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  PITH 
  ECUS 
  

  

  GENUS 
  PITHECUS. 
  MACAQUES. 
  

  

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  PITHECUS 
  E. 
  Geoff., 
  Mag. 
  Encyclop., 
  Ill, 
  1795, 
  p. 
  462. 
  Type 
  

  

  * 
  Simla 
  sink 
  a 
  Linnaeus. 
  

   Macaca 
  (sic), 
  Laceped., 
  Tabl. 
  Mamm., 
  1799, 
  p. 
  4. 
  

   Silenus 
  Goldf., 
  Handb. 
  Zool., 
  II, 
  1820, 
  p. 
  479. 
  

   Maimon 
  Wagn., 
  Schreb., 
  Saugth. 
  Suppl., 
  I, 
  1840, 
  pp. 
  141, 
  148. 
  

   Rhesus 
  Less., 
  Rev. 
  Zool., 
  1840, 
  pp. 
  49, 
  95. 
  

   Pithex 
  Hodg., 
  Journ. 
  Asiat. 
  Soc. 
  Beng., 
  IX, 
  1840, 
  pi. 
  II, 
  p. 
  1212. 
  

   Salamacis 
  Glog., 
  Handb. 
  u. 
  Hilfsb. 
  Naturg., 
  1841, 
  pp. 
  XXVII, 
  35. 
  

   Lyssodes 
  Gistel, 
  Naturg. 
  Theirreichs 
  f 
  . 
  hohere 
  Schulen, 
  1848, 
  p. 
  IX. 
  

   Cynamolgos 
  Reichenb., 
  Vollstand. 
  Naturg. 
  Affen, 
  1862, 
  p. 
  130, 
  pi. 
  

  

  XXIII, 
  figs. 
  237, 
  344. 
  

   Vetulus 
  Reichenb., 
  Vollstand. 
  Naturg. 
  Affen, 
  1862, 
  pp. 
  125-130, 
  pi. 
  

  

  XXII, 
  figs. 
  321, 
  326 
  d, 
  (nee 
  Rafin., 
  Pisces, 
  1815). 
  

  

  Zati 
  Reichenb., 
  Vollstand. 
  Naturg. 
  Affen, 
  1862, 
  pp. 
  130, 
  133, 
  pi. 
  

  

  XXIII, 
  figs. 
  327, 
  331. 
  

  

  Body, 
  heavy, 
  compact; 
  limbs 
  short, 
  stout; 
  thumb 
  pointing 
  back- 
  

   ward; 
  nose 
  long 
  not 
  extending 
  beyond 
  upper 
  lip; 
  nostrils 
  opening 
  

   downwards, 
  and 
  not 
  placed 
  at 
  extreme 
  end 
  of 
  nose 
  ; 
  eyes 
  approximate, 
  

   surmounted 
  by 
  heavy 
  bony 
  ridges, 
  ears 
  naked, 
  pointed 
  ; 
  callosities 
  large, 
  

   buttocks 
  nude; 
  tail 
  of 
  various 
  lengths, 
  and 
  tufted. 
  Hair 
  of 
  head 
  

   sometimes 
  long 
  or 
  mane-like 
  about 
  face 
  and 
  extending 
  downward 
  on 
  

   neck 
  to 
  shoulders; 
  cheek 
  pouches 
  present. 
  Skull 
  has 
  a 
  small 
  brain- 
  

   case, 
  and 
  prominent 
  orbital 
  ridges 
  ; 
  canines 
  long 
  and 
  formidable 
  ; 
  first 
  

   and 
  second 
  lower 
  molars 
  with 
  four 
  cusps 
  ; 
  the 
  last 
  molar 
  which 
  is 
  the 
  

   largest, 
  with 
  five 
  cusps 
  and 
  posterior 
  talon. 
  

  

  LITERATURE 
  OF 
  THE 
  SPECIES 
  AND 
  SUBSPECIES. 
  

  

  1758. 
  Linnceus, 
  Sy 
  sterna 
  Nature?. 
  

  

  Under 
  the 
  genus 
  Simla 
  the 
  following 
  species 
  of 
  Pithecus 
  are 
  

   given: 
  (S.) 
  sinica 
  first 
  described; 
  (S.) 
  sylvanus 
  first 
  

  

  *The 
  first 
  four 
  species 
  given 
  are 
  5". 
  veter, 
  S. 
  silenus, 
  S. 
  faunus 
  and 
  S. 
  

   cynomolgos, 
  all 
  Linnaean 
  and 
  undeterminable 
  except 
  the 
  last 
  which 
  is 
  a 
  

   Papio 
  and 
  = 
  Simla 
  hamadryas 
  Linn., 
  leaving 
  S. 
  sinica 
  Linn., 
  the 
  fifth 
  and 
  

   last 
  species, 
  as 
  the 
  type 
  of 
  Pithecus. 
  

  

  