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are found in the East. Of these the Entellus is one of the 

 best known species. It is very susceptible to cold, and 

 cannot live long in Europe. 



The iiong-nosed The Long-nosed Monkey (Semnopithecus 

 Monkey. Larvaim) belongs to this family and is 

 distinguished, as its name implies, by the length of its 

 proboscis. This animal is described by Wallace as about 

 the size of a child of three years of age, while possessing a 

 nose considerably longer than that of any human adult. 

 From the head to the tip of the tail the proboscis monkey 

 measures about four feet and a half It is sometimes called 

 the Kahau from its cry which resembles the sound of that 

 word. It is said to hold its nose when leaping to protect 

 it from being injured by the branches of trees. The second 

 genus of this family, of which there are numerous species, 

 belongs to Africa. 



Oheek-pouched The Cheek-pouched Monkeys form the 

 Monkeys. third family of the quadrumana. They include 

 seven genera, and sixty or seventy species, of which five 

 genera belong to Africa and two to Asia and to the Malay 

 Islands. Among the better known of these species is the 

 Talapoin of West Africa ; the Diana monkey and the Mona 

 (Africa); the little White-nosed monkey (Guinea); the Grivet 

 (Nubia and Abyssinia); the Green monkey (Cape de Verds); 

 the Patas (Senegal) ; the Malbrouck monkey ; and the Vervet 

 monkey (South Africa). The Green monkey and the Vervet 

 monkey are those most commonly seen in England. One of 

 the best known members of this family is the Baboon. 



The Baboon. The baboon is found in many parts of Africa, 

 and one of its species in Arabia. It is of the genus 

 cynocephalus, and some of its species attain to considerable 

 size; the head and face of one species resembling those 

 of a dog, it is sometimes called the dog-faced baboon. 

 The baboon herds in large numbers, and is said to make 

 apparently organized attacks upon villages during the 



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