THE DOG-SHAPED MONKEYS— MANDRILL AND DRILL. 



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The Mandrill, With the right that we call the Gue- 

 Ugliest of the reza the most beautiful of Monkeys, 

 Monkey Tribe, ^e may also call the Mandrill {Cyno- 

 cephalus mormon) the ugliest. In mature age he is 

 a hideous beast in every respect, and his moral 

 nature completely harmonizes with his physical 

 characteristics. The body is very strong, bordering 

 on clumsiness, the head is horrid, the teeth are for- 

 midable, the fur is rough, the color of the hairless 

 spots vivid and- repulsive. Every hair is black and 

 olive green, giving the fur on the upper part of the 

 body the appearance of a dark brown tinge, washed 

 over with green ; on the breast the hair is yellowish, 

 lower down whitish, on the sides light brown ; the 

 beard is of a lemon yellow ; the hands and ears are 



They are said to live in troops in the mountain for- 

 ests, partly on rocks, partly in trees, and to often 

 visit and devastate adjoining fields of grain. They 

 are also said to enter the villages in the absence of 

 the Men, and ill-treat the Women and Children. 

 The natives fear the Mandrill more than the Lion, 

 never enter into a fight with him, and shun the 

 woods where this Monkey lives, except when a large- 

 and well-armed number of them engage in a regular 

 crusade against him. 



Fierceness and A young Mandrill is a lovely 



Ill-nature of the little creature ; in the common 



Mandrill. Monkey cage he is the comedian, 



always ready for merry pranks, always in good 



humor, and in spite of his unlimited impudence by 







RED HOWLEBS. Like the other members of this numerous family these Monkeys possess extraordinary voices, the great traveler 



Waterton saying of them, " Nothing can sound more dreadful than their nocturnal noises. You would suppose that one-half the wild beasts 

 of the forest were collecting for a work of carnage." This animal inhabits the tallest trees. The artist has faithfully portrayed these 

 interesting creatures in the very act of sending forth their discordant yells, in which they excel the noisiest of the Gibbons. The Red Howler, 

 like its Black cousin, is rather sluggish for a Monkey. See page 52. (Mycetes seniculus:) 



black, the nose and the immediate surroundings ver- 

 milion, the swellings on both its sides a bright blue, 

 while the furrows in them are black. The callosities 

 are blue and red. The usual height attained by 

 males is a little over three feet. 

 The Drill, Similar to His cousin, the Drill ( Cynocepha- 

 but Smaller than lus kucophaeus) , is a trifle smaller, 

 the Mandrill. his fur is brown above, whitish 

 below, the beard dull white, the face black, the 

 hands and feet are a copper brown. 



It is astonishing that we do not know anything 

 about the life in the wild state of these two Monk- 

 eys, specimens of which have so often been cap- 

 tured. Both species are natives of Upper Guinea. 



no means repulsive. But all this changes very early, 

 much earlier than with the other Baboons, and in a 

 very few years the Mandrill reveals all the repul- 

 siveness of his hideous nature. An English author 

 says that the anger of other Monkeys compared to 

 the rage of the Mandrills is but as a zephyr to a tor- 

 nado carrying everything before it. His passions 

 know no bounds. He rushes at his enemy, like one 

 possessed, his eyes reflecting a demoniacal rage. 

 One thought has hold of his brain : to tear his oppo- 

 nent to pieces, and he heeds neither whip nor knife. 

 His mode of attack strikes one not as courageous, 

 but as insane. No animal is more dangerous to a 

 keeper than an angry Mandrill. Lions and Tigers 



