THE GUENONS. 



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8. CERCOPITHECUS TALAPOIN — -TALAPOIN GUENON. 



Syn. Le Talapoin.^Cuv. Reg. Anim. I. 92. 



Cekcopitheciis Talapoi.v — -Geoff. Ann. Mus. XIX. p. 93 — Desm. 

 Mam. p. 56. 



SiJHA TalapOIN. — Linn. Gmel. I. p. 35 — Fisch. Syn. Mam. 21. 



Talapoin Monkey. — Penn. Syn. 114. — Shaw, Gen. Zool. 1. I, p. 46. 

 Icon. Melarine, jeune fern — Geoff, et F. Cuv. Hist. Mam. 



Buff. Hist. Nat. XIV. pi. 40. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTEUS. 



The Hair greenish above, whitish heneath, the tufts of the cheeks 

 wliitish. 



The Nose black, in the middle of a flesh-coloured face. 

 Inhabits 



This animal comes probably from Africa, though it? precise locality 

 has not yet been verified. It belongs to the same group of Guenons with 

 ■ those now about to be described. 



The head is round, and the muzzle projects but slightly ; the ears are 

 large, round, and naked ; the nose, the ears, and the palms of all the 

 hands, are black ; the circle round the eyes and the tip of the lips flesh-co- 

 loured. The hair on the cheeks, temples, forehead, the top of the head, 

 the occiput, above and on the sides of the neck, the back, loins, crupper, 

 the sides of the breast and belly, as well as the external surfaces of the 

 limbs and the backs of the hands, are covered with a mixture of yellow- 

 ish green and black, each hair being dark-grey through a groat part of its 

 length from the root, afterwards greenish-yellow, and terminating in black. 

 The lower jaw, the inferior surface of the neck, throat, breast, belly, arm- 

 pits, and the inner surfaces of the limbs, are whitisli, with some slight 

 tinges of yellow; the tail beneath is of an ash-grey. The nails of all 

 the thumbs are round and flat. 



9. CERCOPITHECUS MO-MA VARIED GUENON. 



Si/n. La Mone. — Cuv. Reg, Anim. I. 92. 



CERCOPITHECUS MONA.— Geoff. Ann. Mus. XIX. 95.— Desm. Mam. p. 58. 



SiMiA jMo.ViV. — Linn. Gmel. 34 — Fisch. Syn. Mam. 



Varied Ape Penn. Quailr. and Syn. 



Varied Monkey. — Shaw, Gen. Zool. I. 17. 

 Icon. La JIone. — .-^udel). Sing. 



INIone male. — Geoff, et F. Cuv. Hist. Mam. 



SiMIA Mona. — Schreb. Saiigth. pi. 15. 



SlMIA MONACHA Ibid. pi. 15. B. 



Buff. Hist. Nat. XIV. pi. 36. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTEKS. 



The Hair of the body brown ; the limbs and tail black ; the belly and 

 inside of the arms white ; a black band on the forehead ; the top of the 

 head greenish-yellow ; the tufts of the cheeks straw-coloured ; a white spot 

 on each side near the insertion of the tail. 



The Ears and Hands flesli-coloured. 



IsHAEiTS Alrica. 



This Gnenon, according to Buffon, F. Cuvier, and others, is pl.nyful, 

 gentle, and affectionate; yet an adult specimen, preserved in the Gardens 

 of the Zoological Society of London, deserved no such good character, 

 but showed, on the contrary, a temper as capricious and savage as any of 

 its tribe.' 



The name Mona appears to be of --Vrabic origin, and is applied by the 

 Moors of Barbary to all Apes with long tails. This Guenun is about a 

 foot and a half in length; and seems to thrive well in our climates. 



The head is small and round ; the muzzle thick and short ; the eyelids, 

 nose, and lips, naked and flesh-coloured ; the intervals of the eyes blueish. 

 The top of the head is of a bright greenish-yellow, resulting from tlie in- 

 termixture of hairs which are wholly black at the points, afterwards of a 

 greenish-vellow beneath the black, and finally of an ash-colour near their 

 roots. The back and sides are of a bright brown, speckled with black ; above 

 the limbs, thighs, and the top of the tail, of a pure slate-grey passing into 

 black. The breast, belly, and the inner surfaces of the limbs, are of a daz- 

 zling white. The cheek-tufts are straw-coloured, mixed with black points; a 

 black marginal band commencing from the centre of the forehead extends 

 on each side to the ear, and is thence prolonged down the shoulders and 

 fore-arms. Two very white spots appear on each side of the tail above the 

 thighs. The hair surrounding the callosities is reddish ; the tail is black, 

 and arched forwards over the back ; the palms of all the hands are naked 

 and brown, the nails short, black, and flattish. 



The Varied, Spotted, Moustache, Vaulting, Winking, and Diadem 

 Guenons, constitute a group of small and agreeable Monkeys. 



10. CERCOPITHECUS DIANA.- SPOTTED GUENON. 



Syn. Le Roloh'ai. — Cuv. Reg. Anim. I. 92. 



E.xqui.ma^. — Marcgr. Brasil, p. 227. 



CERCOPITHECUS DiANA.- Geoff. Ann. Mus XIX. 96.-Desm. Mam. p. 60. 



SiMiA Diana — Linn. Gmel. I. 32.— Fisch Syn. Mam. 19. 



SijriA ROLOWAI. — Fisch. Syn. Mam. 



Spotted or Diana Monkey and Palatine Monkey. — Shaw, Gen. 

 Zool. I. 37 and 38. — Penn. Syn. and Quadr. 

 Icon. La Diane. — Audeb. Sing. 



Buff. Hist. Nat. Suppl. VII. pi. 20. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTERS. 



The Hair dark slate-grey, spotted with white above; white beneath; 

 the crupper of a purplish-red; inside the thighs orange. 



The Face surrounded with while. The Beard whitish, long, and 

 scanty. 



Inhabits Guinea. 



Linnaeus assigned the name of Diana to this Guenon, from the fan- 

 cied resemblance of the crescent-shaped hairs ornamenting its brow to 

 the ancient representations of that goddess. Mr Bennett describes the 

 specimen in the Gardens of the Zoological Society of London as " one 

 of the most graceful and good-tempered of its tribe. Like the greater 

 number of them, its disposition is moie mild and pliant in youth than 

 after it has attained its full maturity. It is fond of being caressed, and 

 nods and grins with peculiar expression when pleased ; but, after a cer- 

 tain age it becomes more sedate, and seldom indulges in those antics." 

 Gardens and Menagerie, Vol. i. p. 36. 



The body is rather slender ; the head elongated ; the face triangular 

 and black ; the ears rather small and round ; the hair on the top of the 

 head short and black, with a border formed of stiflfer hairs than the rest, 

 in which some are pure white. The cheek-tufts rather long ; a white 

 pointed beard, about two inches in length, and scanty, appears behind 

 a small brownish black Sj-ot at the tip of the chin. The sides of the head 

 and neck as far as the ear, the breast, and the interior surfaces of the 

 limbs, are white; the hinder part of the head and neck, the shoulders, 

 sides, the external surface of the arms, and the upper parts of the thighs, 

 are covered with dark hairs, annulated with yellowish-white, which gives 

 them a greenish tinge. A purplish-red patch, in the form of an isosceles 

 triangle, beginning about two-thirds the length of the back, extends down 

 to the loins for a base ; the anterior hands are black, as well as all the 

 hinder limbs, with the exception of the fore part of the thigh, which is di- 

 vided by a narrow and oblique band of white hairs reaching from the base 

 of the tail to the knee. T he insides of the thighs ate orange, the circle 

 round the callosities white. 



11. CERCOPITHECUS CEPHUS MOUSTACHE GUENON. 



Syn. Le Moustac. — Cuv. Reg. Anim. 1. 92. 



CERCOPITHECUS Cephus Geoff. Ann. Mus. XIX. 20.-Desm. Mam. 57. 



SiMiA Cephus. — Fisch. Syn. Mam. 



Moustache Monkey -Penn. .Syn. and Quadr.-Shaw, Gen. Zool. I. 1, 44. 

 Icon. Le Moustac Audeb. Sing. 



Moustac mile Geofl'. et F. Cuv. Hist. Mam. 



Buff. Hist. Nat. XIV. pi. 39. 



SPECinC CHAUACTLKS. 



The Hair gieenlsh-brown above, greenish-grey upon the limbs, with 

 a slight tinge of yellow ; dark-grey beneath. 



The Face blueish-black, tending to black near the lips. 



The Tail grey near the insertion ; elsewhere orange-red. 



The Upper Lip with a white moustachio. 



Inhabits Guinea. 



The habits of this species, so remarkable for the singular ornament on 

 the upper lip, are not far different from others of its congeners. It is 

 mild in captivity; and specimens vary greatly in size. 



The body is rather slender ; the head round ; the muzzle slightly elon- 

 gated ; the nose projecting at its origin between the eyes ; the face of a blue- 

 ish black ; the upper lip with a white moustachio ; the circle of the mouth 

 covered with black hair ; the upper pait of the head and body, and the ex- 

 ternal surface of the limbs, are of a brown, speckled with green, resulting 

 from the manner in which the hairs of these two colours are intersper.";- 

 ed ; a white spot before each ear, and near the eyes ; the hair greyish- 

 brown at the base of the fore-limbs, darkening towards their extremities ; 

 the hinder hands not so deep as the others ; beneath the chin of a dirty 

 white, blending into the dark grey beneath the belly ; the internal sur- 

 face of the arms and thighs of a uniform grey ; the tail brown at its base, 

 blending into an orange-red, which is the colour of its latter portion. 



1 The Gardens and Jlenaf'eric of the Zoological Society Delineated. By E. T. Bennett. London, 1835, vol. i. p. 40. 



« The figure in Marcsravfus connected with the description of the Exqiiima is that of an Ooarine Howler, while the figure of the Exquima refers to the description of 

 the Ouarine or Guariba Howler. This transposition has occasioned many errors in their synonyms. — Note of the Baron Cuvier. 



