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ORDER QUADRUMANA^GENUS MACACUS. 



7. MACACUS RHESUS.— RHESUS MACACO. 



Si/n. Le Rhesus Cuv. Reg. Anim. I. 96. 



Indus Rhesus Geoff. Anim. Mus. XIX. 



Macacus Rhesus Desm. Mam. 



Macacus erythb^us — F. Cuv Isid. Geoff in B£lang. Voy. 



Icon, Le Rhesus. — Audeb. Sing. 



Le Patas a queue courte." — Audeb. Sing. 



Rhesus male adulte, Rhesus femelle age de 49 jours, Rhesus femelle a 

 face brune, Maimon femelle F. Cuv. et Geoff. Hist. Mam. 



Buff.' Hist Nat., Suppl. VII. pi. H. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTERS. 



The Hair greenish-grey above, passing to bright yellow on the loint 

 and tliighs ; whitish beneath. 

 The Face flesh-coloured- 

 Inhabits Bengal. 



The Rhesus Macacos frequent the forests on the banks of the Ganges 

 in large numbers. Encouraged-ty the reluctance of the Hindoos to de- 

 stroy animals, they carry their depredations to the very suburbs of the 

 cities. Their disposition appears mpst untractable. During extreme 

 youth, a certain degree of familiarity may be encouraged with impunity; 

 but they soon become mischievous, and age renders them ferocious. 

 Their ferocity is the more dangerous from its being combined with con- 

 siderable foresight and intelligence. 



All the upper parts of the body are of a fine greeuish-grey, resulting 

 from liairs which are entirely grey at their base and throughout great part 

 of their length, while their points are either black or yellow. This yellow 

 becomes paler on the arms and legs, so as to render these parts almost 

 grey; while it assumes a brighter hue upon the loins and thighs. The throat, 

 neck, breast, abdomen, and the internal surfaces of all the limbs, are white. 

 The tail is greenish above and grey beneath. The skin of the face, the 

 ears, and hands, is of a clear copper-colour, and destitute of hairs. The 

 thighs appear of a bright reddish-yellow, extending upon the crupper over 

 the origin of the tail. The hairs are very fine and silky; plentiful on the 

 upper parts of the body, but scanty beneath. An extreme flaccidity may 

 be remarked in all animals of this species, and the young have those hanging 

 folds of skin on each side of the throat, which in other animals are seen 

 only in old age. 



In the female, the thighs are of a bright red ; and this colour, which is 

 entirely owing to the blood, appears on the legs, and upwards upon the 

 crupper, towards the insertion of the tail, especially during the rutting sea- 

 son. At this period the nipples are rose-coloured. 



The males differ from the females only in having their cheek-tufts more 

 bushy, their proportions more massive, their height greater, and their ca- 

 nines stronger. 



8. MACACUS NEMESTRINUS PIG-TAILED MACACO. 



Syn. Le Maimon. — Cuv. Reg. Anim. I. 96. 



Inuus nehestbinus. — Geoff. Ann. Mus. XIX. 



SiMTA nemestrina Linn. Gmel. I. 



Macacus nemestrinus. — Desm. Mam Isid. Geoff, in Belang. Voy. 



Icon. Le Maimon. — Audeb. Sing. 



Singe a queue de cgchon, male, adulte. 



Si.vuA PLATiPVGOS Schreb. Saiigth. pi. 5, B. 



Pig-tailed Monkey Edw. Glean, pi. iill (young). 



Buff. Hist. Nat. XIV. pi. 19. 



specific characters. 

 The Hair greenish-brown above; with a black band on the top of the 

 head, extending along the back to the tail ; whitish beneath. 

 The Tail very short and curved backwards. 

 Inhabits Java and Sumatra. 



These animals have the same manners and disposition as the preceding. 

 Their general colour is of a deep greenish-brown, proceeding from grey 

 hairs annulated with black and yellow. The top of the head, for tlie 

 breadth of two or three fingers, is black, and this shade extends along the 

 neck, back, and tail, but gradually acquiring the greenish-brown tinge. 

 The latter colour covers the shoulders, becoming more yellow upon 

 the fore-arm. The thighs are hkewise green, but with a mixture of grey ; 

 the cheeks, the under part of the chin and neck, the breast, abdomen, 

 under surface of the tail, and the internal surfaces of all the limbs, are 

 white or flesh-coloured. Before the ears, at their base, and on the cheeks 



beneath the eyes, there are some blackish hairs, and behind the ears thev 

 are entirely black. The dark brown face is almost naked from the ey^ 

 to the mouth, with the exception of a few long and black hairs. The 

 ears and the palms of the hands are naked, and of the same colour as tlie 

 face, so are also the callosities. The males and females resemble each 

 other in colour, and the young are of a brighter yellow than the adults. 



9. MACACUS MAURUS.— URSINE MACACO. 



Syn. Le Macaque de l'Inde. — Cuv. Reg. Anim. I. 96. 



Macacus arctoides Isid. Geoff, in Belang. Voy. 



Macacus Maurus. — F. Cuv 

 Icon. Macaque de l'Inde F. Cuv. et Geoff. Hist. Mam. 



Isid. Geoff.3 Etud. Zool. pi. II. (var.) 



specific characters. 

 The Hair of a uniform dark brown. 

 The Face, Ears, and Hands, black. 

 The Tail very short. 

 Inhabits the East Indies. 



The characters of this species are obvious and decisive, forming a gra- 

 dual transition into the third division, or Tailless Macacos. It rests, how- 

 ever, merely upon a single specimen, sent by M. Alfred Duvaucel from 

 the East Indies, and has by some been considered identical with M. niger 

 ni). The specific name Maurus is derived from the colour of the face 

 and hands, and that of Ursine from the resemblance of its hair to that of 

 the Brown Bear (Ursus Arctos). 



There is a variety of this species, sent by M. Diard from Cochin- China, 

 and figured by M. Isidore Geoffroy (Etud. Zool. pi. 11), under the name 

 of Le Macaque Ursin, which appears to differ from the above, in having 

 the nose alone black, with the face and hands flesh-coloured. Its dark 

 brown hair is also scantily dotted with clear red. The specimen was 

 about two feet ten inches in length. 



(C.) Tailless Macacos. (Magots.) 



Tiiese are merely Macacos, in which a small tubercle supplies 

 the place of a tail. 



10. MACACUS INUUS BARBARY MACACO. 



Le Magot commun Cuv. Reg. Anim. I. 96. 



Inuus ecaudatus Geoff. Ann. Mus. XIX. 



Macacus inuus Desm. Mam Isid. Geoff, in Belang. Voy. 



SaaA Sylvanus, Simia Inuus. — Linn. Gmel. I. 27, 28. 

 Le Magot. — Audeb. Sing. 



Magot male F. Cuv. et Geoff. Hist. Mam. 



Buff.+ Hist. Nat. XIV. pi. 7 and 8. 



specific characters. 



The Hair of a bright greyish-yellow. 



The Tail tuberculous. 



Inhabits the North of Africa and the Rock of Gibraltar. 



Of all Apes, the present speciess seems best capable of enduring 

 our climate. Originally from Barbary, it has become naturalized 

 upon the most inaccessible parts of the Eock of Gibraltar. 



In size the Barbary Macaco never exceeds a middle-sized Dog. The 

 top and sides of the head, the cheeks, neck, shoulders, the corresponding 

 parts of tlie back, and the fore part of the anterior limbs, are of a bright 

 gold-yellow, mixed with a few black hairs. The other parts of the body 

 are of a greyish-yellow. Each hair is of a dark grey at its base, and an- 

 nulated with yellow and grey throughout the rest of its length. The face 

 and ears are wholly naked, and of a bright flesh-colour. The tips of the 

 ears are covered with long hairs, the hands are blackish and well furnished 

 with hair. The cheek-tufts are thick and directed backwards. All parts 

 of the body are covered with hair, having the points directed downwards, 

 excepting on the fore-arm, where they point upwards. The entire coat 

 is very long, dense, and uniform ; for which reason, these Monkeys become 

 best able to resist the cold during the winter. 



The Barbary Ape walks habi'ually on all its four hands, but without 

 ease, as it is more especially organized for climbing. It sleeps either on 

 the side, or in a sitting posture, with the head between its hind-legs. It 

 raises the food to its mouth by the hand, or seizes it with the lips ; and 



Syn. 



Icon. 



1 The two individuals which served as models to the designs of Audebert arc in the Paris Bluseum. I have examined them, and they belong to the same species.— 

 A'Oie of the Baron Olivier. ^ 



2 The Macaque a queue courte, figured in Buff. Hist. Nat. Suppl. VII. pi. 13 (Simia erythraja of Schreber), appears to be a Common Macaco (M. eynomolgus;, the 

 tail of which has been out Note of the Baron Cuvier. 



3 IsiD. Geoff. Etud. Zool Etudes Zuologiques, par M. Isid. Geoffroy- Saint-Hilaire. Paris, 1832. 



■I The Pitheque of Buffon, Suppl. VII. pi. 4 and 5, is merely a young Barbary Macaco. His Petit Cynocephale, pi. 6, and the Cynocephalus major and mmor of 

 Prosper Alpin, are likewise of this species Note of the Baron Ciivier. 



5 Ili^YlKOg is the Greek name for Apes in general; and the Ape, whose anatomy is given by Galen, is nothing else than a Barbary Macaco, although Camper con- 

 sidered it to be an Orang-Outang. j\l. De Blainvilie has remarked this error, and I have confirmed his observations by comparing with the two species every thing referred 

 by Galen to his Pithccus Note of the Baron Cuvier. 



