HYLOBATES. 6 



Hylobates lar, Linn. 



Le grand Gibbon, BufFon^ Hist. Nat. vol. xiv. 1766, pi. ii. ; Ibid, Daubenton, p. 96. 



Zepeiit Gibbon, BuEou, Hist. Nat. vol. xiv, 1766, pi. iii. ; Daubenton, p. 103 j 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) ; Sbaw, Gen. Zool. vol. i. pt. i. 1800, p. 12, pi. v. 

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

 Le Gibbon, Hist. Nat. des Singes, 1797, 1™ fam. sect. ii. pi. i. ; Latr. Hist. Nat. de Buffon (Sonnini 



ed.), vol. xxxv. (1809) p. 197, pi. viii. 

 Homo lar, Linn. Mantissa Plant. 1771, Append, p. 521. 

 Simia longimana, Scbreber, Saugeth. vol. i. 1775, p. 66, pi. iii. figs. 1 & 2 (Bulfon) ; Erxleben, Syst. 



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

 SmM ^«r, Boddaert,Elencli. An. 1785, p. 55; Gmelin, Linn. Syst. Nat. (13tli 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. 

 Pithecus 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. 

 Eyholates lar, lUiger, Abhand. d'er 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, Scbreber, 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. 53 (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. 

 Eylobates variegatus, Kuhl, Beitr. zur Zool. 1830, p. 5; Desmarest, Mamm. 1830, 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 Bdlanger, 



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. 

 Eylobates albimanus, Is. Geoff. St.-Hil. Zool. du Voyage de B^langer, 1834, p. 29 ; Schinz, Syn. 



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

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



Pale Variety, 



Eylobates entelloides, Is. Geoff'. St.-FIil. Compt. Rend. vol. xv. 1842, p. 717; Zool. Voy. de Jacque- 

 mont, vol. iv. 1844, p. 13; Archiv. 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. Keg. 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, M'hiskers, and beard, and by 

 the deep black of the rest of the pelage. 



