MACACUS. 93 



Macacus silentjs, Linn. 



L'Ouanderou, Buffoiij Hist. Nat. vol. xiv. 1766, pp. 169, 174, plate xviii. ; Audebert, Hist. 



Nat. des Singes, 1797, Fam. ii. sect. i. pi. iii. ; Latr. Hist. Nat. de Buffon (Sonnini ed.) 1809, 



p. 273, pi. xxiii. 

 The Lion-tailed Monhey (a), Pennant, Syn. Mamm. 1771, p. 109, pi. 120, fig. 1 ; Hist. Quad. vol. i. 



1793, p. 198, pi. xliv. 

 TAe Lion-tailed Baboon, Shaw, Genl. Zool. i. pi. i. 1800, p. 33. 

 (Smia ««7(S«a«, Linn. Syst. Nat. 12 ed. vol. i. 1766, p. 35 ; Schreber, Saugeth. vol. i. 1775, p. 87, 



tab. xi. ; Gmelin, Linn. Syst. Nat. 13 ed. 1788, p. 31. 

 Simia veter, Gmelin, Linn. Syst. Nat. vol. i. 13 ed. 1788, p. 30. 

 Cercopithecus silenus,'EiX-s\^en,^ys,t. Reg. An. 1777 (in part), p. 26; Zinun. Geograph. Gesch. 



vol. ii. 1870, p. 184; Latr. Hist. Nat. de Buffon (ed. Sonnini), 1809, vol. xxxvi. p. 283. 

 Cercopithecus veter, Erxleben, Syst. Reg. An. 1777, p. 24; Boddaert, Elench. An. 1785, p. 58. 

 Cercopithecus vetulus, Erxleben, Syst. Reg. An. 1777, p. 25 ; Boddaert, Eleneh An. 1785, p. 57. 

 Simia ferox, Shaw, Genl. Zool. vol. i. pt. i, (1800), p. 30, pi. xvi. 



Papio silenus, Geoff. St.-Hil. Ann. du Mus. vol. xix. 1812, p. 102 ; Kuhl. Beitr. zur Zool. 1820, p. 18. 

 Pithecus silenus,'Desm&vest, Nouv. D'Hist. Nat. vol xviii. (1817), p. 321. 

 Macacus silenus, Desmarest, Mamm. 1820, p. 63; F. Cuv. Hist. Nat. des Mammif. Jan. 1822, 



pi. xliv.; Desmarest, Diet, des So, Nat. vol. xxvii. (1823), p. 472; Lesson, Man. de Mamm. 



1827, p. 41; Griffith, An. Kingd. vol. v. 1827, p. 16; G. Cuv. Reg. An. nouv. e'd. vol. i. 



(1829), p. 95; Fischer, Syn. Mamm. 1829, p. 28; E. T. Bennett, Garden, Menag. Zool. Soc. 



Del. vol. i. 1831, p. 21; Is. Geoff. St.-Hil. Zool. Voy. de Belanger, 1834, p. 58; F. Cuv. Hist. 



Nat. des Mammif. Aout 1837, pi. xliii. ; Waterhouse, Cat. Mamm. Mus. Zool. Soe. Lond. 



1838, 2nd ed. p. 7; Lesson, Sp. des Mammif. 1810, p. 93; Blyth, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 



vol. xiii. 1844, p. 476; Blyth, Journ, As. Soc. Beng. vol. xvi. 1847, p. 1272 ; Ibid, vol. xxviii. 



1859, p. 283 ; Schinz, Syn. Mamm. 1840, vol. ii. p. 57 ; Is. Geoff. St.-Hil. Cat. Meth. des 



Mammif. 1851, p. 30; Gervais, Hist. Nat. des Mammif. 1854, p. 89 (figure of animal and head). 

 Inuus {Maimon) silenus, Wagner, Schreber, Saugeth. vol. i. 1840, p. 141, pi. viii. C. and xi. B.; 



Blyth, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. vol. xvi. 1847, p. 731. 

 Silenus veter, Gray, Hand-list Mamm. B. M. 1843, p. 8; Horsfield, Cat. Mam. E. Ind. Co. Mus. 



1851, p. 22; Cat. Monkeys and Lemurs, B. M. 1870, p. 32. 

 Pithecus [Macacus) silenus, 'DdMhoui, Ind. Zool. Fam. Reg. Aja. 1856, pp. 116, 119. 

 Inuus silenus, Blyth, Cat. Mamm. As. Soc. Mus. 1863, p. 7; Jerd. Mamm. of Ind. 1867, p. 10. 



General colour of the body, limbs, and tail, deep black ; the hair on the top 

 of the head is very short, and the face is encircled with long hairs in front of the 

 ears, continued downwards round the throat and of a greyish dun colour ; the 

 end of the tail is tufted and tipped with greyish or white, which is the colour that 

 occurs on the chest, all the rest of the under parts being deep black in the adult. 

 The face and the skin of the hands are black, but the callosities have a fleshy 

 tinge. 



Ft. In. 



Length of the body from the muzzle to the root of the tail . 2 

 „ „ tail 10 



It inhabits the Western Gh^ts from below Goa to Comorin, but there is no 

 authentic record of its existence in a wild state in Ceylon. 



The structure of this animal is essentially that of the ordinary Macaques, 

 although it differs from them so much in external physiognomy. 



