276 CLASS MAMMALIA. 



greater prominence of this organ. It has been also called 

 the nodding monkey. 



The Nasique or Kahau is also called the Proboscis Mon- 

 key, and is an animal of a most singular and grotesque 

 appearance. Its essential character is the enormous length 

 of the nose. The line of the upper part of the bridge of 

 this organ approaches to a rectangular position in reference 

 to the face, and the entire nose presenting the appearance 

 of a proboscis, has given rise to its denomination. It has a 

 furrow passing down the upper part, which nearly moietizes 

 it towards the extremity. The nostrils open underneath 

 near the end. The face is black. The whole body, as well 

 as the head, is thick, strong, and shapeless. The eyes are 

 large and situated at a distance from each other. The ears 

 are small and naked. The mouth is large, the canine teeth 

 long, throat very short ; the nails of the fingers are much 

 compressed and arched. Those of the thumbs large and 

 flat. The general colour is different shades of yellow, with 

 some irregular patches of red about the lower part of the 

 back. The chin is white. The length of this animal from 

 nose to tail is about two feet two inches. The tail two 

 feet three inches. 



We are hitherto very much in the dark on the subject of 

 the habits or character of that singularly-varied species as 

 to colour, the Douc or Cochin-China monkey, and deem it 

 needless to amplify the short description of the person of the 

 animal in the words of the text. In dismissing thus briefly 

 this or any other species, the reader will perhaps forgive being 

 reminded that the essential character of each are common 

 to all the species found in every subdivision ; such essen- 

 tial characters need not therefore be repeated, especially as 

 these artificial subdivisions are invented and employed al- 

 most solely for the purpose of obviating such repetitions. 



The various tints of colour found in this animal, seem 

 to bear a sort of general analogy with the proboscis monkey 3 



