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CHARACTERS OF VERTEBRATE ANIMALS 



with far from friendly feelings by the natives. One of the prettiest 

 species is the West African Diana Monkey {Cercopithecus diana), 

 in which the face is surrounded by a quaint-looking border of 

 white fur drawn out below into a pointed beard. Another 

 example is the Green Guenon (C sabcsus), which is among the 

 common inhabitants of the monkey -house at the Zoo. The 



Moustache Monkey [C. 

 cephus) is a handsome 

 species of the same 

 genus. 



Macaques, belong- 

 ing to the genus Ma- 

 cacus, are of stouter 

 build than the preced- 

 ing species, and their 

 tails at most do not 

 exceed the body in 

 length. Cheek-pouches 

 are present. One spe- 

 cies, the Magot, or 

 Barbary Ape {Macacus 

 or Inuus ecaudatus) 

 (fig. 42), is of special 

 interest, as being the 

 only monkey with a 

 range extending into 

 Europe; for though its 

 head -quarters are to 

 be found in North 

 Africa, it also occurs 

 on the rock of Gibral- 

 tar, an interesting fact of distribution which has led to the popular 

 belief that there is a submarine passage between Africa and 

 Europe. The Boonder, or Rhesus Monkey [Macacus rhesus) of 

 the East Indies, which is particularly common in the basin of the 

 Ganges, has the same reverence extended to it by the natives as 

 in the case of the Hunuman. Very similar in character is the 

 Java Monkey {M. cynomolgus), but the Wanderoo {^M. silenus) 

 of Malabar is much more like a baboon (fig. 43). It is endowed 

 with white beard and whiskers of ample proportions, and, being 



