyish- 
green ; the head, the mane on neck and shoulders, and the front 
part of the body ashy-grey, washed with greenish; whiskers 
greyish-white ; hind part of body paler than the fore ; fore- 
arms and legs greyish-black or almost black ; under side of 
body greyish-white ; tip of tail darker; callosities and neigh- 
bouring nude parts bright scarlet. Length of body, 26 inches ; 
of tail, 15 inches ; height, when standing erect, 4 feet ; when 
sitting, 21% feet. 
Females and Young Males.—Similar to adult males in coloration, 
but having no mane; the females of the same size as the males, 
Both sexes possess laryngeal pouches or air-sacs, extending 
down the neck nearly to the arm-pits, and connecting with the 
windpipe by a single opening above the larynx. 
Facial portion of skull proportionately larger than the cranial. 
Top of skull and forehead flattened; brain-case and front 
of cerebrum small and intruded on by the orbits; the latter 
directed forwards and outwards. 
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