192 ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. 
of Monkey known to the ancient Greeks; and Galen 
has left a mimute account of its anatomy, which has 
been of late years verified by the observations of M. de 
Blainville and M. Cuvier. It is still perhaps more 
commonly brought to Europe than any other species, 
the contiguity of its native country, Northern Africa, 
affording greater facilities for its acquisition, and ren- 
dering it more capable of supporting a European climate. 
It has even established itself on the rock of Gibraltar, 
where it is said to have become extremely abundant. 
On the upper parts of the body and outsides of the 
limbs it is of a light yellowish brown, becoming some- 
what deeper on the head and on a line bordering each 
of the cheeks. The under parts are of a dull yellowish 
white; the face, ears, hands, and callosities, are flesh- 
coloured. What is called the tail is merely a process 
of skin, of a thicker substance, totally unconnected with 
the os coccygis, to which, however, it corresponds in 
situation. The fingers are moderately long, the ears 
small, and the muzzle, which becomes more and more 
prominent as the animal grows older, is broad and flat. 
In captivity the Barbary Ape is generally peculiarly 
lively, active, intelligent, and, in its youth at least, good 
tempered. But these qualities wear off with advancing 
age, and it becomes sullen, capricious, and in the end 
unruly, malicious, and dangerous. 
