H MAMMALIA. PRIMATES. Monkeys. 



Inhabits the Cape of Good Hope.— This fpecies, or variety as Mr Pennant confiders it, has a 

 great head, long thick nofe, and fhort ears; the crown is covered with long upright hairs; the part 

 of the head immediately above the fore-head is prominent, and terminates in a ridge; the whole 

 body is covered with long dufky hair, fo that, at firft fight, the animal appears like a young bear ; 

 the body is thick and ftrong, with fhort limbs ; is four feet high when fitting, and as tall as a middle 

 fized man when erect ; the tail is half the length of the body, ftraight at the beginning, and arched 

 at the end; the nails are flat and rounded; the buttocks are of a bloody red colour. The animals 

 of this fpecies are very numerous, and go in large troops in the mountains, where they fet up an 

 univerfal and horrible cry, for about a minute, when they fee any one approach, and then conceal 

 themfelves in their faftneffes, keeping a profound filence : They fometimes defcend into the plains, 

 to pillage gardens, and then place centinels to guard againft furprife. 



26 3. Lowando. — 14. S. Cercopithecus veter. 9. 



Has a long tail, and is bearded : The body and limbs are white, and the beard is black. 



Bearded white cercopithecus, with a black beard. BrifT. quad. 147 White or hoary ape, with 



a flowing black beard. Raj. quad. 158. — Lowando, or Elwandu. Sm. Buff*, viii. 133. 



27 jS. White-bearded Lowando. — S. Cercopithecus veter albibarbatus. 



This variety refembles the other in every thing, except in having a white beard. 

 Sm. Buff/ viii. 133. 



Inhabits the Ifland of Ceylon — This animal has all the characters of a baboon in figure and dif- 

 poiitions ; it is wild and ferocious, and fo mifchievous that, when not tamed, it muft be kept in an 

 iron cage, where it is frequently agitated with vaft fury ; but, when taken young, it may be tamed ea- 

 fily : In a ftate of liberty it is extremely wild, and keeps always in the woods ; is violently fond of 

 women, and fo ftrong as to ravifh them, when found alone, and often Injures them fo as to prove 

 fatal. It has cheek pouches, and callofities on the buttocks ; the tail is feven or eight inches long ; 

 the tuflcs are longer and larger than in man ; the muzzle is thick and long; the head is environed 

 with a broad mane, and a large beard of white or black coarfe hairs ; the body is longifh, and thin 

 behind : It walks oftener on all fours than erecl:, and is from three to three and a half feet high : 

 The females menftruate.. 



28 4, Wanderu — 15. 5*. Cercopithecus filenus. 10. 



Has a long tail, and is bearded : The body and flowing beard are both black. 



Bearded black cercopithecus, having a bufhy beard all round the face. BrifT. quad. 209. — Ape,, 

 with a flowing beard, of the fize of the large dog-faced kind. Alpin. -iEgypt. 242.. t. 21-. 



29 |8. White- bearded Black Wanderu. — S. Cercopithecus filenus albibarbatus.. 



Refembles the former, but the beard is white. 



Simia filenus, having a black body and limbs, and a bufhy white beard. Lin. Syft. nat. edit. x. 

 p. 26. — Bearded black cercopithecus, having a flowing hoary beard. Raj. quad. 158. — Ouande- 

 rou or "Wanderu. Sm. Buff. viii. 133. pi. cclxiii. — Lion-tailed baboon. Penn.. H. of Q^n. 88. — 

 Simia filenus. Schreber, i. 88. tab. xi. \ 



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