﻿PAPIO 
  141 
  

  

  Genl. 
  Char. 
  Size 
  small 
  ; 
  pits 
  on 
  sides 
  of 
  upper 
  jaw 
  very 
  long; 
  tail 
  

   unicolor. 
  

  

  Color. 
  General 
  color 
  of 
  top 
  of 
  head 
  and 
  body 
  ochraceous 
  buff, 
  

   the 
  hairs 
  being 
  purplish 
  gray 
  with 
  a 
  subterminal 
  ochraceous 
  band 
  and 
  

   black 
  tip. 
  The 
  purplish 
  gray 
  of 
  the 
  hairs 
  gives 
  a 
  darkish 
  hue 
  to 
  the 
  

   pelage, 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  overlaid 
  by 
  the 
  ochraceous 
  bands, 
  which 
  makes 
  it 
  

   difficult 
  to 
  say 
  which 
  is 
  the 
  dominant 
  color; 
  sides 
  of 
  head 
  and 
  neck 
  

   yellowish 
  gray 
  grading 
  into 
  whitish 
  on 
  the 
  throat; 
  arms 
  ochraceous 
  

   buff 
  lighter 
  than 
  upper 
  parts; 
  legs 
  like 
  upper 
  parts 
  but 
  hair 
  without 
  

   black 
  tips 
  ; 
  hands 
  and 
  feet 
  blackish 
  brown 
  ; 
  under 
  parts 
  grayish 
  brown 
  

   on 
  chest, 
  abdomen 
  like 
  back; 
  tail 
  like 
  back 
  at 
  base, 
  remainder 
  wood 
  

   brown 
  unicolor. 
  Ex 
  type, 
  an 
  immature 
  specimen, 
  Berlin 
  Museum. 
  

  

  Measurements. 
  Total 
  length, 
  1,030; 
  tail, 
  460. 
  Skull 
  of 
  adult: 
  

   total 
  length, 
  179; 
  Hensel, 
  125; 
  intertemporal 
  width, 
  55; 
  zygomatic 
  

   width, 
  111; 
  length 
  of 
  nasals, 
  70; 
  length 
  of 
  upper 
  canines, 
  36; 
  length 
  

   of 
  upper 
  tooth 
  row, 
  49; 
  length 
  of 
  mandible, 
  134; 
  length 
  of 
  lower 
  tooth 
  

   row, 
  63. 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  quite 
  a 
  small 
  baboon, 
  characterized 
  by 
  its 
  unicolor 
  tail. 
  

  

  Papio 
  strepitus 
  Elliot. 
  

  

  Papio 
  strepitus 
  Elliot, 
  Ann. 
  Mag. 
  Nat. 
  Hist., 
  7th 
  Ser., 
  II, 
  1907, 
  

   p. 
  499. 
  

  

  Type 
  locality. 
  Fort 
  Johnston, 
  Nyassaland, 
  S. 
  E. 
  Africa. 
  Type 
  

   in 
  British 
  Museum. 
  

  

  Genl. 
  Char. 
  Size 
  large, 
  exceeding 
  the 
  dimensions 
  of 
  P. 
  pruinosus 
  ; 
  

   hair 
  very 
  long, 
  loose; 
  face 
  partly 
  naked; 
  braincase 
  about 
  two 
  thirds 
  

   the 
  length 
  of 
  facial 
  region; 
  nasals 
  only 
  slightly 
  raised 
  above 
  rostrum, 
  

   wide 
  anteriorly 
  ; 
  pit 
  on 
  side 
  of 
  upper 
  jaw, 
  long 
  and 
  deep 
  ; 
  palate 
  narrow, 
  

   of 
  nearly 
  equal 
  width 
  for 
  its 
  entire 
  length 
  ; 
  tooth 
  rows 
  straight. 
  

  

  Color. 
  Forehead 
  mixed 
  pale 
  yellow 
  and 
  black; 
  crown 
  and 
  nape 
  

   dull 
  tawny 
  ochraceous, 
  center 
  of 
  crown 
  darker, 
  the 
  hairs 
  ringed 
  with 
  

   dull 
  tawny 
  ochraceous 
  and 
  black, 
  those 
  on 
  sides 
  Prout's 
  brown 
  at 
  base, 
  

   remainder 
  tawny 
  ochraceous 
  ; 
  the 
  appearance 
  of 
  the 
  crown 
  and 
  nape 
  is 
  

   more 
  reddish 
  than 
  yellow, 
  with 
  a 
  darker 
  central 
  portion 
  ; 
  sides 
  of 
  head 
  

   below 
  ears 
  buff; 
  lower 
  part 
  of 
  neck 
  to 
  middle 
  of 
  back 
  purplish 
  drab 
  

   and 
  ochraceous 
  buff, 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  hairs 
  purplish 
  drab, 
  the 
  rest 
  ringed 
  

   with 
  black 
  and 
  ochraceous 
  buff, 
  some 
  of 
  them 
  tawny 
  ochraceous, 
  and 
  

   tipped 
  with 
  black. 
  The 
  purplish 
  drab 
  of 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  hairs 
  dominates 
  

   the 
  other 
  colors 
  and 
  gives 
  a 
  kind 
  of 
  dark 
  patch 
  to 
  this 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  back 
  ; 
  

   on 
  the 
  shoulders 
  is 
  a 
  patch 
  of 
  hairs 
  buff 
  at 
  their 
  roots, 
  graduating 
  to 
  

   cream 
  buff 
  at 
  the 
  tips, 
  not 
  ringed 
  ; 
  lower 
  part 
  of 
  back 
  paler 
  than 
  the 
  

  

  