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of its enormously lengthened nose. This feature does not present itself in 
perfection until the Kahau has reached its maturity. 
In size, the Kahau is about equal to the Hoonuman, and seems to be an 
active animal, leaping from branch to branch, through distances of fifteen 
feet or more. 
For the preternatural ugliness of the countenance the Kahau is partially 
compensated by the beautiful colouring of its fur, which is thick, but not 
woolly, nor very long. The principal colour in the body is a bright chestnut 
red : the sides of the face, part of the shoulders, and under part of the body 
being of a golden yellow. Arich brown tint is spread over the head and 
between the shoulders; the arms and legs taking a whiter tinge than the 
shoulders. 
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URSINE COLOBUS.—(Colobus ursinus). 
THE COLOBUS. 
THE scientific name which is given to this genus of monkeys explains—as is 
the proper office of names—one of the leading peculiarities of the animals. 
The title “Colobus” is a Greek word, signifying “stunted,” or “ maimed,” 
and is given to these animals because the thumbs of the two fore-limbs giye 
but little external indication of their presence, so that the hand consists 
merely of four fingers. They are exclusively African animals. They are 
rather handsome creatures, and their hair is sufficiently long and silky to 
be valuable as a fur. 
The Ursine, or Bearlike Colobus, is so named because the general colour 
of its long black fur, and the form of the monkey itself, with the exception of 
the tail, has something of the bearish aspect. The cheeks and chin of this 
animal are covered with white hair; there is a white patch on the hind legs ; 
and, with the exception of a few inches at its root, which retain the black hue 
