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  PITHECUS 
  

  

  mainland 
  they 
  would 
  be 
  regarded 
  in 
  many 
  instances 
  as 
  geographical 
  

   races, 
  but 
  now, 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  their 
  insulated 
  habitats 
  may 
  be 
  con- 
  

   sidered 
  as 
  specifically 
  distinct, 
  subjected 
  as 
  they 
  are 
  to 
  a 
  different 
  envi- 
  

   ronment, 
  and 
  deprived 
  of 
  all 
  opportunities 
  for 
  contact 
  with 
  near 
  allies. 
  

   India 
  proper, 
  the 
  nearest 
  abode 
  of 
  the 
  Macaques, 
  considering 
  its 
  size, 
  

   has 
  comparatively 
  few 
  species. 
  The 
  most 
  common 
  is 
  P. 
  rhesus 
  dis- 
  

   persed 
  over 
  the 
  northern 
  portion 
  from 
  the 
  Godaveri 
  River 
  to 
  the 
  

   Himalayas, 
  having 
  been 
  introduced 
  on 
  Jako 
  Hill, 
  Simla. 
  It 
  is 
  found 
  in 
  

   Nepaul, 
  on 
  the 
  west 
  coast 
  near 
  Bombay, 
  in 
  Guzerat, 
  the 
  Central 
  Prov- 
  

   inces, 
  Bengal 
  and 
  Northern 
  Circars. 
  In 
  the 
  southern 
  portion 
  from 
  the 
  

   west 
  coast 
  near 
  Bombay, 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  east, 
  not 
  north 
  of 
  the 
  Godaveri 
  

   River, 
  thence 
  to 
  Cape 
  Comorin, 
  P. 
  sinicus 
  is 
  found 
  ; 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  south- 
  

   ern 
  part 
  from 
  the 
  Western 
  Ghats 
  at 
  about 
  14° 
  N. 
  Lat. 
  to 
  Cape 
  

   Comorin, 
  P. 
  albibarbatus 
  ranges. 
  In 
  Ceylon, 
  only 
  one 
  species 
  of 
  

   Pithecus 
  is 
  met 
  with, 
  P. 
  pileatus, 
  distributed 
  throughout 
  the 
  island. 
  

   In 
  the 
  Himalaya 
  range 
  as 
  far 
  west 
  as 
  Masuri, 
  from 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  

   hills 
  to 
  a 
  considerable 
  elevation, 
  in 
  the 
  Sundabuns, 
  east 
  of 
  Calcutta, 
  

   also 
  in 
  Sikkim, 
  Bhutan, 
  Assam, 
  Mishmi 
  Hills, 
  and 
  Upper 
  Burma 
  as 
  

   far 
  as 
  Bhamo 
  on 
  the 
  Irawady, 
  P. 
  rhesus 
  is 
  replaced 
  by 
  P. 
  assamen- 
  

   sis, 
  and 
  this 
  species 
  may 
  also 
  penetrate 
  the 
  Laos 
  country, 
  Upper 
  Siam. 
  

   P. 
  speciosus 
  has 
  a 
  wide 
  range, 
  and 
  occurs 
  in 
  Upper 
  Assam, 
  Upper 
  

   Burma, 
  (Cachar), 
  Kakhyen 
  Hills 
  on 
  frontier 
  of 
  Yunnan, 
  (not 
  found 
  

   in 
  the 
  Irawady 
  Valley), 
  Cochin 
  China, 
  and 
  Borneo. 
  The 
  Pig-tailed 
  

   Macaque, 
  P. 
  nemestrinus 
  is 
  found 
  in 
  Southern 
  Burma, 
  (Malewun 
  

   and 
  Bankasun, 
  Davison), 
  Tenasserim, 
  Malay 
  Peninsula, 
  Sumatra, 
  

   Banka, 
  Java, 
  and 
  Borneo. 
  P. 
  irus 
  ranges 
  from 
  Burma, 
  Arakan, 
  and 
  

   Tenasserim, 
  possibly 
  into 
  the 
  Malay 
  Peninsula. 
  Upper 
  Burma 
  in 
  the 
  

   Valley 
  of 
  the 
  Irawady, 
  and 
  Arakan 
  contain 
  one 
  more 
  species, 
  P. 
  

   andamanensis, 
  which 
  has 
  also 
  been 
  introduced 
  into 
  the 
  Andaman 
  

   Islands. 
  It 
  may 
  possibly 
  go 
  into 
  Siam. 
  Tenasserim 
  also 
  has 
  two 
  more 
  

   species 
  P. 
  rufescens 
  obtained 
  at 
  Victoria 
  Point, 
  and 
  P. 
  adustus 
  at 
  

   Champang. 
  In 
  Lower 
  Siam 
  P. 
  capitalis 
  has 
  been 
  procured, 
  and 
  P. 
  

   fascicularis 
  is 
  found 
  on 
  the 
  Islands 
  Terutau 
  and 
  Lankawi 
  in 
  the 
  

   Straits 
  of 
  Malacca, 
  and 
  in 
  Sumatra. 
  In 
  the 
  Mergui 
  Archipelago, 
  west 
  

   of 
  Tenasserim, 
  P. 
  insulanus 
  has 
  been 
  procured 
  on 
  Chance 
  Island, 
  

   and 
  P. 
  vitiis 
  on 
  Domel, 
  St. 
  Matthew 
  and 
  Sullivan 
  Islands 
  ; 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  

   Nicobar 
  group, 
  on 
  the 
  Great 
  and 
  Little 
  Nicobar, 
  and 
  Katchal 
  Islands 
  

   P. 
  umbrosus 
  is 
  found. 
  In 
  the 
  islands 
  off 
  the 
  west 
  coast 
  of 
  Sumatra, 
  

   on 
  Simalur 
  and 
  Lasia 
  Islands 
  P. 
  fuscus 
  was 
  obtained. 
  On 
  Nias 
  Island 
  

   at 
  Siaba 
  Bay, 
  P. 
  ph^eurus 
  occurs; 
  and 
  on 
  Tuang 
  Ku 
  of 
  the 
  Banyak 
  

   Islands 
  P. 
  agnatus 
  was 
  taken. 
  Off 
  the 
  east 
  coast 
  of 
  Sumatra 
  on 
  

  

  