HYLOBATES. 



Hylobates lae, Linn. 



Le grand Gihhon, Buffon^ Hist. Nat. vol. xiv. 1766, pi. ii. ; Ihid, Daubenton, p. 96. 



Jjepelii Gibbon, Buflon, Hist. Nat. vol. xiv, 1766, pi. iii. ; Daubenton, p. 102; Latr. Hist. Nat. 



Buffon (Sonnini ed.), vol. xxxv. 1809, p. 206, pi. ix. 

 T/ie Long-armed Ape, Pennant, Syn. Mamm. 1771, p. 99; Hist. Quad. vol. i. (3rd ed.) 1793, p. 184 



(in part) j Shaw, Gen. Zool. vol. i. pt. i. 1800, p. 12, pi. v. 

 The Lesser Long-arrtied Ape, Pennant, Syn. Mamm. 1771, p. 100, 

 Le Gibbon, Hist. Nat. des Singes, 1797, V^ fam. sect. ii. pi. i. ; Latr. Hist. Nat. de BufBon (Sonnini 



ed.), vol. xxxv. (1809) p. ]97, pi. viii. 

 Homo lar, Linn. Mantissa Plant. 1771, Append, p. 621. 

 8imia longimana, Scbreber, Saugeth, vol. i. 1775, p. ^'q, pi. iii. figs. 1 & 2 (Buffon); Erxleben, Syst. 



Reg. An. 177, p. 9; Zimm. Geograpb. Gesch. vol. ii. 1780, p. 174. 

 /Smi^ ^ar, Boddaert, Elench. An. 1785, p. 55; Gmelin, Linn. Syst. Nat. (13tb ed.) 1788, p. 29; 



Fischer, Syn. Mamm. 1829, p. 12 (in part). 

 Pithecus lar, Latr. Hist. Nat. de Buffon (Sonnini ed.), vol. xxxvi. 1809, p. 276. 

 Fithecus varius, Latr. Hist. Nat. BufFon (Sonnini ed.), vol. xxxvi. 1809, p. 276. 

 Pithecus variegatus, Geoff. St.-Hil. Ann. du Mus. vol. xix. 1812, p. 88. 

 Eybolates lar, lUiger, Abhand. der Akad. der Wiss. Berlin, 1815, p. 88; Kuhl, Beitr. zur Zool. 1820, 



p. 5 ; Desmarest, Mamm. 1820, p. 50 ; pi. 5. fig. 3 (Buffon) ; Wagner, Schreber, Saugeth. Suppl. 



vol. i. 1840, p. 71, vol. V. 1855, p. 15; Lesson, Sp. des Mammif. (Mastol. Meth.) 1840, p. 52 ; 



Martin, Hist. Quad, or Monkeys, 1841, pp. 416, 417, 433 (plate) ; Blyth, Journ. As. Soc. vol. x. 



1841, p. 838; vol. xii. 1843, p. 176; vol. xiv. 1845, p. 463; vol. xv. 1846, p. 172; vol. xvi.* 



1847, pp. 729, 730; vol. xliv. 1875, ex. no. p. 1; Cat. Mamm. As. Soc. Mus. 1863, p. 5 ; 



Gray, Hand-list Mamm. B. M. 1843, p. 2 ; Cat. Monkeys and Lemurs, B. M. 1870, p. 10. 



Cantor, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. vol. xv. 1846, p. 172 ; Fry, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1846, p. 15; Ann. 



& Mag. Nat. Hist. vol. xvii. 1846, p. 487 ; Is. Geoff. St.-Hil. Cat. Method, des Mammif. 1851, 



p. 8; Gervais, Hist. Nat. des Mammif. 1854, p. 52 (fig. of head); Dahlbom, Stud. Zool. Fam. 



Reg. Anim. 1856, pp. 73, 77 ; Tickell, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. vol. xxviii. 1859, p. 428; Ann. 



and Mag. Nat. Hist. vol. xiv. 1869, p. 360 ; Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1860, p. 86, pi. v. 

 Hylobates variegatus, Kuhl, Beitr. zur Zool. 1820, p. 5 ; Desmarest, Mamm. 1820, p. 51 ; Lesson 



Man. de Mamm. 1827, p. 31 ; Griffith, An. King. vol. v. 1827, p. 6 ; Bory de St. Vincent, 



Diet. Class. d'Hist. Nat. vol. xii. 1827, p. 285 ; Is. Geoff. St.-Hil. Zool. Voy. de Belanger^ 



1834, p. 27; Waterhouse, Cat. Mamm. Mus. Zool. Soc. 1838, 2nd ed. p. 4 ; Schinz, Syn. 



Mamm. vol. i. 1844, p. 30 (in part). 

 Simia albimana, Vigors & Horsfield, Zool. Journ. no. 13, 1828, vol. iv. p. 107. 

 Simia variegatus, Fischer, Syn. Mamm. 1829, p. 11. 

 Hylobates albimanus, Is. Geoff. St.-Hil. Zool. du Voyage de Belanger, 1834, p. 29 ; Schinz, Syn. 



Mamm. vol. i. 1844, p. 28; Schlegel, Essai sur la Physion. des Serpens, Pt. Gen. 1837, p. 237. 

 Hylobates leuciscus, Cantor, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. vol. xvii. 1846, p. 338. 



Pale Variety, 



Hylobates entelloides, Is. Geoff. St.-Hil. Compt. Rend. vol. xv. 1842, p. 717; Zool. Voy. de Jaeque- 

 mont, vol. iv. 1844, p. 13 ; Arehiv. du Mus. vol. ii. 184—? p. 582, pi. xxix. ; Cat. Method, des 

 Mammif. 1851, p. 9; Gervais, Hist. Nat. des Mammif. 1854, p. 52 (fig. of head) ; Dahlbom, Stud. 

 Zool. Fam. Reg. An. 1856, pp. 73, 76 ; Blyth, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. vol. xliv. 1875, ex. no. p. 2. 



This species is generally easily recognisable by its pale yellowish, almost white, 

 hands and feet, by the grey, almost white, supercilium, whiskers, and beard, and by 

 the deep black of the rest of the pelage. 



