﻿THEROPITHECUS 
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  GENUS 
  THEROPITHECUS. 
  THE 
  GELADAS. 
  

  

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  THEROPITHECUS 
  I. 
  Geoff., 
  Archiv. 
  Mus. 
  Hist. 
  Nat., 
  Paris, 
  II, 
  

   1843, 
  p. 
  576. 
  Type 
  Macacus 
  gelada 
  Riippell. 
  

  

  Gelada 
  Gray, 
  List 
  Spec. 
  Mamm. 
  Brit. 
  Mus., 
  1843, 
  pp. 
  XVII, 
  9. 
  

  

  Chceropithecus 
  Gray, 
  Cat. 
  Monkeys, 
  Lemurs 
  and 
  Fruit-eating 
  

   Bats, 
  Brit. 
  Mus., 
  1870, 
  pp. 
  5, 
  35. 
  

  

  Nostrils 
  on 
  side 
  of 
  nose, 
  not 
  terminal. 
  Canine 
  teeth 
  very 
  long; 
  

   lower 
  molars 
  quinquecuspidate. 
  Body 
  massive, 
  size 
  large; 
  head 
  

   crested 
  ; 
  mane 
  on 
  shoulders 
  present 
  ; 
  tail 
  long, 
  tufted 
  ; 
  whiskers 
  long. 
  

  

  GEOGRAPHICAL 
  DISTRIBUTION 
  OF 
  THE 
  SPECIES. 
  

  

  Two 
  species 
  only 
  are 
  known 
  belonging 
  to 
  this 
  genus, 
  both 
  inhabit- 
  

   ing 
  Abyssinia, 
  one, 
  T. 
  gelada, 
  from 
  the 
  southern 
  portion, 
  the 
  other, 
  T. 
  

   obscurus 
  from 
  the 
  north 
  eastern 
  section, 
  near 
  the 
  source 
  of 
  the 
  

   Takazza 
  River. 
  

  

  KEY 
  TO 
  THE 
  SPECIES. 
  

  

  A. 
  Mane 
  large 
  covering 
  shoulders 
  ; 
  tail 
  tufted. 
  

  

  o. 
  Legs 
  iron 
  gray 
  T. 
  gelada. 
  

  

  b. 
  Legs 
  from 
  knees 
  to 
  ankles 
  pale 
  yellowish 
  brown. 
  .T. 
  obscurus. 
  

  

  THEROPITHECUS 
  GELADA 
  (Riippell). 
  

  

  Macacus 
  gelada 
  Riipp., 
  Neue 
  Wirbelth. 
  Saugth., 
  1835, 
  p. 
  5, 
  pi. 
  II 
  ; 
  

  

  Schleg., 
  Mus. 
  Pays-Bas, 
  Simise, 
  1876, 
  p. 
  107. 
  

   Papio 
  gelada 
  Less., 
  Spec. 
  Mamm., 
  1840, 
  p. 
  103. 
  

   Theropithecus 
  gelada 
  I. 
  Geoff., 
  Archiv. 
  Mus. 
  Hist. 
  Nat., 
  Paris, 
  II, 
  

  

  1843, 
  p. 
  576; 
  Id. 
  Cat. 
  Primates, 
  1851, 
  p. 
  32; 
  Dahlb., 
  Stud. 
  

  

  Zool. 
  Fam. 
  Reg. 
  Anim. 
  Nat., 
  fasc. 
  I, 
  1856, 
  p. 
  128, 
  tab. 
  VII, 
  

  

  figs. 
  13, 
  15, 
  17, 
  19; 
  Reichenb., 
  Vollstand. 
  Naturg. 
  Affen, 
  1862, 
  

  

  p. 
  163, 
  figs. 
  396, 
  397; 
  Forbes, 
  Handb. 
  Primates, 
  I, 
  1894, 
  p. 
  

  

  276. 
  

   Theropithecus 
  niger 
  I. 
  Geoff., 
  Archiv. 
  Mus. 
  Hist. 
  Nat., 
  Paris, 
  II, 
  

  

  1843, 
  p. 
  576. 
  

   Theropithecus 
  senex 
  Schimp. 
  et 
  Pucher., 
  Rev. 
  Mag. 
  Zool., 
  1857, 
  

  

  p. 
  243; 
  Reichenb., 
  Vollstand. 
  Naturg. 
  Affen, 
  1862, 
  p. 
  150. 
  

  

  