﻿PAPIO 
  143 
  

  

  Geogr. 
  Distr. 
  Nyassaland. 
  

  

  Genl. 
  Char. 
  Color 
  hoary 
  ; 
  belly 
  white 
  ; 
  fur 
  not 
  annulated. 
  Skull 
  

   resembling 
  that 
  of 
  P. 
  thoth 
  (type), 
  but 
  with 
  a 
  shorter 
  muzzle 
  and 
  more 
  

   tapering. 
  Tooth 
  rows 
  bowed, 
  pterygoid 
  fossa 
  broader. 
  Hair 
  long, 
  

   loose 
  and 
  rather 
  coarse. 
  

  

  Color. 
  Hoary 
  gray 
  and 
  black, 
  the 
  hairs 
  having 
  black 
  or 
  brownish 
  

   black 
  bases, 
  remainder 
  white. 
  The 
  coat 
  consists 
  of 
  long 
  and 
  short 
  hairs, 
  

   the 
  former 
  being 
  all 
  white 
  to 
  the 
  roots, 
  the 
  shorter 
  having 
  black 
  bases. 
  

   Hairs 
  on 
  crown 
  long, 
  almost 
  forming 
  a 
  crest, 
  basal 
  part 
  white, 
  apical 
  

   half 
  black 
  nearly 
  producing 
  the 
  effect 
  of 
  a 
  black 
  crown 
  ; 
  outer 
  side 
  of 
  

   arms 
  black 
  or 
  brownish 
  black, 
  base 
  of 
  hairs 
  white 
  ; 
  inner 
  side 
  of 
  arms, 
  

   entire 
  under 
  parts, 
  and 
  legs, 
  grayish 
  white; 
  hairs 
  on 
  hands 
  and 
  feet 
  

   very 
  long, 
  almost 
  covering 
  the 
  fingers 
  and 
  toes 
  to 
  the 
  nails; 
  hands 
  

   blackish 
  ; 
  feet 
  seal 
  brown 
  on 
  center, 
  rest 
  grayish 
  white 
  ; 
  tail, 
  black 
  for 
  

   two 
  thirds 
  the 
  length, 
  grading 
  gradually 
  into 
  the 
  grayish 
  white 
  of 
  the 
  

   tip. 
  Ears 
  apparently 
  flesh 
  color; 
  face 
  grayish 
  white; 
  around 
  eyes 
  

   and 
  mouth 
  flesh 
  color. 
  Ex 
  type 
  British 
  Museum. 
  

  

  Measurements. 
  Skin. 
  Total 
  length, 
  1,300; 
  tail, 
  550; 
  hind 
  foot, 
  

   190. 
  Skull: 
  total 
  length, 
  183; 
  occipito-nasal 
  length, 
  150; 
  Hensel, 
  128; 
  

   zygomatic 
  width, 
  103; 
  intertemporal 
  width, 
  56; 
  palatal 
  length, 
  80; 
  

   breadth 
  of 
  braincase, 
  80 
  ; 
  median 
  length 
  of 
  nasals, 
  61 
  ; 
  length 
  of 
  upper 
  

   molar 
  series, 
  49; 
  length 
  of 
  mandible, 
  132; 
  length 
  of 
  lower 
  molar 
  

   series, 
  60 
  ; 
  length 
  of 
  upper 
  canines, 
  34. 
  Ex 
  type 
  British 
  Museum. 
  

  

  This 
  Baboon, 
  only 
  represented 
  by 
  the 
  unique 
  type, 
  is 
  different 
  in 
  

   its 
  coloration 
  from 
  all 
  the 
  other 
  members 
  of 
  the 
  genus, 
  and 
  resembles 
  

   in 
  that 
  respect 
  the 
  American 
  Opossum, 
  having 
  the 
  same 
  long 
  and 
  short 
  

   hairs 
  similarly 
  colored. 
  

  

  Subgenus 
  Hamadryas. 
  

  

  Shoulders 
  and 
  back 
  covered 
  by 
  a 
  long, 
  loose, 
  heavy 
  mane; 
  tail 
  

   tufted, 
  ears 
  naked. 
  

  

  Papio 
  hamadryas 
  (Linnaeus). 
  

  

  Simla 
  hamadryas 
  Linn., 
  Syst. 
  Nat., 
  I, 
  1758, 
  p. 
  27; 
  I, 
  1766, 
  p. 
  36; 
  

  

  Bodd., 
  Elench. 
  Anim., 
  1784, 
  p. 
  57; 
  Gmel., 
  Syst. 
  Nat, 
  I, 
  1788, 
  

  

  p. 
  30. 
  

   Simia 
  cynomolgos 
  Linn., 
  Syst. 
  Nat., 
  I, 
  1758, 
  p. 
  28. 
  

   Cercopithecus 
  hamadryas 
  Erxl., 
  Syst. 
  Reg. 
  Anim., 
  1777, 
  p. 
  22; 
  

  

  Kerr, 
  Anim. 
  Kingd., 
  1792, 
  p. 
  63. 
  

   Cercopithecus 
  hamadryas 
  ursinus 
  Kerr, 
  Anim. 
  Kingd., 
  1792, 
  p. 
  63. 
  

  

  