58 MAMMALIA. PRIMATES. Apes. 



y. Silvery Gibbon. — Simia Lar argentea. 



The body and arms are covered with filvery hairs ; the face, ears, crown of the head, 

 and hands, are black. Penn, H. of Q\_n. 74. p. 



Inhabits the forefrs of Bevat in the interior parts of Bengal. — This animal refembles the great 

 Gibbon, except in colour, but is more elegantly made ; it is about three feet high when erect, very 

 frolickfome and good natured. Was in the poffeflion of the late Lord Clive fome years ago. 



4. Pigmy. — 4. Simia Sylvanus. 2. 



Has no tail. The buttocks are naked ; the head roundifh ; and the arms fhorter than 

 the body. 



Simia. Gefn. quad. 847. — BrifT. quad. 188. — Cercopithecus. Jonft. quad. t. 59. f. 1. — Pi- 

 theque. Sm. Buff. viii. 106. — Pigmy-ape. Penn. H. of Q\_ 11. 73. — n 1^x05. Ariftotle. — Its ana- 

 tomy. E. N. C. d. 2. a. 7. obf. 40.' 



Inhabits Africa and Ceylon. — The face is fhort and flat, having a tranfverfe projection at the re- 

 gion of the eye-brows ; the fur is harfh, and is reverfed on the neck and fore-arms. It has a deep 

 furrow in the middle of the fcrotum, which hides the penis ; the tefticles increafe in fize towards 

 the autumnal feafon ; the female fundament is much fwelled. This animal ufes threatening geftures 

 when angry, and chatters when pleafed ; falutes pafTengers after the manner of the Caffres, and fips 

 its drink from the palm of the hand. The tufks, or canine teeth, are not proportionally larger than 

 thole of man ; the face is flat ; and the nails are flat and rounded like thofe of mankind. It walks 

 erect on two feet, and is about a foot and a half high ; of a mild difpofition, and eafily tamed. The 

 female has the menftrual difcharge, according to the ancients, and analogy forbids us to doubt the 

 fact. The ears are like thofe of a man; the body is about the fize of a cat; the general colour is 

 an olive brown on the upper parts of the body, and yellowifh on the lower. 



5. Magot.— -5. Simia inuus. 3. 



Has no tail. The buttocks are naked ; and the head is oblong. 



Simia cynocephala, dog-headed ape. BrifT. quad. 191. — Cynocephalus, 1. and 2. Alpin. jEgypt. 

 241. tab. 15. f. 1. et tab. 16. — Magot. Sm. Buff. viii. 117. pi. cclv. and cclvi. — Barbary ape. Penn. 

 H. of Q^n. 76. — Simia inuus. Schreber, i. 71. tab. v. 



Is found in Tartary, Arabia, ^Ethiopia, Barbary, Mauritania, all Africa, as far as the Cape of 

 Good Hope, and in India. — Refembles very much the Simia fylvanus and cynocephalos, but has a 

 longer fnout, and is of a paler colour than either ; it muft not, however, be confounded with the 

 Pigmy, or former of thefe fpecies. All the nails are rounded. There is a fmall portion of fkin at 

 the rump, which has the appearance of a tail ; the cheeks are furnifhed with pouches ; the tutks 

 are proportionally longer than thofe of man, and the under part of the fnout is turned up like the 

 muzzle of a bull-dog; the face is downy, the hair on the body is of a greenifh brown colour, and 

 that on the belly of a whitifh yellow. He walks fometimes erect, but oftener on all four ; is from 

 three, to three and a half feet high : The females menftruate, and are fmaller than the males. It 

 is fond of being in the open air, and by no means delicate, even in the climate of Europe; of an 

 ugly afpect, melancholy, and dirty ; chatters and grinds the teeth when irritated, or when hungry; 



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