﻿CYNOPITHECUS 
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  GENUS 
  CYNOPITHECUS. 
  BLACK 
  APE. 
  

  

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  CYNOPITHECUS 
  I. 
  Geoff., 
  Resum. 
  Leg. 
  Mamm, 
  1835, 
  p. 
  16. 
  Type 
  

   Cynocephalus 
  niger 
  Desmarest. 
  

  

  Fur 
  long, 
  woolly 
  ; 
  head 
  with 
  hairy 
  crest. 
  Face, 
  neck, 
  hands 
  and 
  

   feet, 
  naked 
  ; 
  nose 
  triangular, 
  flattened 
  behind 
  nearly 
  to 
  the 
  eyes 
  ; 
  upper 
  

   lip 
  broad; 
  broad 
  partition 
  between 
  nostrils 
  directed 
  downward 
  and 
  

   outward; 
  cheek 
  swellings 
  distinct; 
  supra-orbital 
  ridges 
  conspicuous; 
  

   cheek 
  pouches 
  large; 
  tail 
  rudimentary. 
  Braincase 
  considerably 
  

   elevated 
  above 
  orbital 
  ridge 
  ; 
  zygomatic 
  arch 
  straight 
  ; 
  orbital 
  ridge 
  with 
  

   but 
  slight 
  overhang; 
  nasals 
  tapering 
  rapidly 
  to 
  a 
  point 
  posteriorly; 
  

   facial 
  angle 
  with 
  outward 
  curve 
  ; 
  molar 
  series 
  small. 
  

  

  But 
  little 
  is 
  known 
  of 
  the 
  Black 
  Ape 
  of 
  Celebes, 
  and 
  the 
  material 
  

   contained 
  in 
  all 
  the 
  Museums, 
  the 
  specimens 
  for 
  the 
  most 
  part 
  being 
  

   young 
  animals, 
  is 
  not 
  sufficient 
  to 
  permit 
  a 
  satisfactory 
  decision 
  as 
  to 
  

   the 
  number 
  of 
  species 
  and 
  their 
  dispersion, 
  to 
  be 
  reached. 
  Herr 
  

   Matschie 
  has 
  recognized 
  all 
  the 
  described 
  forms 
  and 
  added 
  to 
  them 
  five 
  

   more. 
  His 
  material, 
  however, 
  is 
  totally 
  inadequate 
  for 
  any 
  satis- 
  

   factory 
  opinion 
  to 
  be 
  arrived 
  at, 
  consisting 
  as 
  it 
  does, 
  mainly 
  of 
  the 
  

   young 
  animals 
  from 
  Zoological 
  Gardens, 
  in 
  some 
  cases, 
  without 
  

   localities 
  or 
  data 
  of 
  any 
  kind 
  whatever. 
  It 
  is 
  impossible, 
  therefore, 
  at 
  

   present 
  to 
  recognize 
  these 
  ; 
  and 
  the 
  writer 
  is 
  not 
  at 
  all 
  confident 
  that 
  in 
  

   accepting 
  four 
  of 
  the 
  species 
  described 
  by 
  various 
  authors, 
  he 
  has 
  

   not 
  exceeded 
  the 
  limit 
  of 
  the 
  distinct 
  forms, 
  and 
  that 
  some 
  may 
  be 
  

   found 
  merely 
  exhibiting 
  a 
  phase 
  of 
  pelage 
  arising 
  from 
  age 
  or 
  sex, 
  

   of 
  longer 
  known 
  species. 
  Two 
  genera 
  of 
  Monkeys 
  exist 
  in 
  Celebes, 
  

   and 
  their 
  young 
  are 
  strikingly 
  alike, 
  and 
  from 
  them 
  it 
  is 
  quite 
  

   impossible 
  to 
  tell 
  what 
  species 
  each 
  one 
  may 
  eventually 
  represent. 
  

  

  LITERATURE 
  OF 
  THE 
  SPECIES. 
  

  

  1820. 
  Desmarest, 
  Mammalogie 
  on 
  Description 
  des 
  Esphcs 
  de 
  Mam- 
  

   miferes. 
  

   Cynopithecus 
  niger 
  first 
  described 
  as 
  Cynocephalus 
  niger. 
  

  

  