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  THEROPITHECUS 
  

  

  Gelada 
  riippelli 
  Gray, 
  Cat. 
  Monkeys, 
  Lemurs 
  and 
  Fruit-eating 
  Bats, 
  

   Brit. 
  Mus., 
  1870, 
  p. 
  33; 
  Id. 
  Proc. 
  Zool. 
  Soc. 
  Lond., 
  1879, 
  p. 
  

   451 
  ; 
  Forbes, 
  Handb*. 
  Primates, 
  I, 
  1894, 
  p. 
  276. 
  

  

  GELADA 
  BABOON. 
  

  

  Type 
  locality. 
  Mountains 
  of 
  Heremat, 
  Simen 
  and 
  Axum, 
  at 
  an 
  

   elevation 
  of 
  7,000 
  to 
  8,000 
  feet, 
  Abyssinia. 
  

  

  Geogr. 
  Distr. 
  Southern 
  Abyssinia. 
  

  

  Genl. 
  Char. 
  Body 
  powerful, 
  sturdy; 
  face 
  nude; 
  nose 
  long, 
  

   depressed 
  in 
  middle; 
  head 
  crested; 
  back 
  and 
  shoulders 
  and 
  loins 
  

   covered 
  by 
  a 
  long 
  mane; 
  whiskers 
  long, 
  inclined 
  backwards; 
  chin, 
  

   patch 
  on 
  throat, 
  and 
  one 
  on 
  breast, 
  separated 
  by 
  a 
  line 
  of 
  hair, 
  nude 
  ; 
  

   tail 
  long, 
  end 
  tufted. 
  

  

  Color. 
  Face 
  black 
  ; 
  nude 
  places 
  on 
  chest 
  red 
  ; 
  mantle, 
  back, 
  flanks, 
  

   whiskers 
  and 
  arms 
  sooty 
  chocolate 
  brown 
  ; 
  breast, 
  shoulders, 
  forearms, 
  

   hands, 
  feet 
  and 
  tail 
  black; 
  chest 
  and 
  upper 
  arms 
  and 
  legs 
  iron 
  gray; 
  

   callosities 
  black. 
  

  

  Measurements. 
  Total 
  length 
  about 
  1,525 
  ; 
  tail 
  to 
  end 
  of 
  tuft, 
  800. 
  

   Skull: 
  total 
  length, 
  164; 
  occipito-nasal 
  length, 
  125; 
  Hensel, 
  121 
  ; 
  zygo- 
  

   matic 
  width, 
  110; 
  interorbital 
  width, 
  41; 
  breadth 
  of 
  braincase, 
  72; 
  

   median 
  length 
  of 
  nasals, 
  32 
  ; 
  length 
  of 
  upper 
  molar 
  series, 
  48 
  ; 
  length 
  of 
  

   upper 
  canines, 
  41; 
  length 
  of 
  mandible, 
  118; 
  length 
  of 
  lower 
  molar 
  

   series, 
  60. 
  

  

  The 
  type 
  of 
  T. 
  senex 
  Schimper 
  and 
  Pucheran, 
  is 
  in 
  the 
  Paris 
  

   Museum. 
  It 
  resembles 
  T. 
  gelada 
  in 
  most 
  particulars 
  but 
  is 
  of 
  a 
  pale 
  

   yellowish 
  brown 
  on 
  sides 
  of 
  head, 
  neck 
  and 
  hind 
  limbs; 
  tail 
  entirely 
  

   brownish 
  gray 
  with 
  an 
  immense 
  tuft 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  color; 
  middle 
  of 
  

   crown, 
  chocolate 
  brown; 
  abdomen 
  and 
  belly 
  ochraceous; 
  forearms, 
  

   hands 
  and 
  feet 
  black; 
  upper 
  part 
  of 
  body 
  and 
  mantle 
  blackish. 
  chocolate 
  

   brown 
  grading 
  into 
  grayish 
  white 
  on 
  borders 
  of 
  mantle; 
  upper 
  edge 
  

   of 
  thighs 
  dark 
  brown. 
  The 
  light 
  colors 
  exhibited 
  may 
  be 
  partly 
  due 
  to 
  

   fading, 
  but 
  the 
  specimen 
  is 
  considerably 
  lighter 
  on 
  head 
  and 
  neck 
  and 
  

   hind 
  limbs 
  than 
  T. 
  gelada, 
  while 
  the 
  tail 
  shows 
  none 
  of 
  the 
  black 
  which 
  

   is 
  the 
  prevailing 
  color 
  on 
  the 
  tail 
  of 
  Ruppell's 
  species. 
  But, 
  however, 
  

   as 
  the 
  locality 
  of 
  the 
  specimen 
  is 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  that 
  in 
  which 
  T. 
  gelada 
  

   is 
  found, 
  and 
  no 
  second 
  example 
  agreeing 
  with 
  T. 
  senex 
  has 
  been 
  

   procured 
  since 
  it 
  was 
  described, 
  now 
  half 
  a 
  century 
  ago, 
  it 
  may 
  safely 
  

   be 
  considered 
  that 
  this 
  type 
  represents 
  merely 
  an 
  individual 
  variation 
  

   and 
  not 
  a 
  distinct 
  species. 
  The 
  skull 
  is 
  in 
  the 
  specimen. 
  

  

  The 
  Gelada 
  is 
  a 
  very 
  handsome 
  species, 
  and 
  the 
  long 
  heavy 
  mane 
  

   which 
  covers 
  the 
  shoulders 
  and 
  upper 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  body, 
  gives 
  it 
  a 
  

   majestic 
  appearance. 
  The 
  bare 
  spot 
  on 
  the 
  chest 
  is 
  very 
  brightly 
  

  

  