thp: baboons. 263 



is also stated that the Lion and the Leopard are unknown in 

 the region inhabited by this Baboon. A glance at the animal 

 under c6nsideration would convince anyone that it is of a most 

 ferocious disposition. Mr. Schimper also informs us that it 

 wages continual war against the Gelada Baboon {The r op i thee us 

 geladd) which inhabits the same locality. 



IV, THE CHACMA BABOON. PAPIO PORCARIUS. 



Simla porcaria^ Bodd., Naturf., xxii., p. 17, figs, i, 2 (1787). 

 Cynocephalus porcarius (Le Chacma), F. Cuv., Hist, Nat. 



Mamm., p. 132, pi. 47 (? 1807) ; Gray, Cat, Monkeys 



Brit, Mus,, p, 34 (1870), 

 Papio cojuatus, Geoffr., Ann, Mus., xix., p. 103 (1S12). 

 Fapio porcarius^ Geoffr., Ann. Mus., xix,, p. 102 (1812) ; Schl,, 



Mus. Pays Bas, vii., p. 124 (1876). 

 Cynocephalus urslnus, Schinz, Synops. Mamm., i,, p. 64 (1844). 



Characters. — Face and ears naked ; muzzle protruding, the 

 nose extending beyond the upper lip ; the hair of the body 

 long and shaggy, lengthening on the shoulders and the neck, 

 but not forming a conspicuous mane ; whiskers small and 

 directed backwards ; tail slightly exceeding half the length of 

 the body, elevated at its base, and then descending perpen- 

 dicularly ; callosities small ; hands and feet naked. Sense of 

 smell acute. 



Skull flattened, the cranial portion smaller than the facial ; 

 ridges above and at the sides of the close-set orbits very large ; 

 nasal bones long and prominent ; canine teeth very large and 

 triangular. 



General colour dark brown or nearly black, washed with 

 green, especially on the forehead, the hairs being grey at the 

 base, then ringed alternately with black and green ; some of 



