﻿THEROPITHECUS 
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  colored 
  and 
  makes 
  a 
  conspicuous 
  mark, 
  as 
  the 
  movements 
  of 
  the 
  

   animal 
  bring 
  it 
  into 
  view. 
  

  

  Riippell, 
  who 
  first 
  discovered 
  this 
  species 
  in 
  the 
  mountains 
  of 
  

   Abyssinia 
  gives 
  the 
  following 
  short 
  account 
  of 
  its 
  habits 
  as 
  observed 
  

   by 
  him 
  : 
  

  

  'The 
  Abyssinian 
  name 
  of 
  this 
  Ape 
  is 
  Gelada, 
  and 
  he 
  lives 
  in 
  large 
  

   families 
  in 
  regions 
  covered 
  with 
  shrubs 
  and 
  rocks, 
  keeping 
  always 
  on 
  

   the 
  ground. 
  The 
  food 
  consists 
  of 
  seeds, 
  roots 
  and 
  tubers, 
  and 
  rarely 
  

   do 
  they 
  carry 
  their 
  depredations 
  into 
  cultivated 
  fields. 
  I 
  observed 
  

   the 
  Gelada 
  in 
  the 
  mountainous 
  districts 
  of 
  Heremat, 
  Simen 
  and 
  

   Axum, 
  elevated 
  regions 
  7,000 
  to 
  8,000 
  feet 
  above 
  the 
  level 
  of 
  the 
  sea. 
  

   They 
  retire 
  to 
  caves 
  and 
  fissures 
  of 
  the 
  rocks, 
  and 
  when 
  captured 
  they 
  

   make 
  a 
  loud 
  noise 
  resembling 
  hoarse 
  barks, 
  but 
  never 
  defend 
  them- 
  

   selves 
  against 
  men 
  as 
  the 
  Cynocephalus 
  hamadryas 
  are 
  accustomed 
  

   to 
  do." 
  

  

  Evidently 
  the 
  habits 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  are 
  very 
  similar 
  to 
  those 
  of 
  

   Papio 
  hamadryas, 
  and 
  doubtless 
  such 
  a 
  powerful 
  animal, 
  as 
  the 
  

   Gelada 
  undoubtedly 
  is, 
  would 
  prove 
  to 
  be 
  an 
  equally 
  formidable 
  

   antagonist, 
  and 
  Riippell's 
  statement 
  that 
  they 
  never 
  defend 
  themselves 
  

   against 
  men, 
  must 
  refer 
  to 
  the 
  young, 
  as 
  one 
  cannot 
  but 
  believe 
  that 
  

   the 
  capture 
  of 
  an 
  adult, 
  especially 
  of 
  an 
  old 
  male, 
  would 
  be 
  quite 
  a 
  

   serious 
  undertaking. 
  

  

  Theropithecus 
  obscurus 
  Heuglin. 
  

  

  Theropithecus 
  obscurus 
  Heugl., 
  Act. 
  Acad. 
  Leop., 
  XXX, 
  1863, 
  p. 
  

   30; 
  Id. 
  Beitr. 
  Zool. 
  Afric, 
  XXX, 
  pp. 
  12, 
  13 
  ; 
  Reichenb., 
  Voll- 
  

   stand. 
  Naturg. 
  AfTen, 
  1862, 
  p. 
  200, 
  not 
  figured; 
  Forbes, 
  

   Handb. 
  Primates, 
  I, 
  1894, 
  p. 
  278; 
  Elliot, 
  Cat. 
  Mamm. 
  Field 
  

   Columb. 
  Mus., 
  F. 
  C. 
  M. 
  Pub., 
  VIII, 
  1906, 
  p. 
  566, 
  Zool. 
  Ser. 
  

  

  Theropithecus 
  nedjo 
  Reichenb., 
  Vollstand. 
  Naturg. 
  Affen, 
  1862, 
  p. 
  

   204. 
  

  

  Macacus 
  obscurus 
  Schleg., 
  Mus. 
  Pays-Bas, 
  Simiae, 
  1876, 
  p. 
  107. 
  

  

  DUSKY 
  GELADA. 
  

  

  Type 
  locality. 
  Sources 
  of 
  the 
  Takazza 
  River, 
  confines 
  of 
  the 
  Galla 
  

   country, 
  Abyssinia. 
  

  

  Geogr. 
  Distr. 
  Southern 
  Abyssinia. 
  

  

  Genl. 
  Char. 
  Large 
  mane 
  covering 
  forepart 
  of 
  body 
  and 
  sides 
  ; 
  tail 
  

   tufted. 
  

  

  Color. 
  Male. 
  A 
  patch 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  of 
  top 
  of 
  head 
  and 
  whiskers 
  

   yellowish; 
  forehead 
  between 
  eyes 
  extending 
  in 
  narrow 
  line 
  across 
  

   crown, 
  back 
  of 
  head 
  and 
  neck, 
  upper 
  part 
  of 
  body, 
  mane, 
  arms, 
  hands 
  

  

  